Chapter 121

Liana:

Flashback:

“Luca, what am I to do in the lion’s den?” I asked, looking at my twin brother. His eyes refused to meet mine for a few seconds, but I knew that he wanted me out of his way. “I understand that being older makes me heir, but I am to…”

“I am a man, and the two of us know very well that my position makes me a stronger candidate. Therefore, whatever bullshit that you are going to be telling me right now will not make a difference to me.” He said, stopping me. My eyes were fixed on his for a second before I looked down at my feet, trying to ignore my pain. “Liana, you are going to be doing this for the benefit of the family. And when you grow by their side, they will be trusting you. That is going to be your plus point, and you are going to make sure to win the man’s heart to ensure that you destroy them from the inside. And when that heir grows to become of age, he dies and our heir is to become Alpha. Only then would we be able to win this, and believe me, we are going to be the ones to get out of this together, stronger, and the way that we want to.”

“What if it doesn’t work, Luca? What if we end up getting harmed?” I asked, shaking my head in question. I didn’t know how things were going to go with this, and I knew that the Ivanov was not one to bring people to their homes out of the blue. And I didn’t even know how I was going to be able to get in his bed as my brother wanted me to. “I don’t even know how I am going to be able to get things done, and if I am to go inside the man’s house as a maid, how am I to get in his bed? Why would he even allow me to do so?”

“I doubt that I have to teach you how to use your femininity, do I?” He said, raising an eyebrow at me. I looked away from him, taking a deep breath as I did. He took a step toward me and cupping my cheeks, he made me look him in the eye. “This is for the family, Liana. The two of us are going to have to rebuild the family legacy, we don’t have another option,”

“We do, Luca. We don’t have to find ourselves fighting the man, we can be smarter about this.” I said, looking at my brother. He shook his head at me, and I sighed, knowing that there was no way out of this. He was going to make sure that I went no matter what I had in mind. “I will go and get ready. You can prepare things for me to leave. I am guessing that you’ve already done so anyway.”

He smirked, and I watched as he leaned in to kiss my forehead. “We are going to be able to do this our way. All we have to do is be smart about it…”

End of Flashback.

I wailed in pain as the poison played through my veins, pricking them, burning me from the inside. The men who were beside me were getting beaten, and I had to admit, I wished to be going through what they were; it would have been a lot easier for me. At least my organs would have been working. What was left of them anyway.

I watched as Killian, the man that I raised to be my daughter’s mate, fed Elton his cock while Nikolai was forced to swallow his tongue. I cried out, trying to move my mouth, but the best that I could do was whimper as I felt like my stomach had lava running inside. Yaroslav kept his eyes on me, clearly enjoying what he was seeing. 

“I do hate to admit that I am enjoying this. But then again, I doubt that you would be caring about what I had in mind, would you?” He said, looking at me. He grabbed my chin, squeezing it, and I shook my head, knowing that he could easily break my jaw. I did wish that he would do so, but I knew by now that he wouldn’t lay a finger on me. “The one person that I defended with everything that I had with nothing to ask in return,” 

My lips quivered as he let my face go. What he did not realize, and what I hid from my brother knowing that he wouldn’t allow it, was that my feelings were true. Maria saw them in my eyes, and the threat that she felt was one that I knew and saw in hers. 

“You know, even my wife returned what I did a thousand times more.” He whispered, looking at Killian. “She blessed my life with not one, but two children, one that you contributed to taking from me. And do not tell me otherwise. At least now, her blood will truly not go in vain, and don’t worry, we will be taking a good care of both your daughter and poor niece. Mind you, we are going to be sure to protect them from a feather that might scratch them. A kind of love, appreciation, and mercy that none of you had.”

His words felt like they were daggers being stabbed in my chest and I kept my eyes on his, knowing that he wanted me to look at him. His eyes were ones that never, not even once, spared me a glance. But when she came along, she was all he saw. He brought her over being mesmerized by her beauty. Little did I know, the slave that entered the house turned out to be its queen.

“She is taking her last breath, Killian. I do believe that you have broken enough limbs in all of them. And while I understand that you still have a few bones on the bastard left, we are going to need them for him to be dragged before dying.” Yaroslav said, watching as Killian burned Elton’s skin. The smell of burned flesh filled my barely active nostrils, and by now, even Elton stopped screaming. I doubted that he felt anything anyway. And I couldn’t help the tears that fell from my eyes as I watched Vladimir pour vodka in Nikolai’s mouth, burning his fresh wound. 

Killian looked at his father for a second before grabbing Elton’s hand, breaking all his five fingers in one run, snapping the man out of his near unconsciousness. His eyes widened, and he looked at Killian as if the man grew a second head for a second before he cried out as the smell of piss mixed with blood filled the room. 

“You should be thankful for my father’s mercy. But as easy as this was for you, it is time for you to die.” He whispered, grabbing the man by his hair, forcing him off the chair. “Had it been up to me, I would have brought in the hounds to feed off you for a while. And believe me, nothing is more vicious than a hungry hound who feeds off its prey while still alive…”