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Chapter 24.3 – Problem one: solved, by taking out the trash
She can't help but to glance around every now and then because she wishes that she could see that set of blue hair once more. Mya still does not understand why Kai is still with that Valeria because Kai does not act like a man who is in a relationship; in fact, if she had not seen Valeria tonight, she would have guessed that those two had broken up a long time ago. She never even thought of asking Ray whether Kai has a girlfriend because she was never interested in that, and after that night at his safe house, Mya was convinced that Kai was single seeing as he just never acted like a guy who was with someone.
In the meantime, Mya has met Brooklyn, and he was not what she was expecting. She was actually very charmed by his personality, but it does not change the fact that he had stabbed Bryan and his brother in the back, and that he had killed Sergei and also tried to kill Bryan. Mya still has to work on a way in which she can make Brooklyn pay for what he did, but for now she is just going to enjoy his company seeing as both Kai and Ray has performed some disappearing act.
While talking to Brooklyn, Mya suddenly spots Kai's hair through the crowd, and without thinking twice, she excuses herself and leaves Brooklyn's side, he just smirking as he watches Mya's ass disappear through the many people.
'It will only be in my benefit if I get Mya on my side. I think I should try and test her loyalty towards The Chernyy Feniks. She may just come in handy in the future.'
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Kai still has murderous thoughts in his head and mind, but right now he needs a bottle that he wants to down in one go. Kai is heading straight for his study where he has his own stash of bottles which he can finish, and he can do it in peace and quiet. He is also seething about what Valeria has done; she told Tala and others about the pregnancy on purpose, and for that she is going to pay.
Kai makes it to his study and closes the doors of the study as soon as he is inside; he then proceeds to his alcohol cabinet and he takes the first bottle, and without a second to spare, he opens the bottle and starts to down the clear contents of the bottle.
Kai is so focused on his alcohol that he does not notice the doors of the study open, nor does he notice the person that silently walks into his personal study.
Mya only looks at Kai in silence at how he is drinking the vodka without taking a break, and she can't help but wonder what has happened for him to try and drink it away.
"Who is on a path of self destruction now?" Mya blurts out without thinking, she sounding very serious as she looks at Kai's back.
Kai, on the other hand, only lowers the bottle but he does not turn around as he also feels angry towards Mya for coming into his life and messing up everything.
"Get out," is Kai's only response to that, he still not facing Mya.
"No, not until you tell me what is going on."
"It is none of your business, so stay the hell out of it."
"You really are something else, Kai. It seems you like to string women along, and when you get caught, you are pissed at the world, when it is actually all your fault."
Kai finally turns around to look at Mya, but the moment she looks into Kai's eyes, she regrets coming here in the first place.
"You know nothing, so keep your peasant opinion to yourself. You work for me, remember that, woman."
Mya can hear in Kai's voice that something is wrong, but she is not going to stick around to find out what; in fact, she is officially done with Kai. Whatever feelings she may have had for this man has officially disappeared and she could not be happier about that.
Kai sees how Mya's facial expression suddenly becomes hardened, and he does not like it.
"You should have left me at that restaurant, Kai; you never should have helped me because by helping me, you brought destruction into my life, but now I am putting an end to that destruction."
Kai has no idea what she means by that, but it still hurts him to hear her say those words, but Kai being Kai, shows no response to that.
Without saying another word, Mya turns around and Kai has to watch her walk away from him, AGAIN.
"Mya..." he calls after her just as she is about to walk out, but she does not turn around.
"Drop dead, Kai Hiwatari," those being her only words to him before she walks out and closes the door behind her and leaving Kai all alone.
Kai can only look at the closed doors before he turns his attention back to his bottle, but instead of finishing the contents of it, Kai throws the bottle against the wall where it smashes into hundreds of pieces as Kai's chest starts to rise and fall as his breathing starts to become irregular due to his seething body, Kai only grabbing his hair in his fists as he groans out loud due to his indescribable fury.
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Kai is wandering around the manor as he is trying to find Mya so that he can apologise to her, or at least try to apologise to her in his own way. The business mogul has finally managed to calm down but it was not easy. He had gone down to The Chamber in the hopes of finding someone to kill but he was not so fortunate and so, Kai had to opt to go into the ammunition room where he had emptied a lot of guns, but it had at least helped him, and now Kai feels bad for the way he had treated both Mya and Ray, and Kai knows that Ray had every right to react the way he did, but Kai being the arrogant prick that he is, did not want to admit nor accept that he was wrong.
Kai knows that it will take time for him and Ray to be civil to one another once more, but one good trait about Ray is that he forgives easily and once the Chinese man has buried the hatched, it stays buried. Kai can only hope that this hatched will get buried fast and that it will also stay buried.
Despite there being so many people here, Kai knows that he will immediately recognise Mya between these many faces.
After wandering around for another 10 minutes, Kai accepts defeat and admits to himself that Mya has left the manor, and he cannot blame her. With his hands in his pockets and his shoulders slouched in some way, Kai decides to head back to Tala and the others, because it is either that or he has to go home to Hiwatari manor, and truth be told, Kai does to want to be alone tonight; the loneliness will just end up suffocating him.
Kai sees that Tala and the others are still sitting where they have sat the entire night, except now Ray is missing, along with Mikhail and Valerie, which only leaves Tala, Alisia, Hilary and again to Kai's dismay, Valeria.
Reluctantly, Kai takes a seat right next to Valeria, she immediately glaring at him the moment he takes a seat.
"Where were you?" she suddenly demands in a harsh whisper, to which Kai decides to ignore as he turns his attention to Tala.
"Kai, my man, I can't believe that you are about to become a father; how do you feel about it?"
Count on Tala to bring up the topic of fatherhood; since he has become a father, Tala is under the impression that every man is over the moon about becoming a father, but it is just too bad that Kai does not share that same enthusiasm.
Kai only shrugs his shoulders to that question, both Tala and Alisia suddenly taking note of how down Kai seems, but they know better than to raise their opinion in front of others. If they want to talk to Kai, they will have to do it in private and at another time as now is not the most opportune moment.
Tala and Alisia turn their attention to Hilary because they know they will not get a word out of Kai right now while he is in this current mood, so there is no use in trying to talk to him anymore. With their attention elsewhere, Valeria decides to use this to her advantage.
"I want to go to bed," she whispers into Kai's ear in that seductive manner of hers.
"So go, no one is stopping you," is Kai's harsh response to that, he not making eye contact with her.
This is enough to put Valeria in a foul mood and she does not hide it, "Clearly your intelligence has disappeared, Kai. I want to go to bed and you WILL come with me."
Kai knows what she means by that but he is not in the mood for sex, especially not with HER.
"I'm not the mood, so go pleasure yourself if you are horny."
"Do you want me to make another scene, Kai, because I will and it will be way worse than the one at the restaurant; your choice, Kai."
Kai finally turns to face Valeria and there is no mistaking the look of defiance within those eyes of hers, but instead of returning the look, Kai only sighs to that and after giving a single nod with his head, he waits till Valeria gets up and he then allows her to pull him up, and after bidding the others good night, Kai allows Valeria to pull him towards the stairs where he will be forced to have sex with a woman that he cannot stand.
They make the first set of stairs to the second floor, and then they move on to the stairs that goes up to the third floor, and as Kai is walking behind Valeria, he suddenly spots Mya coming down the stairs.
