Kidnapped By A Rival Mafia
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room. My pulse pounded as I stumbled forward, my hands still bound, my mind racing. The two men
s al
so. A massive four-poster bed with dark silk sheets stood in the center, flanked by tall windows draped in heavy curt
of that
the curtains. My breath hitched. Iron bars. My stomach twist
awed at
isting the handle, shaking it violent
ng ragged. I needed to thi
ct
anger through me, burn
rous. But Victor Volkov was something else entirely. He wasn
ad taken everything
s gilded cage like some pawn in
eatening to take over. There had to be a way out of this. Vict
ght I w
as just my fat
as w
smarter, by knowing when to fight and when to
d out what Vict
re out why the hell
r's voice downstairs. The way it had tightened, the way his us
y to understand one thing-Anton Volk
meant
jolted me fro
handle
to step back bef
ss the room. His face was unreadable, but his eyes-those dark, sto
to him like
k, the murmurs of hushed voices
as stil
t him see the fear curling inside me. "What now
sing the door behind h
like he was searching for something. I hated the way his gaze ma
y, he
oom." His voice was low, f
as much, considering the bars on the windows. Very charmi
his jaw. "You're
tep toward him, meeting his g
n't de
ing my head. "What do y
his expression, gone to
the way his voice tightened told me h
ng him. "No?" I challeng
s. "Because your father took everything from me," he said, his
to let him see the way his wor
I asked, forcing steel into my own voice.
air between us felt charged, thick w
enough,"
n us. "Then you should also know that my father doesn
kered. It was brief, barely noticeable, but it was t
, Victor... What happens w
le
vy, so thick, it
th
uns
gh the mansion, s
toward the door, his
hot. Then
, my pulse spiking
his holster as he reached for the door. But
in, blood dripping from
, clutching his s
rigid. "What
hard, his face pal
d turne
e, his eyes unreadable, yet filled with
sappearing into the
as happening before the door slamme
backed toward the wi
wasn't
ppening downstairs was bigg
a terrib
as only the