Mag-log in“You stabbed him over thirty times,” Talli whispered. Her throat was dry as tears rolled down her cheeks.Russell nodded. “When I saw all the blood I knew I'd lost it. Once I started, I couldn’t stop. The bloodlust inside me was too much.”“Did you kill my mother as well?”Russell smiled.Gazing into his eyes, Talli could see nothing in them. She remembered the old saying about the eyes being the windows of the soul and she knew this man had no soul. He was evil all the way though. She shuddered with that knowledge as her fate was in his hands. Then she remembered the vow Barshan had given her. She knew Barshan wouldn’t give up on her until she was safe again in his arms. She had to hang on to that hope. The hope that he would find her and save her.
Barshan heard Talli screaming as the car was rammed by another vehicle. He then heard Rugar barking frantically. He groaned as he tried to open his eyes. Pain assaulted his body and he flinched and came awake. He struggled to open his eyes and he felt something wet lick his face. He could feel something warm and wet down the side of his head and from somewhere in the distance he heard his name being called out.“What the fuck?” he murmured. The sounds echoed in his head and he frowned.“Barshan, open your eyes,” someone called to him.Barshan tried again and this time, he managed to open them. The light shattered his sight and the pain grew uncomfortable. He didn’t want to know what happened. Then he felt something wet lick his cheek again and he pushed it away.Opening
Talli looked around and shook her head. “I’ll have to melt it all down and start over.”“You can do that?” Kosta questioned.Talli nodded. “That’s how I designed most of the items here.”“Cool.” Kosta grinned.Barshan nudged her toward the back rooms. “You get started in the back and the boys and I will gather what we can out here. Go.”Talli and Rugar went to the offices and she found a bag then went to the first safe. Working the combination, she opened the heavy door and began emptying the trays inside. She just dumped it all together. She figured she could sort it all out at a later date.The bag was almos
Barshan tucked her close to him and tried to comfort her. He then recognized Kosta and a few of the other men standing there. But there were several others he didn’t know.Kosta broke away from the group and came toward them. He nodded at Barshan, Talli and Sazon.“Who are these men?” Sazon asked.“Ukraines. They said Demi sent them over to guard what was left,” Kosta told them.Barshan nodded. “He made the call before we left the hotel this morning.”“So we’re working with the Ukraines now?” Kosta raised an eyebrow.Barshan nodded at Talli. “For now.”Kosta gave a
“Nor will they ever forget the day the infidels murdered our true king," Demi went on. "Yes, things were bad under his rule toward the end but he was still our king.”“Russia was nothing for a long time afterwards. People living hand to mouth.” Yuri shook his head. “Starving in the streets. There were so many oprhans and bad people. It is better now but it took a lot of suffering to get through it."“But what would having possession of the jewels prove?” Talli had to ask. “There is no more Russian Royal family and after this long, whoever did have royal blood wouldn’t be able to prove it anyway. The line would be too muddled with foreign blood to be considered pure.” She shrugged. “I guess I just don’t see it that way.”Yuri glanced
Demi turned to Talli and studied her for a long moment. “You have no idea what this man could be after?”Talli shrugged. “I have no clue.”“Why do I doubt that very much?” Demi replied. “I have a feeling you know exactly what he’s looking for.”Talli shrugged. “I did overhear some of an argument a man and my father were having just before he was murdered. Most of the words were muted but then I wasn’t in the same room they were in. They were arguing in my father’s office at the shop and the door was closed. This man kept arguing with my father about something priceless, something that had been lost for almost a hundred years, and something that could prove his connection to the royal family. That’s all I heard before my mother took me out of the shop. By the time we returned, the man was gone and my father was alone. It was shortly after that when my father was murdered. I told the pol
“How did a woman like that even get close enough to get Nikoli’s attention?” Kosta asked Yuri.“She brought herself to his attention three months before when she introduced herself to him at a nightclub," Yuri explained. "She told him almost right away that she wanted to be his mistress but Nikoli
Raven nodded at him. “We can’t afford any mistakes and lifting Yuri’s wallet was a mistake. We both need to stay under the radar. If we watch ourselves, we can make it. We changed our last name, now we just have to fit in.” She gripped his hands tighter. “Nicky, we can make it together if we can ju
When she had first heard the ping of the elevator, Raven had quickly moved into her hiding place. The air shaft vent was located low on the wall inside the bedroom. The cover held in place by four small screws were easily removed by the small screwdriver she carried in her backpack. She barely had
The alarm went from solid red to a blinking red. On the third blink, a special alarm went off in the security room and the door locked behind the interloper.Down in the hotel’s security room everyone saw this and three men scrambled. One got on the phone while the other two sat at monitors searchi







