Shackled To Nikolai's Heart

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party that mom warned me not to go. Bu

through m

ight but when I sneaked

g and splattered against the walls. An

of my mom, my dad and my brothers s

ouse while I was gone but only

aw

s hands dripping with blood wi

ounded outside my home,

nes inside. We sta

e darkness. I couldn't move, I couldn't

gave way, forcing me

utching his knife tigh

I ne

from the window came over his f

years or older bu

mson red like the red hot coals a

ainted his fac

gave me a death stare t

rembled at the aura of

e and I thought for a second t

ed his knife at me, revealing the cr

YOUR OWN,

an a marathon race. My face was as white as sno

a nigh

ee Nikolai seating legs cr

he skin of an ap

ng at the sight of him. My throat sw

stuck with you," I didn't recognize

about me perhaps?

leep at night knowing you stand on

mile. "Fun facts about me

. Vampires like yo

hint of bitterness at the edge. "Say,

t vo

your bed at night when you close your eyes. They just come at you in whispers.

asons I sho

and placed them on the bedside table on a

children you killed. They're haunting you," I

" then he pointed at the tray of dishes on the t

n't hu

his hands on his hip. "I want you strong and hearty.

betraying my defiance. I l

ad it rough, haven't you? I need you in your full str

s fault was that? If it weren't for you, I

a while. "Hazel, I won't

ste of time. No matter how nice you treat me, I'll never, ever forgive you. Y

stead he stood up and

breakfast and meet me downstair

oing anywhere," I snap

nd we were so close ou

n my spine when

and cold and commanding. "That wa

le side to his murderous looks wa

y everyone was

f him. I raised my chin up at

t registered the evil running through his mind

snaked around my

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waiting for me as I walked

wo men. He was speaking to them o

w me and Nikolai, seeing their

t him. He was taller than me but that d

eyes humourous. "You know it cou

your last breath. Then I'll smile," my voice

to introduce you to my men, the Big three. The brute over

ntain of a man in charco

muscles which threatened to burst th

ull black beard and a face that was

a as if he'd jumped stra

d at me. He sai

the man next to Vladimir. "He's s

stylish side fade low cut, with the

onfidently on his nose cre

tood at an average height which sur

est, who's the first?" I ask

"That would be Elina b

adimir the weake

olai draped his arm over my shoulder. "We have a little history.

Before I knew it, I was lookin

ai snapped. They obeye

e you the details but know this. Hazel would attempt to take m

ted their eyes a

oss?" Kwame asked, his v

ped infront of me and glanced at m

the knife I hide underneath my