Valeria does not notice her but Kai cannot take his eyes off of her. The two's eyes meet and they keep eye contact as they walk past each other, but Kai cannot ignore the hateful glare that is directed his way, whereas he can only look at Mya with a type of longing that he does not know. His heart is breaking by how she looks at him and he knows that it is his fault.
They finally pass each other, and for one last time, Kai turns around to look at how Mya descends the stairs, she not turning around to look back at him, and this also hurts Kai.
He and Valeria finally reach the third floor and Valeria continues to lead them to Kai's suite where they always spend the night, but with each step that he takes, his heart is breaking into more and more pieces, while that glare of Mya is suddenly planted within his mind.
The two finally reach the room and Kai suddenly feels like he has reached a place of ultimate doom and gloom because he does not want to be here; he wants to run after Mya and to apologise to her; he wants to tell her how he wants to spend every second with her, how he wants to wake up with her in his arms and how he also wants to fall asleep with her in his arms. He does not want to be Valeria.
"I am really not in the mood, Valeria," Kai says as he walks over to the one seated couch that is positioned in the corner where he takes a seat as to demonstrate to Valeria that he is serious about not being in the mood.
Valeria, on the other hand, does not care whether Kai is in the mood or not because she wants to have sex now, and she will have sex; she WILL get Kai in the mood, one way or another. She watches how Kai takes a seat on the couch and how he leans back while resting his head against the headrest of the couch with his eyes closed.
'Perfect,' is all that she thinks to herself as she starts to take off her shoes, and very quietly she walks over towards Kai, and after throwing a pillow right in front of Kai's feet, Valeria gets on her knees and places her hands on Kai's knees.
This causes Kai to open his eyes and to look down at Valeria, "What are you doing?"
Valeria looks up at Kai with a self satisfactory smirk on her face, "I am going to get you in the mood, Kai."
Kai again only sighs at this while slowly shaking his head from side to side, but he does not stop Valeria from untying his belt and then zipping down his zipper. Kai leans back against the backrest and he just allows Valeria to do what she wants to do.
Valeria licks her lips when she sees the outline of Kai's limp member through his black boxers and without wasting a second, she goes to work in removing the limp member from its confinement, and her mouth is literally watering for Kai's member right now.
She does not wait for a sign from Kai and she immediately takes the limp member into her mouth, and Kai can only clutch the armrests of the couch where his arms are resting, but he shows no other reaction to the sudden onslaught on his member.
Kai can't deny the fact that Valeria knows how to please him orally as he has always enjoyed it whenever she went down on him, and even now, Kai cannot deny how incredibly good it feels to have her warm mouth over his penis, she knowing exactly how to use her mouth and tongue to the best of their capabilities.
Her head bobs as she sucks harder and harder, her tongue twirling over the head of Kai's penis while her hands jerk him at the same time. Valeria can only smirk inwards to how Kai's member is becoming erect, and soon enough Kai will be deep inside of her and she can hardly wait; her clit is already throbbing from anticipation and her thong is uncomfortably wet by now from her own juices.
Without even thinking of doing it, Kai grunts as he pushes his member deeper into Valeria's mouth, and to his surprise, she takes him completely and now Kai's hips are starting to move on their own accord as Valeria deep throats him now.
'I will give her credit for keeping to her plan of getting me in the mood. I may as well try to cheer myself up and what better way is there other than having sex with a hot blooded woman that is pining for my body.
"Get up and get undressed," Kai suddenly orders Valeria to which she immediately pulls away from Kai and gets up, she wasting no time in getting undressed.
Kai also gets up but he keeps his eyes on Valeria as she undresses and Kai can only smirk upon thinking that in a couple of seconds time, that sexy ass will be moaning out as he slams into her over and over again. While watching Valeria, Kai also gets undressed until he is completely naked, his member standing at full attention.
Valeria will never get enough of seeing Kai naked, but she suddenly gets pissed when she sees Kai tear open a foil packet and how he removes the condom, pulling it over his erection.
"Really, Kai, why are you still using that? Isn't it a bit too late for that?" she asks while pointing to her stomach.
Kai simply ignores her and walks over to her where he yanks her around so that her back can face him, "Bend over," this being his only instruction to her.
Valeria does as she is told and she leans forward so that she can rest her hands on the bed, and she feels how Kai's hands are stroking her naked ass but all of a sudden she only moans out when she feels how two of Kai's fingers penetrates her and how he starts to move them in and out of her.
"I like it when you are this wet," Kai says as continues to pump his fingers in and out of Valeria, Kai suddenly feeling very much in the mood for sex.
Kai continues to pump his fingers in and out of Valeria for a while longer before he removes them, licks them clean and then takes Valeria by the hips, and without any warning, he slams into her, but he does not do it in a gentle manner, this causing Valeria to gasp out as she clutches the bed covers in both of her hands as Kai starts to thrust in and out of her in an aggressive manner, but she does not mind this as she loves it when Kai gets this rough with her.
In and out, in and out Kai goes, over and over again, he not showing any sign of slowing down; the only thing that changes is when Kai takes Valeria's hair in his right hand as he pulls her head upwards so that he can hear her moan even louder.
She wanted to have sex and now he is giving it to her; she is not worth making love to, and she also does not deserve it. Kai grunts as he once again thrusts into Valeria, he trying to thrust as deep as possible into her, maybe to the point of it becoming painful for her.
In a manner, Kai wants to punish her for telling the others about the baby, and also for interrupting him and Mya as they were about to kiss. It is entirely her fault that Mya is angry with him, and it is also her fault that Ray is furious with him, so he has to punish her in some way. Were it not for the baby, his hands would have been covered with her blood by now, and maybe in the future that can still happen because Kai will not mind being a single father.
Voltaire was all alone when he raised Kai, and Kai cannot remember a single time where his grandfather did not shower him with love. Voltaire had taught Kai so much about life, and Kai knows for a fact that he will impart that same love and knowledge on to this child. His grandfather has raised him with morals and he did a very good job in it, so it will be a tragedy if Kai does not follow in his grandfather's steps.
Kai feels like changing positions and so he pulls out of Valeria, whose legs are already trembling and which also feels sticky on the inside from her essence that is flowing down her legs. Kai instructs her to get onto the bed and she does as told without any objection, she only smirking at this.
She lies down on her back and looks up at Kai who is also getting onto the bed and he once again positions himself between Valeria's legs. He comes into The Eagle position of the Kama Sutra where he gets onto his knees and spreads his legs open, and with Valeria remaining on her back, Kai takes her legs in his hold while Valeria opens her legs wide apart and again without any warning, Kai slams into her and this time Valeria arches her upper body as Kai starts to move in and out of her in a rather brute manner.
Kai looks down at her, or more like, he is looking at her breasts as they bounce with every thrust into her body and Kai will never deny the fact that it simply looks beyond sexy to see her naked breasts bounce like that.
Kai is more a breasts guy than a legs or butt guy; he will never grow tired of watching naked breasts, much less kiss and touch them.
Kai continues to look down at Valeria's breasts when he suddenly hears a very familiar voice starting to talk to him, the tone of voice sounding very teasingly.
"Are you just going to look at them, or are you going to play with them?"
Kai is suddenly very confused but when he looks up, he looks directly into spring green coloured eyes, this causing Kai's eyes to widen with shock, but he is unable to utter a single word as Mya continues to smirk up at him.
Kai shakes his head from side to side very vigorously but Mya still remains in front of him, and when he looks down, he sees that he is fully immersed within her, and he can even see her two tattoos, the phoenix and the sheath.
'This must be some type of dream or something because this can't be real.'
