The dinner party at the Prime Minister's place goes off without a hitch and we signed our plans in blood. Her son was killed by terrorists and knew the judicial system would let her down, so she came to me. She wanted bloody revenge, and I promised to bring it to her.For a price, of course.By the time I get back home, I am annoyed as fuck because Bianca kept wanting to come back here with me. Any other time that would have been fine with me since she’s a regular fuck for me, but not tonight.I don’t know why I’m so pissed off right now. All I want to do is get into a shower to wash all that fucked up privilege scent away. God, I hate rich people—especially politicians. Walking through the penthouse with the intention of heading right to bed, a sound in the living room gets my attention and I bristle. I slip the Beretta from my holster and hold it in front of me as I inch toward where the sound came from.I expected it to be an assailant; what I didn’t expect to see was Emilia on th

Throughout the week there were people in and out of the penthouse and Kaius ordered me not to leave my bedroom. I wasn’t going to argue with him because he looked serious when he said this, not cocky as he usually does.It left me wondering what the hell is going on outside there; there’s no way he’ll up and leave for a safer spot just because of me. It also left me questioning what the actual fuck Andrei did when those people see me as collateral damage.I’m sitting on my bed the night before we’re supposed to leave and thinking about my years with Andrei. We were the same age when he came to St Leonard's after my stint in the hospital, and we became closer. He knew I didn’t want to marry for convenience and respected that.After Gio made me his enforcer, he was so proud of me too. We were in a secret relationship for years, even after we found out what his father did to my cousin. He was adamant Gio would forgive me and we’d unite our families if I fell pregnant and became his wife.

I’ve just woken up but I’m refusing to get up from this bed after the embarrassing stint with Kaius last night. Why did I think egging him on like that would work when he simply proved me wrong with the stroke of his fingers?Oh, god those fingers. How the hell did he work me up to an orgasm within a few seconds? How did he know just what to do to get me to that point and then, frustratingly, stop when I was about to fall over?I groan and turn on my belly, feeling pissed off at myself for not being able to get this out of my head. Last night I played with fire and got horribly burned, now I have to suffer with sex thoughts about Kaius.“Man the fuck up, Emilia,” I grumble and sit up in bed. There’s no way I can hide in here all day, not in this tiny as fuck cabin with his room right across from mine. I’m going to have to deal with this and face it, no matter how uncomfortable I may feel.Sighing, I get up and walk to the bathroom but nearly fucking piss myself when I see Kaius stand

KaiusI hold the receiver to my ear and pinch the bridge of my nose. “He knew we were coming? How the fuck did that happen?”“Looks like a leak from the inside, Boss. No one should have known about this but you and us. Don’t worry, we’ve killed them all over here but the last family head will be on high alert now.”“Fuck sakes,” I growl and punch the wall in front of me. This was the last thing I wanted. I wanted them all taken out at the same time so they don’t see us coming but now the element of surprise has been ruined. “Kill them anyway and tell me when I can get the fuck home.”I hate not being on the front lines and killing them myself, but I have so much hanging in the air right now that I cannot afford to die. So this team will have to make do until my plans come to fruition; until I've taken what's mine.“We’re outside the last head’s house now. Give us another forty-eight hours, then you can return,” he says with confidence.“Check in then, I won’t fucking risk this,” I say

One look at Ivan and I know something’s up. He gestures for me to join him outside the entertainment section, and I excuse myself from the other heads before joining him.“You know this is an important meeting with the heads, so this better be—”“She’s not in her bedroom, Boss,” he cuts in, shaking his head. “I went to do my rounds after leaving a few minutes ago, but when I walked past her bedroom, I noticed the door was open.”A wave of anger so fierce has me in his grip when I grab Ivan and slam him against the wall. “Did you just say Emilia is gone?” I say through clenched teeth. “Please tell me that is not what I am hearing.”Ivan swallows deeply and nods. “I found it strange that she left her bedroom door open, so I went inside to check on her. She wasn’t anywhere in there, so I looked around the penthouse before coming to you about this.”“The cameras?”“Wiped clean, except for the elevator one,” he answers quickly, and as much I want to rip his fucking throat out, I know he wa