LOGINLivia Cross is finally about to live the life of her dreams after landing a job but her fragile dream crashes to the ground when she finds out that her mother gambled away everything, even the roof over their heads. To keep her mother and two sisters off the streets, she must sell not just her body but her very soul and the Mafia King, Nikolai Volkov is buying. Thrust into a life of danger with no preparations, Livia must navigate the treacherous world of the Mafia that Nikolai rules, and survive. In this world, friend is foe, the shadows wield blades eager for her blood and the only person she can turn to is the soulless man who holds her life in his hands. Neither of them account for their irresistible attraction. She should be no more than a tool in Nikolai’s grand scheme but there is nobody else capable of shattering his flawless control, to his utter frustrations. Secrets are vile snakes best left unbothered but what happens when Livia uncovers the rotten core of this underworld dynasty? What if the man that bought her has the deadliest secrets of all? Exactly which secret will she pay for her with her life and when the time comes, will she tear Nikolai Volkov down to save her soul?
View MoreLivia's POVI'm on my best behavior for the rest of the day. I eat the food Rose brings me and ask her innocent questions about the mafia. Unfortunately for me, it seems the mafia does not sleep. While ‘normies’ activities are in full swing during the day, the mafia slows down, in recovery from the last night or preparing for the next night and when the rest of the world are sound asleep at night, the ones that belong in the dark come out to play. Fortunately for me, that means that Nikolai Volkov and his men will be away at work. It will be I, Rose and the usual staff of the house remaining here which gives my plan that much of a success boost. I cannot possibly attempt escaping in the day, it must be at night and it must be this night. I spend the rest of my day by the window, trying to look bored as I gaze out and survey the sprawling compounds. We are the only residents as far as my eyes can see, and I wonder what the possibilities are that I was brought to an island while I was
Livia’s POV I wake up on a strange bed in a strange room and I have one short moment of blissful ignorance before everything from last night comes crashing back. Sitting up abruptly, I look around the strange room that looks like effortlessly luxury and I realize it wasn’t a dream. The bed is large and the room is larger, light streams in from the windows which tells me I was out for hours and… my jaw drops when I spot the red blinking light from the security camera mounted on the wall. What the hell? Half-panicked, I look down at myself and realize I’m no longer in the white gown from the auction but a sheer blue nightwear and I squeak with outrage as I glare at the camera, wondering whether “he” was behind this. Nikolai Volkov, the underworld god. What have I gotten myself into?As if on cue, the door opens and a smiling older woman bustles in. “You’re awake!” She says cheerfully as if anything about this is normal. “I was told you went through alot last night so I tried not to
Livia’s POVThis is the most barbaric thing I have ever witnessed, and worse I’m the piece of meat on display. I open my eyes and like a scene straight out of some Neanderthal, slavery era movie, the first man raises his card and the auctioneer hoots. “There! I see a hundred million. Do we have two hundred?”In the white flowing gown under the glare of the spotlight, I might as well be naked and I resist the urge to smooth away the gooseflesh rising on my arms. Another man raises his hand and the auctioneer claps dramatically. “We have two hundred from the gentleman at the back. Do I hear three hundred?”There is no way this is legal. Even though I know I am powerless, my mind screams with indignation and I suppress the urge to run for the nearest police station. Even if I could get there without these goons hauling me back, something tells me even the police won’t save me, Rafe Lennox is a local terrorist and rumors say that he has the police on a payroll. And even if I’m able to g
Livia's POVAs I'm led into the gambling den thick with the smell of cigarettes, booze and desperation, I subconsciously make myself smaller, like the ugly leering faces will lose interest if I look small enough. In my twenty two years, I have never seen the inside of a gambling den and I could have gone a lifetime without this privilege. When I make my proposal to 'The boss' who is a shrewd wiry man with tiny beaded eyes, he throws back his head and laughs like I just made the joke of the century. "Does your job pay you a million dollars a month?" He asks and my jaw drops open. "She can't possibly be owing that much!" I say, dread unfurling in my gut like a poisoned flower. "She does. And if you cannot get that money between today and tomorrow, your house and everything in it is forfeit." "Where would I get that amount in two days?!” I cry. “Not my business.” He replies with a shitty grin. He has me and he knows it. My mind whirrs helplessly, looking for a way out and finding n












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