"Aah, come on, Kai, my breasts also want some attention, and hey, who said you could stop? Thrust, boy, thrust into me like there is no tomorrow!" there being no mistaking the playfulness within her voice.
Instead of bidding to her wishes, Kai releases his hold on her legs and he immediately leans forward where he wastes no time in capturing her lips, Mya only wrapping her legs around his body which is now resting on her own body, she also wrapping her arms around his neck as she allows Kai to kiss her like he is saying goodbye.
Her lips are still as soft as to when they hooked up in New York City and her tongue is still so alluring as it was at that time; she still has that exotic taste, and how her lips move so sensually against his own, Kai only realises now just how much he has needed to feel her lips against his own because he suddenly feels so alive, more alive than he has ever felt, and it is almost as if she has breathed life into his body. The way in which they change the angles of their heads to accompany the other one's kissing is so synchronised, it seeming like it is something that they do every day and that they have had a lot of practice in learning each other's moves but that is not the case at all.
Without thinking about it, Kai starts to thrust into Mya but this time it is gentle and sensual, like he wants to express his emotions through his thrusting. Kai feels how Mya arches her upper body against his own body as he continuously thrusts into her, Kai unable to believe his luck right now, his luck of finally being able to make sweet love to his one true love.
Kai slowly pulls his lips away from Mya's luscious lips so that he can kiss her in her neck, a neck that he has also longed for, for such a long time. Mya turns her head to the side so that Kai can have a larger area to kiss, she moaning out softly as Kai starts to lace her skin with his soft and meaningful kisses.
She removes her arms from around Kai's neck, and with her right hand, she takes hold of Kai's hair at the back of his head, and with her left hand, she takes hold of Kai's right upper arm where she digs her fingers into the skin as pleasure courses through her body with each thrust that Kai thrusts into her body.
His heart feels like it can explode any second now from pure happiness because he finally has his precious bubbly blonde within his arms, and he is never going to let her go, not as long as he lives and breathes.
No words can describe how absolutely blissful it feels to be within Mya; it is unlike anything he has ever experienced before, and it is an experience that he will not forget anytime soon.
Things start to become very heated between them, along with the increased passion, and Mya can feel how an orgasm is slowly approaching, and this causes her to tighten her legs around Kai's waist for even deeper penetration, if that is even possible at this stage.
Kai also starts to get so caught up in the passion that he stops kissing Mya's neck and he only rests his head on her shoulder as he starts to thrust faster and faster; up until now Kai's arms were perched up on either side of Mya's head but now that he is resting his head on her right shoulder, he is also resting his arms flat on the bed, his right hand also having a hold on her hair now as he continues to thrust fast into Mya.
Kai feels how Mya bites into his right shoulder and he can only heave against her skin as he can fell how his peak is also getting closer and closer. Before he comes, he has to tell her something, and he hopes that they get to climax together afterwards as he takes a guess that her orgasm is also getting closer and closer if the reactions of her body is anything to go by.
"I have been waiting so long for this, Mya, words will never be able to express of how happy I am that you are in my arms, Mya," Kai saying this words softly into her ear, he meaning every word that he says to her.
However, the reaction that Kai suddenly gets is not what he has been expecting as he suddenly gets pushed away and then he gets smacked hard in the face, this immediately bringing Kai back to reality, and that is when he realises that it was all a hallucinations as it is Valeria that was beneath him and not Mya as he had thought.
Kai can only touch his right cheek while he looks at Valeria with shock, he unable to think of a single word to say.
"Who the hell is Mya, you bastard?! You dare fantasise about another woman while you are with me?! How dare you?!"
Kai is still unable to say a word as he just backs away from Valeria to give her space so that she can get off of the bed. Kai can't believe what has just happened because it had felt so real; the kisses, the touches, it all felt exactly like Mya's touches, when in fact it was Valeria all along.
Valeria puts on her clothes in a hurry while using every cuss word that she knows, each and every word being directed at Kai; she is beyond livid with the fact that Kai had called out another woman's name, and that after he started to be so gentle and loving with her. She was sure that Kai had finally decided that he was wrong and that he needs to treat her better, and that is why he started to make love to her in such a passionate manner, but it was all a lie; it was all because of this Mya woman.
Valeria feels like she can just smash things right now, but the faster she gets out of here, the better. Kai has not even turned around to look at her as he is still sitting on his knees while staring out in front of him. Without saying another word to Kai, Valeria storms out and she makes sure to slam the door shut as hard as she possibly can.
Kai is still in a daze as he is still very confused about what has just happened because nothing makes sense; he does not even know how something like this could have happened in the first place. For one, he is not that drunk, and he also did not use any drugs, so how can something like this happen? It is simply not humanly possible. It had felt so real, from hearing her voice to feeling her lips, and that is why he was so absorbed in it because he was convinced that it was Mya that he was making love to, and not Valeria.
He did not even get to finish and he was so close to coming; it would have been like a dream come true to come with Mya, but now he knows that it will never happen. Kai runs his hand through his hair in a defeated manner and with one heavy sigh, he gets off of the bed where he heads straight for the shower; he does not even think of lighting a cigarette now as that cancer stick is a long way from his mind now. The only thing that is occupying his mind right now is Mya Azarov, and nothing or no one else.
Kai turns on the water of the shower, and while he waits for the water to become warm, he removes the condom and throws it into the metal dustbin underneath the basin.
The water is warm within a minute and Kai gets in, he welcoming the water on his naked skin. He just keeps his eyes on the tiles in front of him but he does not take notice of them; instead, he only sees Mya's laughing face in front of him, those spring green coloured eyes just shining with love for life, and it is impossible to not love those spring green coloured pools of her.
That contagious smile of hers, accompanied with that angelic voice of hers, and the way she says things without thinking twice, she not caring that it may shock some people around her, that unfiltered mind of hers. How can he ever get her out of his system? It is simply impossible; it just can't be done.
'Why, Mya? Why did you come back into my life?! You are just causing me agony!' this last thought causing Kai to suddenly smash his right fist against the tiles with brute force, he managing to smash the tiles to pieces, but unfortunately for him by smashing the tiles, he also injures his knuckles as blood starts to flow through the broken skin, but Kai hardly pays attention to it as the physical pain is nothing in comparison to his internal pain right now.
Kai keeps his bloodied knuckles against the tiles, his blood slowly starting to trail down the tiled wall as Kai keeps his glare on the spot right in front of him. Every muscle within his body is tense right now, the evidence visible on his body as every part of his body suddenly seems more toned than before; his left fist is clenched tightly as he keeps his left arm hanging beside his body without making any other movements.
A few hair strands is hanging in his face with the rest of his hair looking flat and straight at the same time as the water continues to soak it, but Kai does not even bother in removing the hair from his face. He continues to see Mya before him, he unable to shake her image from his mind.
'I have to make things right with her; that is the only way I will get rid of this immense pain. If I can apologise to her and show her that I am truly sorry for what I had said to her, maybe we will be able to go back to how we were before Valeria had intervened. I would give anything to have her act with me in the same manner she has acted right up until everything got ruined. I am really sorry, Mya, and I hope that you can look past this little dispute of ours, because I am suffering without you by my side and I do not know how much longer I will be able to handle it. I am weak and a weak man is capable of anything once he decides that he has had enough.'
Kai finally removes his hand away from the tiled wall and he washes off the blood so that he can see the damage that he has caused to his own hand due to his own stupidity.
