Nikolay: “WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT THERE’S NO SIGN OF THE MEN?” I yelled, my voice booming through the office, I knew that everyone in the house could hear me, but I personally didn’t care. How could a dozen men suddenly disappear? “We looked everywhere boss, we couldn’t find them” Vladimir said looking at me, I pinched the bridge of my nose, if that bastard got to the men, then it would be a disaster, I was barely managing to deal with Caruso, how the hell would we be able to deal with twelve. And twelve very well-trained men, they were stationed in front of that hotel for a reason, knowing that they were out of sight now was not in my benefit. “I don’t care Vladimir. I want their bodies if they’re dead. We have to be sure that they’re not with that fucked up son of a bitch!” I snapped glaring at Vladimir who nodded at me, his eyes as hard as mine. Alexei left the office to give the orders of searching for the men while I stayed behind with Vladimir who was in

Nikolay: I looked at Kiara who was sitting on the armrest of my chair. “What do you suggest we do?” Vladimir asked Kiara, they have been ignoring me and asking her since they saw that she was right about a few details that none of us could see, I had to admit, Richard had trained her well. “My suggestion would go against everyone’s techniques and ways here, but if we want to know what Richard is up to or if he really does have the men, we’ll have to talk to him” Kiara said looking at me, I glared at Kiara who rolled her eyes smiling at me, already knowing my reaction. It was something that she understood, she knew how I was and usually suspected my reaction. “And what do you suggest we tell him, hi, listen, we’ve come to ask where the men are?” I asked sarcastically, Kiara bit her bottom lip to stop herself from laughing at my comment and I rolled my eyes at her. “No, we would ask him how he was and what he was doing here” Kiara said casually,

Nikolay:“The men are back” Vladimir said hanging up and I nodded, Kiara was laying her head on my chest and my arm was wrapped around her waist holding her to me. The fact that I learned that Richard wanted to marry her. The fact that he had his eyes on her, and that she didn’t tell me about it, I didn’t know what to feel about it.“You okay?” Kiara whispered to me, she could tell that I was upset, but now wasn’t the time to discuss anything with her right now, especially not in front of Vladimir and Harry. I didn’t answer, pulling her to me, I kissed the crown of her head and she sighed knowing that we would have to be talking about the subject.“I’m fine princess” I assured her and she raised an eyebrow at me, giving her a soft smile, I looked at Harry who I now owed a favor. He actually bought an extension to his hotel to get my men back, now why he did that, I couldn’t tell “thank

Nikolay:“Good morning” I smiled as Kiara kissed the corner of my lips, her breath smelling like mint as she sat on the edge of the bed beside me. Waking me up with a gentle kiss.“Morning sleepy head” Kiara said watching as I opened my eyes to look at her, her legs bare beside me as she wore my grey shirt and shorts underneath them. I smiled and wrapped my arms around her waist pulling her closer to me and pulling her down to kiss her lips.“When’d you wake up princess?” I asked softly, today was our fourth month anniversary, to say that I wasn’t happy being with her would be a big lie, one which everyone who was blind could see through.“Not long ago, but I couldn’t bring myself to wake you up after the long night we had” Kiara said smiling, her, Vladimir, Alexei, Viktor, Caruso, and I had been out for hours trying to find a way to catch Richard, planning, making tactics, trying to study

Nikolay:My arm was wrapped around Kiara who was laying down by my side, both of us stargazing, my left arm was under my head supporting it. I had suggested that we go inside the cottage a while ago, but my beauty was enjoying herself out here far too much to want to move from my arms let alone go inside. Plus, I had to admit, it was a beautiful night to be inside the house between four walls.“Princess” I called Kiara softly who hummed in response, raising her head to look at me, I had a blanket around her shoulders as goosebumps rose all over her body, the night air hitting the two of us, her more than me though.“Do you want us to go home baby girl?” I asked softly, Kiara shook her head and laid her head over my chest again, fisting my shirt. I laughed and tightened my arm around her, bringing her closer to me as I kissed the crown of her head “okay, do you want to go inside the cottage? We can sleep here if you want”