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Ivy was slapping some balm on her lips to finish up her dressing for the day, when she heard the knock on her door.

Her fingers paused on her lips, and then her mind tried to figure out who could be knocking.

Anna usually knocked once and came in. Whoever it was outside was clearly waiting for a response from her.

She turned around, walked straight to the door, and opened it.

Vladimir's breath caught when he saw her, face first.

The fire from being enraged last night wasn't present anymore, so
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  • DAMSEL MEETS DANGER   THE GOOFS

    Vladimir straightened up after the pain in his groin area subsided, and broke out a rumbling chuckle.His fingers went to his lips, smiling hard as he replayed the kiss in his head over and over again.She tasted exactly like he had imagined. Naive, vicious, very delicious.He chuckled again when he thought of how quick she had hit him in that very sensitive spot.It wasn't funny at the moment, but in hindsight, he gave her a lot of points for being smart enough to go that route.“I'm going to figure you out, Princess. Whether you like it or not.”His hand left his lips, and went to the back of his neck where he rubbed as he turned around.“My office room, huh?” He mumbled in realization of where he was.In the heat of the moment, he had just wanted to storm into any room he could lock with a key. He was grateful this was the one he ended up finding himself in.A knock on the door called his attention towards it.The door opened, and Andrei stepped into the room. “I have been looking

  • DAMSEL MEETS DANGER   HER FIRST CONTRADICTION

    IVYI froze.When I readied myself to be struck by him, I expected for him to use his fist, and not his lips.Whatever this was, sudden and invasive, knocked me off my senses, and my ability to think.I was still as a statue for a couple of seconds, before it finally dawned on me what was truly happening.Panic erupted in me like a volcano, the moment everything clocked for me.Naturally, my first instinct was to push him away, so I tried.With every strength I could muster at that jittery moment, I pushed.He didn't budge. His lips only just clamped down harder around mine.“No, please no!” I screamed in my head.This wasn't happening. It was a dream. There was no world in which it was possible that I– that I– I just couldn't even bring myself to say it without completely falling apart.The nerve of him to grab my hands which were still hitting hard so he could let me go, and pin them to the side.The gall of this blonde demon to try to force my lips more open for his greedy lips.H

  • DAMSEL MEETS DANGER   EXPLOSIVE

    Vladimir's chair scraped against the floor, as he dragged it to the back, and rose to his feet.“I told you to let me deal with that girl, Son. I told you. See how she thinks–”He ignored her, and walked straight to the door.“I'll talk to him,” Serena reassured her, running straight to him. “Vlad? Wait up.”He had just crossed through the door when she caught up with him. “Seriously? You're just going to walk out on your mother and everyone else like that?”“I'm not going to say it a second time. Stay away from me,” he warned, his voice dark and straight to the point, as he took a turn.Serena's feet stayed glued to the ground, unable to bring herself to go after him.He had warned, and she knew better than to defy him.“Blyat!” Vladimir cursed in Russian at the situation, as he just walked on.However, something pushed him to lift his head, only for him to see he was almost at Ivy's room door, just a few paces away from Anna, Ivy and her grandmother.Suddenly, he had something to sa

  • DAMSEL MEETS DANGER   DINNER FROM HELL

    Isabella Gambino entered the dining room with her head held high, escorted by a guard.The moment Natasha Bratva saw her, she halted the conversation she was having with Serena Lowe, turning her gaze to her.“God grant me patience please,” she muttered under her breath, already overly irritated.Andrei got up, and dragged out the chair between himself, and Hedeon for her to sit.“Thank you,” she said with a smile, taking her seat.Hedeon felt her beside him, and his heart rocked a little.The free conversations happening in the large dining room quieted for a moment, as tension gripped the air.“You look in high spirits, Gambino.” Vladimir broke the silence with his usual light banter when it came to conversations with Isabella.“You know I like to eat,” she replied, following it up with a light giggle.“Are you sure you do? Because it sure as hell doesn't sh–”“Mother!” Vladimir stopped her right in her tracks.She rolled her eyes hard, but went silent.Isabella only chuckled interna

  • DAMSEL MEETS DANGER   DEBRIEFING

    Vladimir returned to the lounge to find Andrei and Hedeon already there, having a conversation.“I'll have that, thank you.” He snatched the bottle of whiskey from Andrei's hand, and plopped on a chair.“See what he does?” Andrei requested backup from Hedeon who didn't even crack a smile in response. “Yeah, sometimes I forget you're a robot.” He eyed him, then stood up to grab a fresh bottle for himself.“You're mad about Isabella's presence,” Vladimir said in a matter-of-fact kind of tone.Hedeon's beer was halfway to his lips, when he brought it down, and shifted his gaze to the boss. “I'm not mad, just confused,” he replied honestly.“Same difference,” Vladimir shrugged. “It's expected anyway. You clearly still have feelings for her.”“What?!” His eyes popped out.Andrei paused his drinking, and chuckled. For the most part, Andrei was overly expressionless.But there were these random moments like now, he burst out with an outflow of emotions and expressions that turned him from a

  • DAMSEL MEETS DANGER   HAND OF FATE

    Ivy communicated with Sheila to take a breather, whilst she checked who it was at the door.Sheila nodded, encouraging her to get ahead of it.“Who is there!” Ivy called out, as she walked over to the door, and opened it. “Anna? Why didn't you just come in?” She questioned, lifting a brow.“I didn't want to interrupt your conversation with your grandmother.”“Oh. Kind of you. Is there something you need?”“Not me, but the madam.”“The madam? Who?”“Madam Natasha.” She elaborated.“Oh,” Ivy's face dropped. “What does she need?”“You at the dining table tonight. She says it's a must. All family members, including the new bride, must eat dinner together.”Ivy's heart skipped a beat. “But I don't want to. I want to be with my grandma tonight.”Sheila, hearing her granddaughter's disturbed voice, walked over to the door.“What is going on here, princess?” Ivy sighed internally, beating herself up for coming off too loud, which had provoked her grandmother to interrogate.“It's nothing, Gr

  • DAMSEL MEETS DANGER   LIGHTNING STRIKE

    Vladimir looked at the unconscious Ivy, and then at his guys.He repeated his eye movement three more times before laying it to rest on the guys.“I told you she's strange, didn't I Andrei? And how the hell did she get into the garden?” He asked, half reproachful, half in awe.“Ivan left the door o

  • DAMSEL MEETS DANGER   A GLIMPSE OF HELL

    IVY If anyone was going to die tonight, it surely wasn't going to be me. I lifted my hand to the edge of the cup, to stop it from reaching my lips. His eyes snapped down on me. “What are you doing?” “You drink first,” I said fearlessly. “What?” His face contorted. “It's for you, not for me.”

  • DAMSEL MEETS DANGER   PICK YOUR POISON

    IVYGrandma held my hand. Together, we followed the woman who didn't have the nicest tone to her voice.But grandma was there by my side, and it was all the courage I needed.Like the contrast between day, and night, we burst into a hall not only larger than life, but lit up into the heavens.Diam

  • DAMSEL MEETS DANGER   A WEDDING FIT FOR THE DEAD

    Vladimir did not give Ivy any opportunity to respond.The moment he voiced out her options, he turned around, and walked out of the room.As he closed the door behind him, the spell that had pushed Ivy into a trance, broke.“The nerve of that blonde man! How can he– how dare he– who does he think h

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