Pleased that it does not look too serious and being certain that there is no real damage within his hand, Kai proceeds to wash his body so that he can go and look for Mya and talk to her; he does not care if he has to drive to either her place or Ray's place, he will talk to her before the new day begins; he just has to.
Kai is dressed in minutes, and after looking in the mirror and being satisfied with how he looks, Kai heads back down stairs to go and find Mya, and if he should run into Ray, he will also try and apologise to his Chinese friend.
Kai finally reaches the ground level, and he sees that the party is still in full swing, despite it already being in the early hours of the morning. Kai immediately starts to scan his surrounding areas as he passes through the people and the different rooms, but with no luck. However, just as he is about to enter the kitchen area to see whether Mya might be there, Tala approaches him, the red headed man smirking as he approaches Kai, and Kai can only think of how Tala looks like someone who has just heard a piece of very juicy gossip.
"Guess what I had heard?" Tala asks while holding his drink in one hand and throwing his other arm around Kai's shoulders, Kai deciding that he will tolerate this tipsy attitude of Tala for now, but only because he does not want to push any more people away from.
"Hn," is Kai's only response, but that is nothing new anyway.
"Valeria had stormed out of here a while back, and she was beyond pissed."
Kai does not need to hear the rest because he already knows where this is heading, but he would like to hear whether Valeria has told the truth or whether she has twisted it so that she can look like the victim.
Again, just an 'Hn' is heard from Kai, but Tala does not notice it as it is clear that he cannot wait to tell Kai the 'juicy gossip'.
"Apparently, while you two were getting it on just now, you had called out another woman's name, a certain Mya; now, after cussing like a sailor, she demanded to know who this 'Mya' woman is but we all just told her that we do not know someone with that name, and yeah, you can thank us later for saving your ass from your baby mama, but for now, I just want to know why did you call out Mya's name while boning Valeria?" and the grin on Tala's face cannot get any wider as Tala is making no secret of how much he is currently enjoying this.
'Well, at least the witch told the truth, so I will give her that,' Kai thinks to himself while he looks at Tala with an expressionless face, he not sure what he should actually say to that 'piece of gossip'.
"So, is it true or not, Kai?"
"What does it matter?"
"It does matter, because if you like Mya that much, the rest of us can always try to play match maker with you two."
"Thanks, but no thanks; I don't need anyone's help in pursuing a woman."
"So it is true, you did call her name out."
"Why ask when you already know the answer, Tala?"
Tala just continues to grin while he leans on Kai, "I knew that something was going on between you two."
"What do you mean?" Kai asks, as he is suddenly feeling rather curious as to why Tala has just said that because it really can't be that obvious that he has feelings for Mya, can it?
"I saw it that night at the restaurant when we were meeting with the Triads; I saw how you two interacted with each other, and it was not just a simple interaction between employer and employee; it was something completely different, almost like you were two lovers quarrelling over something."
Kai turns his attention away from Tala, he fearing that should he meet Tala's eyes right now, Tala will be able to see his true emotions, and he is not in the right state of mind now to explain his emotions to anyone, because he, without a doubt, has just pushed Mya away from him, maybe for good.
"I don't know what you are talking about."
"I call bull; you know exactly what I am talking about, Kai, but anyway, kudos for pissing Valeria off, Kai. She may be carrying your child now, but to be honest, I would have preferred it if it was another woman."
Kai immediately turns his attention on to Tala because he did not expect to hear something like that from Tala, seeing as Tala was so happy when Valeria divulged to them all about the pregnancy.
"Why do you say that, Tala?"
"Look, Kai, she is beautiful and all that, but that is all; on the inside she is as ugly as hell and I cannot picture her as a mother. You, on the other hand, can be an excellent father because I have seen you with my kids, and with the right partner you will make THE best father ever, but unfortunately with Valeria as your partner, it will be a bit more difficult. I can see Mya as the mother of your children because despite her being a badass, one can see that she has been raised with morals and she still has her humanity intact."
Kai only sighs to that because he has to agree with Tala on that, that Mya will be the perfect partner for him, not just in parenthood but also in life overall, "Yeah, but whatever may have been between Mya and me, I officially blew tonight, and that all thanks to my psychotic behaviour."
"Then go make things right, Kai; you will never know unless you haven't tried," Tala releases his hold on Kai and steps back, he still grinning at Kai, "Go find her and try to apologise, dude."
Kai says nothing and he only nods as Tala gives him a gentle push towards the kitchen, almost as if Tala knows that Mya is in the kitchen, but nevertheless, Kai heads straight for the kitchen without looking back.
However, the moment Kai steps into the large kitchen of the Feniks manor, he regrets it and he just wants to turn back around immediately, but his feet and body betrays him and he is stuck on the spot, his heart suddenly shattering into pieces by the scene that greets him.
There, right in front of him is the love of his life with the man that has been stabbing him in the back for quite some time now, and the two seem very comfortable in each other's company. Kai does not know how he should feel right now, whether he should kill Brooklyn right on the spot and grab Mya by the arm and drag her away, or whether he should just ignore them.
Mya is sitting on the kitchen counter which is situated right next to the door that heads to the outside, with Brooklyn standing right between her legs as he kisses her neck in a teasingly manner, and Mya is all smiles as Brooklyn is targeting all of her sensitive spots on her neck, but her smile disappears the moment she glances over Brooklyn's shoulder and she looks directly into Kai's brown eyes, and at once her anger flares up within her once more.
Her eyes immediately narrow and a hateful scowl takes over her friendly face, and Kai can feel how the hate and anger is radiating off of her, and it is sending shivers down his spine right now.
'What have I done, my Mya?' Kai thinks to himself as he feels how that glare and scowl is stabbing over and over into his heart, and it hurts a lot.
Brooklyn takes notice of Mya's sudden coldness and this results in him to stop his kissing and to and pull away from Mya, and after looking at her and seeing that her eyes are set on something or someone behind him, Brooklyn turns his head and he also glances over his shoulder, and after seeing Kai, a smirk develops on his face.
Brooklyn turns around completely so that he can acknowledge Kai, "Well, hello, Kai, I did not see you there; how are you?"
Kai ignores Brooklyn and he keeps his eyes on Mya, Mya also not turning her attention away from Kai.
Mya jumps off of the counter, her eyes still on Kai, "Let's go somewhere else; the mood has suddenly been spoiled," and while saying this, she does not even blink her eyes as they remain on Kai.
Brooklyn does not need to hear anything to know that there is bad blood between Kai and Mya, and he is going to use it to his advantage, "As you say, Mya; I aim to please you."
Mya does not hear his last remark and she starts to walk towards Kai so that she can leave the kitchen but just as she is about to pass Kai, he gently takes her by her upper arm, "We need to talk," that being all that he has to say to her.
"Get your filthy paws off of me, Kai; don't you ever dare touch me again," Mya says as she yanks her arm out of Kai's hold, her eyes now looking like daggers that are about to shoot out of her eyes.
Brooklyn keeps his distance as he wants to see just how bad this relationship between Kai and Mya really is, he wanting to see it all for his own amusement and conniving mind.
"Please, Mya, we need to talk; it is important."
Mya turns her attention away from Kai and she looks at Brooklyn where she suddenly smirks at him, "What do you say we hit some club or something? This place has suddenly become too overcrowded for me."
"Sounds good to me," Brooklyn answers back, he too smirking as he can only imagine how pissed Kai must be now after being ignored like that, because he knows how Kai hates being ignored like that.
