Regalia shifted her chair closer to Gabriel's, it was the only movement that caught my eye and distracted me long enough to breathe.“Wine." Dariel declared but he was stretching it towards me.Me, why me?.His eyes squinted at the side and I could see his lips forming that smile of his. I felt Gabriel tense, he was sitting in front of me. I stretched and took the bottle and poured some of the wine into my cup. Why would he thunk I would refuse it, was he suspecting pregnancy or did he get the information from someone. “Manners Cristela, we have a guest in our midst." My mother said tersely.The younger man beside me was watching me keenly, as if he was seeing a real life angel and he was not going to pull his eyes away, in case I disappear. “Wine?." I asked him and his Adam apple bobbed.“Please." He said, his voice sounded raspy, he was nervous.“What's your name?." I asked him.“Brien, Brien Cooper."I handed my cup over to him, the older man grinned from ear to ear while Brien t
“thank you, oh Cristela, thank you." My mother cried and she fell on her seat and slumped on the table like boiled vegetable.I turned to look at Brien, he was looking at me through the eyes of a buyer, and he was sizing me up, weighing me as if I was an item. He was wondering if I was really worth it and he smiled at last, he considered me perfect.He was goodlooking, in a conservational way, in a way that didn't draw any attention at all but if you looked at him, he wasn't an eyesore. “Dariel, name your price." Gabriel said one more time. His voice had dropped lower. It crushed something in me, and it truly terrified me. I wanted him to stop trying to strike a deal with Dariel, he has given up so much already, so much. Dariel laughed this time and threw his head back. Mr Cooper was snickering and Criss' face was grave.“When are you all leaving to Budapest?." I asked. “The day after tomorrow." Criss said and he gave me a sympathetic smile.I nodded.“You're coming too, right?." R
“I was trying to buy us some time." I told Kylee.She scoffed.“Girl, the things you do... I don't understand. You're so different from Gabriel, the both of you are so contrasting. Did you even take your time to think?."My fingers were playing with themselves as I tried to come up with an answer for Kylee.“I didn't have the time. I just wanted to save my mum."“She's your mother!," Kylee snapped. “She's supposed to be the one doing the saving and it shouldn't be the other way round. She's so irresponsible."“She's trying, she was worse before, she's better now."“No she's not!." Kylee yelled. “Did you know why she has those bruises?." I shook my head.“No, but I'm guessing it's Dariel."“You think Dariel would hit your mum and Gabriel would let him walk away with it?." Kylee massaged her eyebrows with her thumb and forefinger. "Many months ago, she took some money from a Russian mob, to 'invest'... She got some guts. She told them that she invested in Dariel's company but she didn'
Kylee seemed to grow older after I finished my statement.“He's gone." She whispered, I could hardly even hear her. “Gone, where?." I asked her.She shuddered as if thinking of it alone would summon deadly bad luck.“He's stubborn, I...I begged him, he was not listening, it was like I was holding him back and I did not want to be his next target. He—"“You're making no sense."“When Gabriel found out about it, about your involvement in this. He realized that Dariel was playing the asshole just to spite him and make him angry. Dariel could have just told him and save time but he was too scared to confess when he found out about your relationship with Gabriel.... Because Dariel knew that if he told Gabriel one on one what he and Elise had done, Gabriel would have killed him and her and then killed anyone that tries to lay a finger on you," Kylee's breathing was uneven“He's angry Cristela, he had figured it out and he is also very scared and the news was devasting, he can't lose you, a
I heard vans pulling up outside, at the first gate we had passed through and broken down. “Fuck!." One of my men yelled.We were surrounded, but I would not yield.I would not kneel, I would not retreat.I took the first step and bullets flew, but it wasn't in our direction. I looked up at the roof where the shooting was coming from and I saw that Wayne had taken over the snipers, he and his team had shot all. They were now taking positions and shooting the other men coming from the van. I pushed open the heavy doors and went into the house. It was serene and luxurious. All the lights were turned on and my night vision goggles were now useless. I took it off and checked my gun to make sure it was loaded. I knew the setting of the interior, I didn't need a blueprint, after years of building and seeing houses, I could tell where the safe room would be located.I was alone.I came across two guards, they were huge and bulky, they opened fire first, they fell last. I took a step toward
“Good," I said and I went to take a seat. “What about you, Sasha." The daughter's head shot up too at the mention of her name.“Do you want to watch or do you want to hide?."“Please let them go." Mr Dmitriy.“Look at you, pleading. Tell me, do you really know who I am?."“No." He said sharply.“I'll remind you. Remember Elise and Dariel?."Recognition crossed his eyes.“Their daughter... She's about the same age as yours... You were going to 'buy' her and use her as your sex doll. For you and your gang to do as you please."Mrs Dmitriy's head shot up and she looked at her husband. I expected a glare or a reproachful look but instead she opened her bloody mouth and said,“I told you not to get caught."The words rang in my head.I didn't know what happened next, just that I raised the gun and aimed it at her and pulled the trigger. The silencer had muffled the sound so it was just a PLOP.Mr Dmitriy shot up forgetting his hands were tied and would limit his movements. He almost fell o
We landed in one piece, not that i was hoping the plane would crash. Kylee and Josef were the only ones with positive facial expression. They were both smiling at each other like newly weds. I wanted to smile at their happiness, I wish i could smile at them.They were beautiful together. Regalia had been eyeing Josef for an eternity, it was not her fault, he was a goodlooking man. Criss was following Regalia like a shadow, hoping to keep her out of harm's way. His facial expression was bland, his sister's were desperate and pleading.My mother's facial expression was grim, while Dariel was looking troubled, constantly glancing behind his shoulders, expecting danger.We reached a castle, a real life castle. My mother whistled softly, Kylee did look impressed, Josef was busy surveying the landscape instead of the actual house, Regalia was just realizing that we've actually gotten to the house and too many expressions were on her face, Criss was eyeing something far away, Dariel looked a
“welcome, welcome... Wine?." Mr Winthrop said merrily.Wine was poured, Kylee took my cup and downed the entire thing and she handed me back the empty glass. Josef laughed and smiled at me sympathetically. “Have you heard from him yet?." I asked her inching closer.The men were discussing about something to do with sports, Mrs Winthrop had gone to fetch the cook, Regalia had finally been taken to her room and she was not down yet.“Yes, it was short and cryptic."“And?..."“He asked of you."“Is he still angry at me?."“I don't think so. He says I should tell you he's fine."“You don't really know how to share information, do you?."She giggled.I rolled my eyes.“He loves you, Cristela. Just remember."She moved away from me and went to Josef, she whispered something in his ear and his eyes became bright with mischief.He stood up and murmured an excuse, I watched as he and Kylee walked away with sexual energy brimming between them.“Are you alright?." My mother asked me.I tried to