The Romanoffs

Chapter 32.

Misha has set up a small dining table with candles and a chilled bottle of champagne in the middle of the abandoned fortress. He pulls my seat out and I reluctantly take a seat whole canvassing the room for any escape.

I take note of the armed men posted at each exit and the one patrolling the floor checking out the windows. All his men are armed with AK-47s around their torso and pistols in their waistband ready for war.

Misha sits across from me and begins pouring two glasses of wine.

"Don't bother I won't be drinking"

"Don't worry hun I won't take advantage of you" he devilishly smiles and winks, pushes the beverage away and reaches for my water instead.

"I'm good trust me." I reach for the water glass instead as Misha continues to stare at me deeply, a wicked smile across his face.

"I'm not the enemy here Nicole. I'm a simple man who is having a rivalry with his brother."

"A bloody rivalry including the deaths of innocence on both sides"

"So be it as it may. Nadei can stop all this right now and he knows it" he raises wine glass taking a small sip. 

"You can end this right now too you know, Nadei told me about your wife. No offense she was an awful bitch and death was too good for her"

My comment angers Misha, he squeezes the glass so hard I'm almost sure he'll break it. But instead, he takes a deep breath before composing himself back to normal.

"She had her faults, but she loved me. She loved me more than anyone else ever had. She was mine and he took her from me!"

I gently push my chair back, I can't lie fear is slowly taking over me the more I speak with Misha. It's been a few days and I'm still here, Misha is getting angrier, and my comments do not fucking help this situation at all. I might die here, I might die at the hands of Nadei's brother. It's sinking in.

"So-so your plan is to kill me like Nadei killed your wife?"

He lets out a sinister laugh that sends chills up my spine.

"I'm not a monster Nicole. I plan to take you from Nadei in a different way. You will be mine, my Queen as we take over his throne together"

"What fucking makes you think I would EVER turn on Nadei!"

"Simple. By showing you exactly what your little 'love' is capable of-"

"And what is it you think I don't already know about Nadei? We have no secrets! I know the monster he is—but that is not the Nadei I know. He-"

"Is a big teddy bear with you? Yeah we all know the cliche story"

"Misha there is nothing you can say that would make me hate Nadei"

"Is that so pretty girl? Well, let's see-"

Misha is interrupted by the commotion of men yelling in Russian. The guards at the door barricading the door with a giant wooden plank, another man comes rushing to Misha's side. My heart begins to beat faster as I hear gunfire erupting from the hallway.

Misha looks over his shoulder before facing me again, letting out an angry huff. I immediately stand up my heart banging even faster, ready to jump out of my chest. My eyes watering.