Mya walks away from Kai, and Brooklyn follows obediently, he just smirking at Kai as he passes him, "See you tomorrow at the meeting, Kai; I'm looking forward to it."
Kai does not answer back as he clenches his teeth all so that he does not slit Brooklyn's throat right here on the spot now. He continues to watch how Brooklyn follows Mya, but all of a sudden Mya turns around and she abruptly grabs Brooklyn by the front of his shirt and she then pushes him against the wall where her lips immediately meets his lips, this infuriating Kai beyond compare.
Brooklyn does not even pull away and instead he takes the lead by turning the positions, he pushing Mya against the wall as they continue to kiss passionately.
Kai feels so nauseous right now, but he cannot tear away from the horrid sight that is currently taking place right in front of him.
While indulging in this very wrong indulgence, Mya opens her left eye and she looks over to Kai, their eyes meeting once more, and Kai can see the defiance in her eye, and now he knows that he has truly lost Mya, for good. Defeated, he turns away from the sight and he decides to leave the Feniks manor because he cannot be here any longer; he would rather stay at a quiet and empty manor than at one where his heart keeps being stabbed over and over again.
Mya only smirks into the kiss when she sees Kai turn away before she gets completely lost within the forbidden kissing session as she discovers that Brooklyn is an exceptional good kisser, and she was serious about hitting a club; she just wants to dance and forget all about the existence of Kai Hiwatari.
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Some say that as soon as the rays of the sun appear, one can be hopeful because a new day has arrived, and so many people live by the philosophy of a new hopeful day has come, and it is good to feel so positive about a new day; everyone should live like that because the moment you can open your eyes, get out of bed and see the rays of the sun, then you are one of the most blessed people alive because there are so many people who are not fortunate enough to get out of bed, much less see the arrival of a new day.
There is one specific man that has seen the new day come, but he does not feel like a blessed man right now because how can a person feel blessed when his heart is broken, and knowing that he is the only one who is to blame for it.
Kai is sitting on the sill of the window of his bedroom, and he has been sitting there since he has come from the Feniks manor, and he has not moved an inch. His knees are pulled up to his chest and his arms are wrapped around his legs as he keeps staring out of the window.
The meeting is in less than two hours but Kai feels refreshed enough to attend the meeting and it is not like he is going to miss this meeting for anything in the world. He has not slept anything last night but that does not bother him because he can still think straight.
Kai has been thinking of Mya, of Ray, of his unborn child and of how he is going to make right with Valeria after calling out Mya's name while they were doing it; no doubt that she is going to go out of her way to make life difficult for him, and just thinking about it already gives Kai a headache.
Kai suddenly hears his phone ring but he decides to ignore it because he is almost certain that it is Tala who just wants to check in whether he is awake yet, and if it is not Tala, well then tough shit for the person on the other end of the line.
Kai just sighs to himself before continuing to stare out of the window, he overlooking the white landscape of his estate that is completely covered by snow.
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The plan was not to sleep over at the Feniks manor, but after clubbing with Brooklyn, she was in no state to drive back to her place, and seeing her pick-up truck was already here and cosy in its parking spot, it seemed too cruel to drive it in this cold and unforgivable weather.
At least she had slept alone last night but it was a case of seriously fighting and debating with herself on that matter otherwise she would have jumped into bed with Brooklyn because their time at the club was so hot and so sexually charged, they could not keep their hands off of each other, but Mya knew that she was not in the right state of mind to make such big decisions and hence, her saner side had won the debate and she had to leave Brooklyn hanging cold.
She knows that she may seem like some type of hypocrite for getting so up-close and personal with the man that has murdered Bryan's brother, but her anger towards Kai had made her mind go blank and she allowed her body to do all of the thinking, and everyone knows by now that the body, the flesh, is a filthy and carnal thing and that it only wants to do filthy things, but Mya did not care at that time; she just wanted to forget about the so-called feelings she has started to develop for Kai, and thankfully it is all over, and once again she is in the right mind set to kill Kai.
Now, it is only waiting for the opportune moment to present itself once more, and this time there is no stalling and no backing down; this time she will Kai Hiwatari.
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Not a single word is shared between the two as they each are cleaning the weapon within their hands, each man holding a genuine katana in their hand.
Both men are dressed in comfortable clothes, black sweat pants with black sleeveless shirts which put their toned arms on full display, with their feet bare. It may be winter in Moscow but in the manor they are not feeling the cold, this being for various reasons.
Tala is not feeling the cold because he is so excited for what is coming, that the adrenaline that is pumping from the excitement is warming up his entire body.
Kai is not feeling the cold because he is filled with rage, the rage also causing the adrenaline to heat up his entire body.
Ka had instructed one of his staff members that as soon as everyone has arrived and has taken a seat, she should come and get Tala and him so that the meeting can officially start, and as the minutes go by, Kai and Tala is becoming more and more impatient in getting this meeting started.
It may have been very short notice for most of the people that are attending the meeting, but Kai does not care; as far as he knows, everyone has made a plan to be here, and for him, that is all that counts and that matters.
Kai is busy wiping the blade of his katana shiny when there is a knock at the door, it being the servant of Kai.
"Mr Hiwatari, they are ready for you."
Kai nods at her to show her his appreciation, and she leaves the room after bowing to him. Tala is suddenly grinning like an idiot, his eyes having a gleam in them that can make even the most hardened criminals nervous, and this pleases Kai as he too cannot hide is sudden grin.
"Shall we?" is all that Tala asks as he gets up, he practically jumping like a hyperactive kid that is about to go a theme park with all the money and candy in the world.
"You know what to do, Ivanov," Kai replies back as he too gets up, he cranking his neck from side to side to work out the kinks within his neck and to also prepare himself for one epic meeting.
Tala says nothing and only nods his head very enthusiastically as he takes the lead out of the room, Kai's katana in his right hand.
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Everyone that has been summoned for the meeting is present, all of them sitting around the large and very long table, the persons being the leaders of the various allies of The Chernyy Feniks, the leaders of the crime families that Kai wants as allies in the future, and then the people in charge of the various areas within The Chernyy Feniks.
Ray is tapping his right foot impatiently against the leg of the chair that he is currently sitting on because he wants this meeting to start and finish as fast as possible because he does not want to be in Kai's presence for too long. He wants to get out of here and then go and find Mya and tell her that she has to pack in record time so that they can get the hell out of here because her life is in danger and that by the hands of the man that is supposedly in love with her.
Last night had freaked Ray out more than he wants to admit. When he looked into Kai's eyes, it is like he looked straight into the eyes of some demon or even the devil himself, and just how Kai had talked, no normal person will stay unaffected by that.
After Ray had left the swimming pool area, he was trembling and he had to drink sugar water to calm himself down; he was so freaked out that he just had to leave the manor immediately, thinking that he will call Mya on the road.
Ray unexpectedly shudders just thinking about how Kai had looked and had sounded like last night, and he quickly glances around to see whether someone had seen him shudder without reason, but fortunately for him, everyone is in their own world.
Finally, the door to the room opens up and Tala is the first to enter with Kai short on his heels. Everyone notices the strange attire of both Kai and Tala but they say nothing.
Kai and Tala proceed to walk to the head of the table, both men keeping their katanas in hand. Both Kai and Tala will talk in the meeting, but Kai will talk about the part where they have discovered the rat, and Tala will talk first where he will welcome everyone to the meeting.
