บททั้งหมดของ Made for the Devil's Pleasure: บทที่ 71 - บทที่ 80

"Is Sergei with you?"Lily did not bother with greetings the moment Viktor answered the call.There was a brief silence on the other end before Viktor spoke."Well, you asking for another man immediately after I pick up the call is not exactly a good omen.” He said, “Are you trying to get me jealous?”"I asked if Sergei is with you." Lily said again, in no mood for this back-and-forth."No," Viktor finally said. "I haven't seen Sergei since he left the party a couple of hours ago. He followed after Nikolai, I think."Lily closed the bedroom door behind her and lowered her voice."Are you sure?""I would know if he was standing in front of me, wouldn’t I?”She exhaled shakily."Damn it."The change in her tone immediately caught Viktor's attention."What happened?" he asked instantly.She hesitated. Then she rubbed a hand over her forehead."I think Nikolai knows."There was a slight pause."Knows what?""He knows Sergei is the mole."“Now how could he possibly know that?”“I have no i

KATYA "I really thought you were on our side." The sound of Daniel's voice echoed through the cold dungeon, pulling me from the restless sleep I'd somehow managed to find on the hard floor. I slowly lifted my head and there he was, standing right inside the room. His eyes were fixed on me and I could see the look of disappointment in them. It had been the same look he had when he brought me in earlier. The audacity to look at me that way after everything he did. "What do you want?" I asked, as I sat up. He sighed. "I thought we were finally getting somewhere." A slight laugh escaped me. "You actually believed that?" "I believed you understood." He said, "I thought after everything Nikolai has done to you..." I pushed myself to my feet, folding my arms across my chest, as I looked at him in disdain. "Why would you still defend him?" I stared at him for several seconds before shaking my head. "You really don't get it." "What don't I get?" "I am not defending Nikolai." My

CHAPTER "You expect me to betray Nikolai after everything his father did for me?"The old man's weathered face remained unreadable as he slowly swirled the amber whiskey inside his crystal glass.Sergei sat across from him in complete silence, studying the face of the man who had just spoken. It belonged to Mikhail Sokolov, Pakhan of the Sokolov Bratva and one of the oldest surviving heads of the Russian underworld.Unlike the younger bosses who chased power, Mikhail valued loyalty above everything else. That was precisely why Sergei had come to him now. If he could get him on his side, then the others that were not yet on his would fall in line swiftly."You seem surprised by my answer," Mikhail finally said after almost a minute of them sitting there."I'm not," Sergei said, "or at least not really.”Sergei leaned back comfortably in his chair."I expected you to be adamant about it, considering the relationship you and the Morozovs have had," he said. “I fully experienced it, afte

“Since everyone seems to be here, I believe it is time we began.”The deep voice of Mikhail Sokolov cut through the quiet murmur that had settled over the council chamber.The conversations died almost instantly, as every pair of eyes shifted toward the elderly Pakhan as he slowly rose from his seat at the center of the long oak table.The chamber itself was steeped in history. Portraits of former leaders lined the dark walls, watching over the gathering like silent judges. Around the massive oval table sat the heads of nearly every major Bratva family in Europe, each flanked by a single trusted adviser.The truth was that if someone wanted to strike a massive blow on the mafia right now, this was the perfect time to do it. Which was exactly why meetings like this were extremely dangerous and the security levels had to be at its highest.And who would dare?Every one of them had been summoned for a matter that threatened the foundation upon which their power had been built.Nikolai sa

Lily could feel herself losing it right now, as she leaned against one of the windows overlooking the estate grounds.“Men really did have a talent for ruining perfectly good plans.”It was like one minute things were going well and the next, everything went up in smoke.Outside, armed guards patrolled the perimeter with far more urgency than they had only a few days ago. The atmosphere had changed and everyone could feel it.Ever since Sergei had disappeared with the Concord, Viktor had become almost impossible to be around.He snapped at everyone and questioned every single thing.She could see it in his eyes that he no longer trusted her, and she couldn’t exactly blame him. The man who had introduced her was a traitor.Lily folded her arms."What a disaster."She had watched powerful men for most of her adult life. Every single one of them believed they were untouchable. Then the moment they started losing control...They lost themselves too.Viktor was no different. Perhaps even w