CHAPTER 4

CHASE. 

"And did you get him?" I asked Vadim, my right-hand man and he shook his head. 

Incompetent fool. 

"So you are saying someone tried to attack our warehouse and you could not catch him, one person?" I groused and he looked like he was going to say something but I cut him off. 

"Just one man. And you couldn't catch him" My jaw clenched at the sheer stupidity of what he is saying, none of our rival clan has enough balls to get close to my property I won't just retaliate I will make sure they don't have anything left to fall back on. 

Unless it's her. 

"We thought it was just a tourist who got lost until he started shooting the guards, the others were able to outnumber him so he left on his bike" Vadim narrated. 

"And his license number? The cameras outside?" I probed, if I'm going to go after whoever it was I need to know if it isn't from my brothers back home. 

"The camera was destroyed before he came, he must have hacked into it. But one of the injured men who saw him from up close said it's a man, he was wearing a mask so they couldn't see his face" He explained and I nodded. 

"Find him, I don't care how you do it but one man can't just be bold enough to attack my men, make sure you have more information about this masked man by the end of the month" I ordered and he nodded. 

"And the Carlisles?" I asked, typing on my desktop computer, the grainy picture of a ginger-haired woman was displayed on my screen, my eyes caught the silver ring on her left hand and my fists clenched. 

She even dared to wear Kolya's ring, flaunting her treasure from her first kill. 

I will enjoy breaking her into pieces. 

After Vadim suggested the marriage deal, I accepted because I know that's the only way I will have absolute control over her but seeing my brother's ring on her finger makes me want to crack that skull open and watch her bleed before the lights fade from her pretty eyes. 

Watch the crimson soak her ginger hair and -

"We have been told Don Carlisle informed his daughter of the marriage deal" Vadim voiced out interrupting my thoughts and I nodded uninterested in the details. 

The Don didn't hesitate when we offered to call a truce on those terms, I was hoping he would resist or reject my offer so I could kill the bastard but Vadim is a smart fucker he was able to make it look like we really wanted peace. 

But the Don is supposed to know that's bullshit if he's smart, or he doesn't care about his daughter. That would explain why he would have his daughter over to the enemy on a silver platter.

What if I chop her head off and send it to him instead?

But she has such a pretty dainty neck, I have never met Sloane Carlisle before not even with the bad blood between us. I never cared enough to see what she looked like. I only want her dead. 

Gone. 

Erased.

I don't give a shit if she's beautiful or not, but after seeing how she looks made me understand why they call her a devilish angel. 

She has a stunning face, with the layered ginger hair and ethereal teal color eyes, pale skin, oval-shaped face, and red lips. A bit too tall for a woman, she's 5'10 with a curvy slender body. 

She has a soft kind of beauty like that of an angel but I knew better, she murdered Kolya in cold blood when she was just a fucking minor. 

I wasn't bothered by her beauty, I have seen countless beautiful women so this one doesn't make any difference, if she tries anything stupid I will slit her throat the same way she did with my brother. 

I still remember that day when I saw him, his cold body, his wide empty eyes, and the dried teardrop on his cheek. 

It has haunted me since that night. I wanted her gone even at that moment but Father insisted we wait, Sokolovs don't do impulsivity. 

Everything we do is meticulously planned and perfectly executed. 

So I waited for years to finally get my revenge only for me to hear the Bravta was against me taking over my father's position as the Pakhan's right-hand man because I don't have a wife. I was livid when I heard the rumors and Vadim confirmed that it was true. 

I wasn't going to let them push me to the side and ruin all my father had worked for with such a silly reason. 

They wanted me to get married so I will grant their wish. 

Then Vadim suggested I kill two birds with one stone, get married, and have my revenge at the same time. 

From what I heard she doesn't like to be told what to do, too bad I'm controlling. 

Vadim walked out of my study and I carried the glass of vodka close to my computer taking a long sip before I put it back. Today was terribly boring. 

My phone started vibrating and I scowled when I saw that it was the men I put in charge of the hotel my latest investments, this would be the first time they were calling me instead of Vadim. 

"What is it?" I snapped as soon as I picked up. 

"Sir, there has been a breach," The man at the other end said and I sat upright using my other hand to type on my computer. 

"Who is the intruder?" I asked calmly as I hacked into the hotel cameras, I watched as a woman wearing a black shirt and black jeans with a face mask concealing her identity walked into the lobby with a black bag. 

That wasn't what made her stand out, it's her ginger hair. 

I can recognize that hair anywhere even if I just saw it, the silk strand shines in the light even with the grainy picture I knew who it was and my instincts are always right, and the precise steps of a dangerous woman on a mission. 

"Make sure you catch her," I ordered coldly. I was curious to know what she was doing on the stairs. 

I watched as she got out of the elevator and paused when she saw the camera, then flipped off whoever she thought was watching. 

Brave little thing, I would give her that. 

"Let her go, she's leaving already so find out what she did with the stairs" I added and hung up on him calling Kazmir instantly. 

"I want you to follow Sloane Carlisle, she just left my hotel, find out where she's going to" I instructed and he grunted a reply at the other end. 

"And Kazmir-"

One moment I was watching my men move around and the next they flew back then the camera went blank. 

"I think we both know what she just did to the hotel," Kazmir said and I could hear the shuffling in the background despite the rage simmering inside me with the loud roaring in my head. 

She blew up my hotel. 

"Change of plans, bring her to me dead or alive make sure she's here in fifteen minutes"