"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen; both Kai and I appreciate it that you could make it on such short notice and we warmly welcome you to our beautiful city, and into our manor. I promise you that we will not keep you for very long but what we have to say is very important to all of you, and also for our future transactions and allies with we are currently in the works with. Again, thank you for making the trip all the way to Moscow. I know that most of you have travelled far, but I assure you that it will be worth it. Kai?" Tala turns to Kai to signal that now he can talk, and Tala proceeds to take a seat right next to the head of the table, he showcasing his power within The Chernyy Feniks; he also sits right across Brooklyn, Brooklyn just smiling at Tala, to which Tala responds with a fake smile, but Brooklyn does not know it.
Kai does not come to a standstill at the head of the table; instead, he folds his hands at the back, the katana still in hand as he slowly starts to walk around the table whilst talking, his English not as smooth and perfect as Tala's English, but at least it is understandable, even if his accent is that of a heavy Russian accent, "RRReason I had kalled zis meeting is bekause ve have rrrat in ourrr midst," Kai not making eye contact with anyone as he slowly passes each and every person that is seated around the table, Kai walking in an anti-clockwise manner, "Forrr while ve have had prrroblems vithin ourrr orrrganisation, but it stops today. Today I going to make example of rrrat, and it vill also be varning to anyone who might zink of vanting to double crrross The Cherrrnyy Feniks."
As Kai is walking past each person, they can feel how a shiver is running down their spine because every word that Kai speaks is dripping with danger and darkness, and Kai's voice alone demands respect and shows his true power and authority, and most of the people present know by now that Kai is a very serious person, along with being a very intimidating person but with good reason because he has the power and the brains to back it up.
"It all zanks to excellent detective skills of my rrright hand, Mrrr Ivanov, zat ve verre able to diskover kulprrrit zat has been kausing us such grrrief and damage, but by tonight prrroblem vould have been taken karrre of; kompletely."
Brooklyn keeps his eyes on Kai, his posture displaying that of a calm man; however, on the inside he is slightly panicking, Brooklyn wondering whether they may have discovered his deceit, 'But it can't be because I have been very careful. I think they may have someone else in mind, because it just cannot be me. I have been way too careful up until now by covering my tracks expertly.'
Tala looks at Brooklyn out of the corner of his eye, and he can see how Brooklyn is focused on Kai, this causing Tala to just smirk inwards as everyone will soon see what happens to people who defy The Chernyy Feniks.
Kai still makes no eye contact with anyone and he is almost back at the spot where he has started, "I do not tolerrrate any forrrm of defiance, and if I find someone who has trrried to wrrrong me orrr my orrrganisation, I vill deal vith zem perrrsonally, and it vill not be prrretty. Someone zought zey kould fool us, when in fact zey verrre only fooling zemselves."
Kai comes to a standstill right behind Brooklyn's chair, but the backstabber does not realise it and he looks at Tala, Tala looking him dead in the eye because Tala knows what is about to happen.
Kai looks expressionless and without waiting a second longer, he pierces his katana straight through Brooklyn's throat with incredible speed and precise accuracy, the katana sticking out at the other end of his throat, most of the people gasping the moment this happens; Ming-Ming just yelps like a little girl as she covers her mouth with both of her hands.
Brooklyn immediately goes for his neck, he clawing at himself as he feels how the Japanese sword is sticking out of his neck, and he does not need to look into a mirror to see how blood is flowing from the wound because he can feel the almost lukewarm crimson liquid cover his hands and as he gurgles, blood spits out of his mouth, and suddenly, without anyone even anticipating it, Tala also jumps up and he too plants his katana into Brooklyn, right into his chest, and all that Brooklyn can do is to look up at Tala with pure horror in his emerald coloured eyes.
By now Brooklyn is covered with his own blood as blood pools out from both his throat and chest, and it is a miracle that he is still somewhat alive. Fortunately no one gets up to try and help Brooklyn, not even those he has considered his friends.
Kai leans down so that his mouth is level with Brooklyn's right ear, "This is also for what you have done to Sevastyan and his brother; I am avenging their deaths, Brooklyn," this being Kai's last words to his former fellow mobster.
Kai straightens himself up once more, and with a single nod to Tala, they both remove their katanas from Brooklyn, the man still being alive, but not for much longer. Kai takes hold of Brooklyn's hair with his left hand, Tala and his eyes meeting once more and then they do something that no one saw coming.
At the same time, they both swing their katanas at Brooklyn's neck with accuracy, both men using their right hands and they struck his neck at the same time with their katanas. Kai slices into the right side of Brooklyn's neck whereas Tala slices into the left side of Brooklyn's neck, the blades of the two Japanese samurai swords meeting in the middle and with one hard yank from Kai, Brooklyn's head is completely removed from his body, and as if to add more drama to the situation, Kai raises the decapitated head of Brooklyn into the air and he then tosses it carelessly onto the table, most of the people flinching as the blood spatters when the head hits the surface of the table, Brooklyn's eyes still wide open with the pure and utter horror still visible within his eyes, his mouth also covered with his own blood.
Tala smirks at everyone's shocked and appalled faces whereas Kai glares at them all, "Let zis be varrrning to you all: defy me, and not only vill I kome after you, but I vill also kome after each and everrry perrrson zat you love and karrre forrr, and I kan prrromise you zat zeirrr deaths vill not be quick and painless."
Everyone just looks at Kai with stern eyes, no one wanting to show their true emotions right now in the fear of what Kai might say or do to them.
Kai turns his attention back to Tala and he switches back to Russian, "We need to box his head and send it to Boris, but first we have to terminate everyone else. I take it that you will finish up here?"
"Sure thing, Kai; you can go and get started so long because I can see how anxious you are to get down to The Chamber."
Kai says nothing else and only nods his head at Tala before making his way towards the door, his bloody katana still in hand. All eyes are on Kai as the mob leader makes his way towards the door, some eyes looking at him with admiration and respect, others looking at him with fear in their eyes. Kai does not care how they see him right now because he has other and more important things on his mind right now, so they can just go and choke on their so-called opinions.
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Mya is on her way back up, after getting some bullets for her gun. She remembers that Ray had mentioned something about being in a meeting this morning, and then after the meeting, he urgently needs to talk to her.
She has no idea why he needs to talk to her because up until now she was under the impression that everything is okay, but she would just have to wait and see what is so urgent.
As Mya makes her way down the long hallway towards the exit of The Chamber, she sees a figure approaching, and soon enough she sees that it is Kai, and just like that, her entire being is filled with rage, and she already thinks of how she wants to shoot him right here on the spot.
However, the closer Kai approaches Mya, the clearer she can see him and her eyes can't help but to widen at the sight that greets her eyes: Kai's hands and bare arms are covered in blood, and no one can overlook the bloody katana in Kai's right hand.
Kai sees Mya approach but he is still so filled with the adrenaline that he is not in the mood to deal with her bitchy attitude right now; maybe later when he has calmed down and he is himself once more, maybe then will he try and talk to her but not now.
They finally reach each other, but neither one of them bothers to greet one another, but Kai is unable to keep quiet and when Mya passes him and she is about a feet away from him, he just has to say something about Brooklyn, "Your bed buddy has just died by my hand," and both he and Mya halts in their steps, their backs facing each other.
Mya has heard what he has said but she has no idea about who and what he is talking about, "And who is this bed buddy of mine, Kai?"
"Brooklyn Masefield."
Again, her eyes can only widen, 'So the blood belongs to Brooklyn; well, I am not sad about his death, that's for sure; it just sucks that he got to kill Brooklyn, instead of me doing it, because I wanted to avenge both Bryan and Sergei. Yet another thing that Kai has so mercilessly taken away from me, the bastard.'
