ログイン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 POVThe bitch bit me,” he groans, rolling around on the floor in pain.“You fucking worthless sack of shit. Who told you to touch her? Who told you to kill them?”Sergei always thinks he is strong but he actually stupid and when he stumbles to his feet, I consider throwing him out the goddamn window after he almost messed up this operation tonight.“Go downstairs and check on Matthew and make sure he’s dead,” I tell him. “I can’t stand to look at you right now.”“We need to find the drive,” he answers sheepishly.“Don’t you think I know that?” I shake my head.“I’m going to wait for Viktor to bring those who will clean up your fucking mess here, and while I do that, you can look downstairs. Do you think you can manage that?”“Yes,” he grunts. “I got it.”He disappears out the door, and my eyes drift to Kiara with her eyes wide open and a bullet in her skull. I don't do this, in fact I have never done this but she was Kiara friend, so I carefully dig through her dresser drawers
Aria POV I gave a small nod, not trusting my voice to come out as more than a whisper. Viktor kissed my palm again before he stood, giving me a view of the bulge in his fight shorts, before he turned and headed upstairs to shower.My eyes followed his muscled, inked back, his narrow hips, and his
Aria POV I frowned. I was raised to become a wife and mother. “To be honest, I’ve always only wanted to be a mother,” I said quietly.“I want a family to take care of beautiful kids that fill the house with life and laughter.” Maybe it was something I longed for because I never had a family like t
Aria POV “Yeah,” I said quietly and scooted a bit closer to him until his warm breath fanned over my face and the sheer volume of heat radiating from his body told me how big he was, how much taller and stronger. When I first met Viktor this wasn't how I thought our lives would be now.I caught th
Aria POV I couldn’t sleep after the kiss because my mind replayed it. Viktor mouth had been so warm and gentle.It was nothing like I’d imagined or even feared and he actually managed to surprise me every day just as he had done ever since our wedding night.The door creaked open and someone steppe







