All Chapters of Nikolai’s Tainted Nun : Chapter 101 - Chapter 110

Chapter 99⟿❂⟾Sylvia⟿❂⟾We reached Albany by midnight. After settling Maeve with Dr. Weiss, I found myself restless, pacing the living area while Nikolai reviewed files at the kitchen table."I need to go to Lussuria Nera," He said without looking up.I paused mid-step. "What's that?""The club. Business meeting that can't wait." His pale eyes finally met mine. "You should get some sleep.""I'm not tired." The lie came easily. Truth was, my nerves were too wound up from the flight, from being back in the city where my mysterious past supposedly lived. "I'll just be here... doing nothing."Nikolai's jaw tightened almost imperceptibly. "Don’t say what I suspect you want to—”"Take me with you.""Absolutely not."I moved closer to the table, placing my hands flat on the surface. "You said I wouldn't be out of your sight. You said I'd be protected. Well, I can't be protected if I'm here and you're across town.""Sylvia." His voice carried a warning. “You know damn well that’s different

Chapter 101⟿❂⟾Nikolai⟿❂⟾Maybe I have to write my fucking name on her forehead in public places, I thought angrily. The rage was still coursing through my veins like molten steel, but having Sylvia pressed against my chest was slowly bringing me back from the edge. Her heartbeat was finally steadying, matching the rhythm of mine, and I could feel the tension leaving her body.But something was different. Wrong.She pulled back to look at me, her dark eyes holding secrets I couldn't read. "You're too stubborn and adamant," she complained, but there was something desperate and hungry in her tone that made my blood heat."When I saw him touching you, I wanted to tear him apart with my bare hands," I admitted, my thumb tracing along her jawline. The skin there was so soft, so perfect. "The only thing that stopped me was you.""Good thing I was there then." Her voice was breathless, and when I looked down at her, I could see desire pooling in her eyes.I exhaled slowly, trying to focu

Chapter 103⟿❂⟾Nikolai⟿❂⟾The bastard was playing chess when we walked in.Of course he fucking was. Two years in a concrete tomb, and he still thought he was running the game. The pieces were arranged like he'd been in the middle of a match with himself—white and black locked in some eternal battle that existed only in his twisted mind."Oh, look,” he said without looking up, he moved a pawn forward with a maniac smile. "My disappointment of a son finally crawls back into the light."I didn't respond. Couldn't trust myself to speak yet. The sight of him always did this—brought back the taste of blood and the sound of my mother’s screams. Behind me, I could feel Sylvia's nervousness, her fingers ghosting against my back like she was anchoring herself to me."How long has it been?" he continued, studying the board like it held the secrets of the universe. "Two years of leaving the man who gave you everything down to your last name rotting down here, and this is what you bring me?" Hi

Chapter 105⟿❂⟾Nikolai⟿❂⟾I could no longer feel my legs. Maybe it was from sitting in the same spot for too long.Still, I sat there, in the wreckage of what used to be my father’s prison, surrounded by the bodies of men who'd trusted me to keep them alive. The silence was deafening after all the gunfire and shouting. Just me and the dead and the slow drip of water from a broken pipe somewhere in the darkness.Every moment from that day she walked back through the door was playing on repeat in my head. That little red dress she wore, makeup smeared across her face, looking so fragile and broken. “I didn’t think you’d be—” she'd whispered, and I'd been so fucking relieved.What had she been about to say though? Awake? Waiting? Here?That was the setup. The moment they hooked me.She came back the next fucking morning too. Stared into my eyes and told me she wanted to stay. And I'd believed every goddamn word. Brought her inside, gave her protection, gave her a place in my world.

Nikolai ⟿❂⟾7 Years Ago ⟿❂⟾She's a witch. That's what she is. Not the cauldron-and-broomstick kind, no. She's worse. Because somehow, she has me doing things I swore I'd never do. Like breaking every damn rule my father drilled into me since I could walk.Right now, I'm hiding a girl in my house.If my father finds out, I'm screwed. Not "go to your room" screwed. More like "dragged to an abandoned warehouse to have a 'life lesson' with a crowbar" screwed. And if he doesn't kill me, she's got a death sentence waiting for her."Seriously, man, when's the last time you got laid?" Russel's voice cut through my thoughts like a rusty blade.I blinked and glared at him. "Did I say something?""Nope." Kegan, my cousin and occasional pain in the ass, smirked. "But you've got the look of a guy who needs a good slap…preferably with a pair of thighs."Russel leaned back lazily, his Sea-green eyes flicking to a girl spinning around the pole in the center of the club. "You're not wrong. But let