"I thought he was one of the leaders within The Chernyy Feniks."
"He was a rat that deserved to die; he has been backstabbing us in the back, and so I had made an example of him."
"He was not my bed buddy, Kai."
Their backs are still facing each other and neither of the two attempts to turn around to face the other.
"If you have nothing to do down here, I suggest you get out of here unless you are in the mood to hack people into pieces."
A sudden wave of nausea overcomes Mya but she swallows hard to keep it down, whatever the 'it' is that wants to comes up right now, "I am on my way out so you don't have to worry about that," and without saying anything else to Kai, or waiting for him to say anything else, she continues with walking towards exit.
Kai hears her walk away and he waits until she is some distance away before turning around and glancing at her retreating back, and after sighing to himself, he turns back around to head to one of his play rooms where he is going to start killing some of Brooklyn's loyal accomplices.
They have managed to capture all of the people who have helped Brooklyn steal from The Chernyy Feniks, and that all thanks to Mystel who has come to him and Tala earlier this week to come clean about everything about what Brooklyn has done up until now and who Brooklyn was really working for.
Tala is currently explaining to the other people of why Brooklyn had to die, and those that are interested in helping them kill and exterminate the rats are more than welcome.
Kai enters one of the rooms, two men already tied up with their mouths gagged, and the moment they see Kai and his bloody katana, they immediately start to try and plead for their lives, but all that is heard is a mumbling.
A sly sneer appears on Kai's face, Mya long gone from his mind, "Who of you wants to die first?" is all that he asks as he closes the door behind him, this leaving him all alone in the room with the two men who are about to die in a horrible and cruel manner.
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Tala, Ray and Kai are sitting leisurely in Kai's personal study, all three men clean and relaxed after a productive Saturday, and each man is sitting with a drink in hand as they just enjoy the peace and quiet of the evening.
Ray and Kai has made peace after Kai has cornered Ray, and the Chinese man was forced to listen to Kai and to his shock and surprise, Kai has sincerely apologised to Ray, and Ray could not help but to accept Kai's apology and now the two are okay with each other once more, and to Kai's relief, Ray is not going to Kiev and this means that Mya is also not going to Kiev.
Tala and Kai is also waiting for Mystel so that they can thank him once more for coming clean about what Brooklyn was busy doing. Kai and Tala has organised lunch for tomorrow with the other leaders of their allies that were present at the meeting this morning and it is only their way of saying thanks and to show their appreciation to their allies for making the journey all the way to Moscow for a meeting that did not even last ten minutes.
"Boris is not going to have a pleasant Sunday morning; I just wish I could see his face when he walks into that restaurant of his and he sees that mess in there."
Ray chuckles at Tala's remark, and Kai only smirks at that as he also wishes that he could have seen Boris's face tomorrow morning when he discovers that his rats have been exterminated, and that he that is Kai is once again the victor in this little battle of theirs.
"I can't believe the audacity of Brooklyn thinking that he could get away with this, but that cocaine that they stole that time, did you guys find out what had happened to it?"
"Mystel says that Boris and Brooklyn had sold it to some shake in the Emirates or something, but we will never see that coke again. Apparently Boris needed some funding in getting his little mob up and running again and that is why he and Brooklyn schemed together in stealing from us seeing as ours are the most worth, and also because it was so much at one time."
"That sucks, but at least no one will try a stunt like this again."
"And if someone does, then I am..." before Tala can finish his sentence, he gets interrupted by a knock on the door, Ray being the one to get up and open the door to see who it is.
Mystel comes walking in, he only smiling when he sees that all three men are greeting him in a friendly manner, well, two of them as Kai only nods at Mystel which he knows by now is how Kai is.
"Glad you could make it, Mystel," Tala says as he claps Mystel on the back in a congratulating manner after getting up from his seat when he saw Mystel enter the room, and now Mystel is grinning at Tala because he suddenly feels like part of this group of men, like one of them that is in a high position, and it feels good to Mystel.
Tala dangles his left arm over Mystel's shoulder while he grins broadly, Tala and Kai looking at each other like they are in some type of private conversation within their minds.
"So, Mystel, how does it feel to have come clean about all of Brooklyn's deceitfulness?"
"It really feels good, Mr Ivanov; it feels like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders."
"If you feel lighter, then I am happy, Mystel," Tala says while he sounds very enthusiastically about something, his eyes still locked on Kai's eyes as he talks to Mystel.
Mystel clears his throat, before speaking again, "I really appreciate that you had called me here; I was just wondering whether there is anything that I can do for you seeing as you have given me a second chance and you have not opted to slaughter me like you did with the rest of Brooklyn's followers. So, if there is anything that I can do to make up for it and to show that I appreciate what you have done for me, please, let me know."
Tala starts to chuckle, "Now that you have mentioned it, Mystel, there is this one thing that you can do for us."
Mystel does not notice how Tala's right hand moves to his back to retrieve a knife, and he stealthily removes it from its sheath as Tala slowly brings it forward.
"Anything, Mr Ivanov," Mystel says while he sounds like a very happy and optimistic employee that is about to get a huge promotion at work.
"Well, for starters," Tala suddenly plunges the knife into Mystel's chest as he takes hold of the man's hair so that Tala can drive the knife even deeper into the man's chest, "You can die; that is the only thing that you need to do, Mystel," Tala saying all of this in a sadistic tone of voice as he holds on to Mystel while the man slowly drops down to his knees whilst looking at Kai with horror, his eyes begging Kai to help him, but Kai just looks at Mystel with a bored look on his face.
Not even Ray shows any sign of wanting to help the man because in Ray's opinion, this is too merciful for Mystel after betraying the mob like this.
"Wh...why..." Mystel manages to stutter out as he drops to the ground and he looks up at Tala, the man still unable to comprehend about what has just happened to him.
A scowl suddenly appears on Tala's face as he glares down at Mystel, "Did you really think that your sins and betrayal will be forgotten after betraying us for so long, right alongside Brooklyn, and now when a business transaction has gone sour between the two of you, you want to become loyal to us once more by stabbing your partner in crime in the back? Once a backstabber, Mystel, always a backstabber, and now you can go and join your good for nothing partner in the afterlife."
Tala looks on at how the life finally drains from Mystel's body, and the moment his eyes are glazed over, Tala gives Mystel's body one last final kick before taking up his previous seat once more, he, Kai and Ray continuing with their little get-together as they continue to enjoy their drinks, Mystel's body completely forgotten to them now.
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It is early Sunday morning, and a woman in her early forties is busy unlocking the doors to the restaurant that will open up in less than an hour, and it is her job to make sure that everything is in peak condition for when they start receiving their usual customers for brunch.
The lights are still off within the classy restaurant; however, when she turns on the lights and she turns around to face the rest of the restaurant, she gasps, and at once a blood curdling scream is heard ripping right through the entire building.
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Various men dressed in black suits is standing all over the restaurant, the men awaiting the arrival of their main boss so that Boris can see the message that has been left for him.
Boris finally makes his appearance, and the moment he sees what is going on, he growls out loud like a wounded animal.
"What is the meaning of this?!" he yells at no one particular.
One of his employees comes walking to Boris, "We believe this is Hiwatari's doing, Sir."
Boris does not even acknowledge his employee as his eyes can only look at the mess that is in front of him.
