Anika cried as she looked out the window, Moscow was a beautiful city, but the feeling of being lost and alone was too overwhelming to allow her to enjoy the view.Klaus's proposal had only managed to confuse her, the man evidently had ulterior motives, and although he had promised not to tell her any more lies, Anika didn't trust him completely, but she had no choice, not if the man really knew who she was. A part of her was disappointed, to have found someone who had tried to protect her just because goodwill was too good to be true, the man had been gentle just to get something from her father."can we talk?" The female voice behind her startled her, Alenna, Klaus's little sister was standing by the bed, watching her in that peculiar way, the girl might be fourteen, but there was a level of maturity behind those gray eyes that it was almost disturbing, she had on a gray sweatpants and a long-sleeved shirt that even covered his hands, her posture was upright and elegant, her long da

Tension settled in the jet after that, Anika avoiding his gaze completely as he tried to figure out what the hell had just happened, his joke about the size of his member had given him the perfect opportunity to play with her, and shit. He had wanted to show her that he could make her scream without the need for a fucking vibrator, but her confession made him see red for a second. Klaus was breaking his own code by deciding to kidnap Anika and torture her, he didn't hurt women, he was completely against human trafficking, shit, he had even killed one of his brothers for raping a girl ten years ago, the man who had struck Anika in an attempt to subdue her was bitten by his own command, but something about the way she had cringed before him…he had chosen to break her heart because he couldn't force himself to physically torture like his sister or his father Her words replayed in her mind. Had she been a battered woman? No doubt that explained the way she reacted every time he surprise

Mark was the kind of man her father always warned her about, she knew that deep down, the day she met him it was the height of summer, his dark hair cropped short, gray eyes that in the right light almost seemed green, toothy smile always ready, affable and a little crazy, always pushing Anika to try new things, for their first week together, she hadn't even had to worry about her responsibilities, her father, the tattoos on his body they told a story, he was full of scars, she knew most of them, but there was always a part of himself that he never fully revealed. After a month, she had confronted her father, who had finally found her and discovered that she had a relationship with the man, he had not been happy about it, he had called her horrible names, and Anika had blindly believed in the man, had run away from her father in search of Mark, he had comforted her, taken her to Vienna, gotten a small apartment for both of them, and then left her alone for months, calling at odd hours

Anika sat on Klaus's lap, who was looking at her warily, even when the man was gentle in touching her, she couldn't shake the feeling that there was something she was ignoring, she just wasn't sure what it was, it probably had to do with the fact that the man represented everything the woman had been running from for years, but in the two weeks they had shared the cabin in silence, with the man, she had seen the torment in his eyes occasionally, sometimes, as he pretended to sleep, she could see his sad expression, followed by anger."May I ask, what is tormenting you?" Anika asked, taking the lead and brushing his hair off the forehead, Klaus raised an eyebrow in her direction."For two weeks, you've been acting like I've kiked a puppy, and now you're worried about my well-being." Anika blushed slightly, she had been self-absorbed all this time, she hadn't bothered to notice that Klaus had opened up to her again. One way or another, he had helped her escape from her captors."We can

Anika put the vegetables aside, cursing, she was starting to get frustrated in her attempt to make dinner, the dark laugh taking her by surprise, the man standing by the counter, the sight of Klaus laughing openly and intently at her... It was impressive, it had been a couple of days since their last serious conversation, but things had improved, they exchanged glances occasionally, and mundane conversations had begun to make their way at the table and in the moments when the man was not in the office."What are you doing?" she asked, confused and slightly nervous at the man's attitude, there was still some tension between them, although Klaus had respected her refusal to have sex, she could feel his gaze on her bare legs from time to time, making her feel self-conscious. Klaus's pursed his lips, but she could see the amusement in the way the corner of his mouth was raised in a half smile, the man crossed his arms, looking relaxed.“I should ask you that,” the man said, pointing to An