Chapter 155

Elena:

I watched as the bedroom door opened, and though I was surprised that Vladimir would be coming as early, I was surprised to see that it was Konstantin again. However, what took me by surprise was the fact that he was accompanied by Vladimir.

“You turned out to be innocent,” Konstantin said, looking at me. His eyes met mine and I looked down at my feet, avoiding the man’s eyes, reminding myself of my limits. The man might be here with Vladimir, but he could still challenge him and lay a hand on me again, and I wouldn’t want him to get in trouble for my sake. I knew that he already went through enough as it was. 

“I came to introduce my new second hand,” he said, taking me by surprise. I wanted to frown in confusion, but I knew better than to do so in front of the man who puts a question mark on everything. “My nephew, Vladimir Ivanov.”

I looked up at Vladimir for a second before looking down at my feet. My heart thumped against my chest, and I couldn’t help but hold my breath for a second as Konstantin walked toward me. He put his finger under my chin, raising it a bit before looking at Vladimir. 

“She is a beauty, isn’t she?” Konstantin asked, not bothering to look at me. I had to force myself to keep my eyes open, and though I feared what was to come, I feared Vladimir’s response, I knew to stay quiet. His eyes didn’t meet mine and for the first time since he first entered my room, I saw hate in his eyes. The man wasn’t only angry, he was furious, and I knew that he was more than a little willing to break Konstantin’s neck. 

“I will show myself outside, it was a pleasure meeting you.” He said, nodding at me.

“You are not going to go anywhere.” Konstantin said, stopping Vladimir who frowned in confusion. 

“I doubt that you are going to tell me what to and what to do now. Being your second hand will not change the fact that I am to do what I want, when I want to, and how I please to.” Vladimir said, and Konstantin smirked, lowering his hand from my chin. He looked at Vladimir, crossing his arms over his chest before looking at me. 

“Turn around, show us your body,” he said, and Vladimir frowned. His eyes were fixed on Konstantin for a second and I was forced to do as told. I had to ignore the clench that I felt in my chest at the embarrassment that I felt, and though I knew not to flinch, I hated to admit that it made me feel as if my heart was being pulled out of my chest. “Do you like her?”

“What are you trying to prove, Konstantin?” He asked, shaking his head in question. 

“I asked a question, but it seems to me that getting an answer out of you without giving you a reason is a mere impossible task to do.” He said, crossing his arms over his chest. “She is yours,”

“What?” Vladimir asked, trying to process the man’s words. I frowned in confusion at his words, and I could tell that even Vladimir was confused at what he was hearing from the man. I was quick to mask my expression before Konstantin turned to face me. I looked down at my feet, my heart thumping against my ribcage as I did, and I couldn’t help but find myself holding a breath, wanting to control what I was feeling. 

“If you like the woman, she is yours to claim.” He said, looking at Vladimir dead in the eye. “I heard from the headmistress that neither one of the girls sent to you met your interest. You have kept them around long enough to serve you, but neither touched nor dismissed them. I can assume that they are not your type, and I am well aware that unless it is that Natasha woman, that no woman was in your life, not intimately enough to call your own anyway.”

“Natasha is a sister to me, I doubt that you should be able to consider her as a lover.” He said, and though I was curious, I knew not to bother with asking questions.

“Just Eleanor was your ‘brother’ and best friend’s wife. And yet, you didn’t hesitate to kiss the woman.” He said, and I couldn’t help but find myself feeling a clench in my chest. It was one that I couldn’t translate, but the idea of Vladimir doing something like this was not something that I expected. “I don’t blame you, don’t worry about that and believe me, we are going to find our way to get your vengeance for what Killian has done. For now, I am going to ask you again, and this time, I am going to expect an answer. Do you like her? Or should I find you another woman? Maybe younger? If you have a type…?”

“She is my type,” Vladimir said, looking at me. I knew that he didn’t hurt me with his words. I could tell by the monotony in his tone that this wasn’t a situation that he wanted to find himself in. But this was Konstantin that we were talking about, and I was the last person that he would show remorse to.

“Good,” he said, taking a step back as he looked at me. “Take a good look at your new master, doll. I trust that I have trained you well enough to obey. You are going to listen to his rules now, and if I see, hear, or feel like you have deviated from the training that I gave you; you know the price that you are going to pay.”

“And the price is?” Vladimir asked, shaking his head in question. “I trust that since she is mine that I am to know what price the woman would be paying.”

“You leave that up to me to handle. You can try her out if you want. You never know whether or not you would like the feel of her. Maybe her lips wrapped around your cock would do as a first trial.” Konstantin said. “Unless you’ve grown limp or have lost your dick, I doubt that a man should be going this long without any pleasure.”

“I can tend to my needs when I want to. As for trying her, I will do so when I feel like it. I neither need an audience nor your approval, and if you are concerned about me not liking her; I trust that your training has done its job. I would handle the rest by resizing her to fit me.” He said, looking at me. I knew that his underlying words were meant to insult and break something in Konstantin. The man’s eyes widened in surprise and I could read his anger and discomfort in his body language, but the man was quiet before he nodded.

“Very well,” he said, walking toward the door. “Do not disappoint, Elena. Unless, of course, you want to pay the price of it.”

I kept my eyes on the ground, not looking at the man, fearing that this would be a mere dream that I was going to wake up from. The last thing that I wanted was for it to be so, and I knew that Konstantin was one of the masters of pain and surprises. He would kill me in an instant if he had the chance to do so, and this was something that I was more than a little sure of. His next words were a confirmation of them. And I couldn’t help but hold my breath as I allowed them to sink into my head as they left his lips.

“And you know very well that I will give you no chances for silly mistakes…”