登入Alexei POV Talia shivers beneath my touch, and I can’t help myself. I know she’s afraid of me and she’s fucking terrified right now, but it’s been so long since I’ve tasted her.When I lean down and squeeze her jaw between my fingers to hold her in place, she freezes, and I drag my lips over hers.She bucks against me, and a choked sound escapes her before she starts pleading again. “Alexei.”The taste of her tears and the blood on my lip ignited a dark, possessive urge inside me, fueled by anger and the fear of losing her.“Don’t you know this belongs to me?” My thumb digs into the pulsing vein in her throat, the very life force of her being. I want her to know there’s no escaping me. In life or in death, I will follow her.“Alexei, please.” Her chest heaves as she shakes her head. “My son needs me.”“Our son,” I snarl. “He’s our fucking son, Talia. Will you deny it?”She bites her lip as more tears spill onto her cheeks. “He needs his mother.”“And what about his father?” I drag my
Talia POV I look up at Alexei and the rage was very obvious in hn his black eyes and his fisted hands even his muscles of his arms and wide shoulders displays his anger.I see the new tattoo snaking along his forearm, disappearing under the T-shirt.His hair is still wet, and I remember he said he’d taken a shower and he didn't appear to be in a hurry to leave all, rather he oddly looked relaxed.He wasn't even afraid of getting caught or of me escaping him now because I can’t. I know it. We both know it.He sets a knee on the bed, and I roll away.“Get away from me!” I scream when he catches me, rolls me back, and straddles me, keeping most of his weight on his knees as he takes my arms and drags them over my head to cuff me to my own headboard.Fuck, he brought handcuffs?If there is anything I hated, that must be expecting weakness and been helpless . “Let me go!”I shouted like a mad woman but he gets off the bed and goes to the mirror over the dresser.I watch him wipe a speck
Talia POVI climbed into the car and slid the key into the ignition, already cursing myself for putting off the repair for so long. The engine coughed once, then died. "Come on..."I turned the key again and this time it groaned before finally roaring to life.Cold air blasted through the vents, making me shiver instantly.I rubbed my hands together and drove out of the parking lot, pulling onto the empty road.The heater was struggling almost as much as the engine, and the chill seemed to seep through every layer of my clothes.My eyes kept drifting to the rearview mirror every few seconds and I knew it was pointless, but I couldn't stop.The image of Alexei standing outside the school kept replaying in my mind, he was definitely here.My grip tightened around the steering wheel.The little wooden house hidden among the trees had become more than just a place to live. It had become our sanctuary and the only place where I had allowed myself to believe Ethan and I might actually have
Alexei POV I expect her to get in her car and go home the same as she does every night ever since I started following her but tonight, she follows that man back to his house and then she goes inside.I park on the street, contemplating the various ways I might murder that fucker, if she touches my girl.Burning his face off with a blowtorch seems like a good idea but as I watch them through the window, eating cake and celebrating what appears to be a birthday, it occurs to me that her heart isn’t in it.The smile on her face is polite but forced and soon after the celebrations, she takes the opportunity to leave.It doesn’t relieve me as much as I’d hoped because even if she isn’t staying tonight, that doesn’t mean she never will.I shift the car into gear and drive around town for a while, trying to clear my head.Inevitably, I end up back at her place after dark.She’s already asleep when I slip in, and for the first time, I can finally smell her again.I drag in lungsful of that s
Alexei POV Talia is a fucking tease and she gets out of her piece of shit called a car and walks around to the back.For a second, I question if it’s really her.The beautiful girl I know has disappeared and her long black hair was replaced by a blonde wig.Her clothes aren’t the same either and she’s wearing a winter coat and boots, but they look too cheap and I hated that.I don’t like any of this fucking scenario.When Viktor told me he’d finally gotten a hit on her, it was difficult to accept even now, I still can’t be correct not until she turns and looked in the direction of the woods, as if she can feel me watching her.My breath pauses, and I can’t even bring myself to blink.I know it’s impossible, but it feels like she’s looking right at me. Talia has been holed up in the middle of Houston, hiding from me.Adrenaline rushes through my veins as I consider what happens now.I have searched for her so long, compounding my frustrations into a low simmering rage. She ran out on
Talia POV Five Years Later Today is the my son's birthday. “Mommy?”I blink as I stared at the rearview mirror, and try to smile. “Yes, Ethan?”“Your eyes are shiny.” He scrunches up his face.“Are you sad?”“Oh my baby, I’m not sad. See.” I stretch that smile wide.“You’re beautiful,” he says, the word coming out more like a laughter, which makes that smile on my face pop out. “And so are you.”“Mommy! Boys aren’t beautiful, we are handsome”“No, you’re right. You’re handsome.” I turn into the parking lot of the school and parked the car.It’s a primary school where I work as a mathematics teacher’s aide in the kindergarten class while Ethan is looked after in the preschool.There aren’t many options for single moms, and I feel pretty lucky to have found the school.Ethan and I rent a small house nearby, and the school is the only one for the three tiny towns that surround ours, so although it’s not big by standards but it’s actually big enough even though the job isn’t the best p
Alexei POV “Let’s dispose of the precious sentimentalities.” I tap my pistol against her cheek.“This isn’t optional, in case I didn’t make that clear. So, you either give me the information, or I walk down the hall and finish what i told you, I would do.”Her eyes widen in understanding as she be
Talia POV The sound of his pleasure and depravity jump starts my heart and explodes into my bloodstream.I’ve never felt anything like it before and whatever it is, it’s ricocheting through my body, possessing me like a demon.My hands draw him closer, and the next thing I know, I’m kissing him ba
Talia POV “Tempting.” I flop onto my stomach and move into a shoulder stand before melting into a backbend.“So very tempting Mr. Kozlov but the thing about flowers is they need to be admired from afar. If you touch them, they could get damage.”My words cause the darkness to return to his face an
Talia POV “So,” I got better things to do. “Are you going to let me dance for you, or what?”He reaches down and tips my chin up so I have to meet his eyes.Now his mouth is just inches from mine, so close his breath is mingling with mine. “Let’s just review, Sweet Sin,” he says.“You come into my