The entire dining area of the restaurant is packed with huge wooden barrels, the floor covered with blood, blood that is seeping through the wooden planks of the barrels, and there is no doubt to what is exactly inside each barrel as dismembered arms are dangling out of some of the barrels, blood still dripping from the dismembered arms so anyone can guess correct that each barrel is filled up with chopped up body parts.
The barrel in the front has Brooklyn's dismembered head on top of it, the eyes still wide open but he also has a blade right through his head which must have been done later on. Brooklyn's decapitated head has a black envelope in its mouth, and Boris carefully removes it from the bloody head.
He opens it and reads the few words written on it, 'I win and you lose, AGAIN.'
Again, Boris growls out as he crumples the paper in his hand, "Who has walked in on this?" Boris demands and the employee that has remained by side up until now, only gestures to the woman who is standing in the corner while two men try to calm her down.
"Get rid of her," Boris demands before he turns back around to exit the bloody scene.
The employee nods his head at the two men and one takes out his gun where one bullet to the head is all that it takes for the woman to die, her limp body falling to the floor.
Right before Boris exits the restaurant, he demands them all to clean up the mess and to get rid of any witnesses. The elder man gets in his car where he immediately starts to hit the steering wheel out of frustration, "Damn you, Kai Hiwatari! Damn you!" he yells over and over again, Boris finally realising that no matter what he does, he will never be a match for Kai, and that reality stings his pride unlike anything else.
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He has been on the road when most of Moscow was still asleep, but he has finally reached his destination.
His boots crunches on the snow as he walks up the small hill after parking his pick-up truck on the barely visible road. He is dressed warmly, so warmly that not even his eyes are visible as he is wearing those specialised snow goggles, or as some know them, ski goggles, so that he can also protect his eyes from this terrible cold.
He is quite a distance away from Moscow, about five hours to be precise, because he wants to pay someone very dear to his heart his last respects. He has two bouquets of red roses with him, but with this extreme cold weather, the roses are already white from being exposed to this brutal coldness. At least he does not have very far to walk; it is just this steep hill that is a bit of hard work but fortunately he is fit enough to walk it with ease, despite being a heavy smoker.
Kai finally reaches his destination after walking for another ten minutes, his destination being a very small cabin that is literally only big enough for one person. Kai walks around the cabin, to the 'back' of the cabin where two monuments are standing, the monuments being build out of rocks that has been placed on top of each other, Kai being the one who had built the two monuments by gathering rocks from the forest that surrounds the small cabin.
Each monument represents one of the Brawn Brothers, Sevastyan and Zory. After the death of the twins, Kai had to get out of Moscow so that he could mourn their deaths in his own way and on his own time. It was a tough blow for Kai when Brooklyn had told them that he had to kill Sevastyan and Zory because they have been betraying the mob, and Kai had a tough time believing it; he still does not believe it because there has never been any proof of this, despite Brooklyn saying that he had to destroy the proof so that he could not be reminded of the hurtful betrayal.
Kai comes to a standstill in front of the monuments and he places each bouquet of roses in front of each monument before straightening up once more, and with his hands in the pockets of his thick winter jacket, Kai takes a moment so that he can just reminisce about his time with the brothers, mostly his time with Sevastyan who was truly like the older brother he never had.
"What would have happened to the two of you if my grandfather did not take both you and your brother in, Sevastyan?"
"I probably would have ended up in jail for murder or I myself would have been murdered; either way, kiddo, things would not have been sunny for me and Zory."
"I sometimes wish my grandfather had found you guys much earlier because then he could have adopted you two, and I then I would have had two brothers."
Sevastyan chuckles as he takes a sip from his vodka before speaking again, "Having a younger brother? A kid brother? That would not have been so bad, and being a Hiwatari also would not have been so bad."
"Yeah, but now it is too late to get adopted because you are already a grown man."
Sevastyan pulls Kai into a man hug and he then ruffles the young man's hair with his right hand, "It may be too late for the adoption, but it is not too late to gain an older brother, Kai, and neither is it too late for me to get a younger brother."
Kai just has to laugh before he also pulls Sevastyan into a hug, he suddenly overwhelmed with happiness because he has gained a brother, and he will never be happier about that.
The memory is still fresh within Kai's mind, the day he and Sevastyan became brothers, 'If I could only hear that sadistic laugh of yours one more time, brother, then I would be content with your death, because you were taken from me way too early and also in a very wrong way. I miss you, brother, both you and Zory, and the mob has been less lively after the death of you two, especially you, Sevastyan. I will never forget you, brothers, not for as long as I live; you guys are still missed dearly by all those who have had the privilege of knowing you two, and you guys have left a hole that nothing will ever be able to fill. May you both rest in peace, Brawn Twins.'
Kai looks at the monuments for a while longer before he starts to make the way back to his truck, Kai not even bothering with the cabin. He did not build it; it was more like he stumbled on it by pure luck, and so he decided to stay here for a while until he could face the world once more as Kai Hiwatari, and not as a broken version of himself. That was a dark time for him, but Kai is glad that it is over now, and that Brooklyn has finally paid for killing the two brothers. Now Brooklyn can rot where ever Boris decides to dump his body.
Kai has been able to take care of one of his two problems, his two main problems; now the next one is this pregnancy and Valeria, Kai not knowing if he will be able to stay with Valeria for the sake of the baby. Truth be told, Kai wants to take the child away from Valeria and raise the baby alone, but a kid needs both of his or her parents, and it will be wrong towards the kid to deny the child that because Kai knows how it feels to grow up without parents.
Kai finally reaches his truck, he lighting a cigarette the moment he climbs in and removes most of the winter wear because he kept the car running so that the heater can continue to keep the interior of the truck warm.
After finishing the cancer stick, Kai finally starts to make the long trip back home, his thoughts still on Valeria and their unborn child.
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A few insults is heard from a woman with silver blonde hair, her hair tied up into a high ponytail; she kicks a can with her female combat boots, and again an insult is heard coming from the woman.
She is walking in between two tall men for extra protection as they are in the dangerous parts of Moscow, the parts where all the drug dealers and cheap prostitutes live because this woman needs a favour from one of the women.
It is night time and Valeria, along with the two largely built men, are making their way down an alley, a filthy one that smells bad, but despite the filth and smell, various women are standing around, some surrounding large drums with fires in it so that they can keep warm in this cold.
Valeria just glares at the filthy women because she sees them way beneath her, and were it not for desperate times, she would not have been here. She finally reaches a group of women that she has been looking for, and without greeting them, she orders them to stand up so that she can have a better look at them, "Which one of you sluts is pregnant?" is all she asks, a sly smile forming on her face when a woman younger than her walks forward, "You do realise that if you are lying to me, there will be dire consequences, sweetheart," the young woman only nodding her head at that but she does not step back, and Valeria's sly grin only gets wider upon realising that her plan will work without any hiccups.
'Now Kai will see that I am really pregnant with his brat.'
Did you also enjoy it as much as I did writing it? :-D
I loved killing off Brooklyn, I had his death in my mind since the very early days and in this specific manner, including with the barrels of dismembered body parts, so yeah, sorry for those who may have been disturbed by those scenes but I just had to do it :-D
Also, just in case things were not clear here at the end: Valeria is NOT pregnant with Kai's baby (but he does not know it), and I am sure that many are happy about that; there had to be some drama in here other than blood and murder.
Anyway, I would love to hear your thoughts on this chapter with all that has happened, from Brooklyn's death, to Kai calling out Mya's name in bed to Valeria's schemes.
I hope to have the next update up by the 15th if my life is spared.
Take care everyone! ;-D