ログインTalia POV I force a smile but don’t reply. I’m wearing one of his tee shirts and a pair of sweat pants I had to roll down at the waist.He reaches up and grabs my chin, and I reluctantly bring my eyes to his. I haven’t been making eye contact with him, and he notices.He notices how uncomfortable I am with his discomfort. He watches me for a long moment, his eyes flicking back and forth between mine and I want to know what he’s thinking.He doesn’t say rather he brushes his fingers across my jaw and my eyes flutter shut. How can such a simple touch make me feel so much? My body responds to him, but even worse, so does my mind. I don’t even think he’s doing it on purpose. It’s just the cause and effect of being near him.His body is tight and tense beneath me, and I want to take that away. For a few minutes, I try to block out everything else. All of the questions. I set the kit aside and do what feels right.I kneel down before him and drag my fingers up his thighs. I inch my finger
Talia POV Just after midnight, the front door slams open while I’m sitting on the sofa painting my nails. I’ve been bored out of my mind and Faris company has done little to improve that.I glance up to find Alexei standing in the kitchen. He looks at Faris and then to me, some kind of dark and scary energy rolling off of him. It’s not an expression I’m familiar with on him.I know that Alexei a dangerous man and I’m aware of the sort of things he deals in and yet, he’s always been a little bit mysterious… quiet… ominous, but in a calm way. I’ve seen a few different sides of him so far, but never anything like this ever since we moved into Los Angeles, he has kept me off his business and I'm clueless.I don’t miss the fact that his jacket is gone and his shirt is covered in blood. Over it he’s wearing a shoulder holster that I’ve never seen him wear, and something tells me he put that to a lot of use tonight.Before I even get a chance to say something, he stalks down the hall and in
Talia POV It's been two weeks since we arrived Los Angeles and just as I expected the house was big but this time, I'm left with the responsibility of ensuring the workers did their work but I'm glad the head housekeeper has see that all things are in order, now I miss Aria and wish she was here to help but I was really glad to have resolved that issue before leaving and grateful Aurora wasn't mad at me for what happened to her husband.Ever since we arrived Alexei has been super busy, he went out early in the morning and only returned late at night to fuck me, play a bit with Ethan and go to bed. Ethan was been homeschooled and the life we lived was more better than I expected it to be. Alexei inform me someone called Faris would come baby sit while he was away and as he left that morning, Faris stepped in after speaking with Alexei in Russia and I couldn't make out their discussion.Having Tristan Faris around to babysit me all day meant that I couldn’t check out what Alexei house
Talia POV I take the phone and push it into my back pocket.“Is everything okay? Did something happen on your call? Is there something new and that’s why....”“We need to get on the road because I want to put more distance between us whoever is coming after you but I'm going to run to the store and buy some things we need.” He gestures to my hair. “You’ll need to color your hair because it’s too recognizable.”I touch my hair. “ethan is used to me like this. I don’t think we should change it because....”“The important thing is to keep Ethan safe, and that means to keep out of sight. We’ll find a way to explain it.”“He wants to go home.”“Yeah, well, he can’t do that right now, and neither can you, so stay focused, Talia. I'm doing everything in my power to keep you safe and even though changing location is the last thing in my mind according to our last conversation but Lucas friends and I will be having a meeting soon, I need to know you and Ethan are well secured for me to focus.
Talia POV The following morning, I watch Ethan as he digs into the pancakes Aria made herself, she has been trying to strike a conversation but I wasn't in the mood for one.Ethan eats them with a voracious appetite, and I remember we didn’t really have much food earlier.“Ethan loves pancakes,” I tell her and she watched Ethan with that same expression of awe and pride and right now, a little wincing as Ethan maneuvers a sticky piece of pancake dripping with syrup into his mouth, not quite getting it to its destination directly as it drops onto the open palm of the hand he’s holding beneath his plastic fork.“Wow,” Aria says.I have to chuckle as she takes in Josh licking the syrup off his palm.“Is it driving you nuts?” I ask her, appreciating this moment of levity.”Sh turns to me. “His cute and I wish Viktor and I would have one soon.”“Have you spoken to him about it.”" I don't know how he feels about children."Aria reaches out a hand and held mine, looking at her now, I felt
Alexei POV Talia stirs from her sleep a little after midnight, blinking as she bolts upright in the bed. When her eyes collide with mine across the room, her shoulders relax, and she drags in a deep breath.“How long have I been asleep?” she whispers.“For a few hours.”I shut the brown paper file on the table in front of me, and her gaze moves to the bombshell I’m not quite ready to deliver just yet. “What is that?”I lean back against the chair and crane my neck to the side, attempting to relieve some of the tension that’s gathered there. “I asked Viktor to do some research into the names listed on the drive.”Talia frowns, glancing at Ethan and adjusting his covers before she slips off the bed and comes to sit across from me.The soft glow of a lamp provides the only light in the room, but I can still see the tension in her eyes. “So, what happens now?” She swallows.“We hide here forever, let just move to Houston or any other place except New York.”“No, we can’t,” I agree. “I’m
Aria POVI immediately looked away from him and fighting the weak tears at the corner of my eye.I saw him remove his boxers, and then he climbed on the bed naked. I trembled because couldn’t stop myself no matter how had I tried. His hand touched my waist then slid up slowly, the touch was light b
Aria POV“Who is it I am going to marry?” I forced the words out, but they sounded strangled.That was the first question I asked my uncle when he came into my room and informed me I was getting married. I was an orphan so finding a notable member of the Crown Syndicate is almost impossible.“Vikto
Aria POV I flinched every time my uncle’s stifled cries rang out as Alexei and Viktor broke each of his fingers. My eyes weren’t on my uncle, though, but instead on my husband’s face. His expression was unreadable as he watched my uncle like he was conducting some sort of experiment.Soon, they b
Viktor POV Yuri eyes shifted between my brother and me, his breathing picking up and fear started to fill his veins and I knew the signs were obvious but this was only the beginning of his sorrow.I leaned down, my mouth curling. “You will admit to it your transgressions soon and you will apologiz







