by S F Draven
He held my head steady as he drove his dick to the back of my throat, commanding my every move as I pleasured him to the best of his liking. I closed my mouth around his large shaft, letting his dick gag me good, as he came inside my mouth.
“Swallow it,” he commanded, and I did.
We were in awe of each other, and I quite liked his dominant nature. There was something about it that strangely made me feel safe, even though he was always rough with me. I enjoyed the pain and the pleasure simultaneously and I never wanted it to end.
Everyone outside of our little bubble must’ve been throwing around theories, asking questions about Dominik’s reputation and all of his accomplishments thus far, but no one would ever know him the way I did, and that was the way things were going to stay. I had a lot of power harboring this much information about him, but I knew that the one thing that Dominik was the most afraid of was betrayal. At times like this, I could never even imagine what it would be like to betray him in any way, because I was starting to realize that I had quite a bit of love for him. I didn’t want to bring the subject up, because there was the possibility that what he felt for me, if he felt anything at all, wasn’t as strong as I hoped it to be. Right now, I just had to do my part, be by his side as we finally put this threat to rest.
I was so sure that this was the fulfillment I had been looking for my entire life, and I wondered why those other girls in Dominik’s past betrayed him even though they were with him willingly, well aware of what he had done in his past. The more I thought about it, the more I began to understand the risk of giving a man like Dominik my entire heart, but I couldn’t help myself. He was the most captivating man I’d ever met, the most complex mind that always left me wanting to know more. I was starting to see just how much hurt he’d collected over the better half of his life, and I was determined to make sure that the rest of his days were as pleasant as possible. We laid there in bed together, forgetting the outside world until we’d have to face it the coming morning when we’d catch our flight to Moscow. It was amazing how New York no longer felt like home, and now I truly believed that home was wherever Dominik was. I not only got accustomed to his lifestyle, but to also being a part of his life, a part of who he was. It made me incredibly curious to know how the other girls compared to me, what set us apart, and I made a mental note to ask him when things finally managed to settle down. For now, I just wanted to enjoy the little taste of freedom we had left, because I could already tell that it was going to be one hell of a ride once we got back to the place I could really and truly call home.
We touched down in Moscow just as I woke up from a long, comforting sleep. Dominik was in the seat next to me, staring out of the window, presumably saddened by the loss of one of his most loyal men. I wondered how long they must have run together, how much darkness they must have shared between them over the years. I knew that this was all part of the lifestyle, that bodies dropped all around the most powerful people in the business, but I didn’t expect it to take such a toll on Dominik. For a long time, I truly believed that he was incapable of feeling, that his world revolved around how many people he could swindle money from, how many people he could hurt, or how many bodies ended up in the ground. Never in my life did I expect him to care about the men who were supposed to be disposable to him, but I believed that there was still so much about this entire ordeal that I didn’t understand. I was still coming to terms with the fact that Dominik had an immeasurable amount of blood on his hands.
He’d been dropping people from the time he could finally say he was a man, and I wasn’t sure if that was an accomplishment or something for me to be afraid of. He never raised his voice with me, never got angry enough to lash out at me, but I wondered if I would see him differently if he did. We got off the tarmac not long after and into the car that Dominik had called to take us back to his mansion. Everything was eerily calm that morning, as the snow flurries cascaded throughout the sky, and the cool chill of winter left my skin flushed.
Dominik and I sat in the back seat as he reached out for my hand to reassure me that everything was going to be okay now that we were back home. He looked at me with pleading eyes, as though every minute that went by, he worried that there was a part of me that regretted coming with him, but it was the first time in my life that I could safely say that I didn’t have any regrets.
“Are you sure you’re okay with being here, Katerina? I don’t want to put your life in any more danger than it already is,” he said, and I could tell that he was worried for me.
“My life is with you now, Dominik and it has been for some time. Moscow is home to me just as much as it is to you, and I don’t want you to utter another word of it,” I said, as he reached down to kiss me.
“I’ve been thinking a lot about Alexei, and I’ve heard about the way he treated you whenever I was absent. I just wanted to apologize on his behalf for that, because if he was here right now I’m sure he’d take the opportunity to do that himself.”
“Why is that?” I asked, genuinely curious.
“Alexei always imagined that he’d someday have the power he always dreamed of, but he and I both knew that day was never going to come. He was much more of a coward than he portrayed himself as, and in dire situations he wouldn’t ever know what to do. The one thing he was good at was pointing and shooting when given the task of having to protect someone, but that was the best he was capable of. I knew that I could never hand over my business to him, no matter how long he must’ve been gunning for it. I was hoping that I’d someday find something much better for him, something that he would enjoy that wouldn’t make him so bitter all the time, but I never got the chance,” said Dominik, solemnly.
“Do you have any idea who could’ve done this? I know that you’ve been a bit hazy on the details, and for a while I thought it better not to pry, but the stakes are much higher now. We’re both at risk now, Dominik, and I think it’s time you be a bit honest with me about just how much danger I’m really in,” I said, and he sighed, ready to finally give into my commands.
“Before we had the chance of meeting for the first time, I was dealing with a few choice threats to my business. At first they were smaller offenses, money going missing, product being destroyed, but when this person started dropping my men, I knew that this attack was personal. I truly thought it must’ve just been someone that I let go in the past, but it wasn’t until I saw Alexei dangling from the ceiling of my property that I realized the lengths they were going to go to in order to get what they wanted,” he said, finally.
“What do they want?”
“I wish I had the answer to that question, Katerina. If I did, at least I’d know what to do. This is the first time in a long time that I feel like I’m losing control of my business, of my men, and of everything I’ve worked so hard for. I’ve done the unthinkable and reached out to my family for help because this is a threat that’s going to hurt them just as much as it will me.”
“Is there anything at all that I can do to help? I know that I was supposed to be of so much more service to you back in New York but I really didn’t get the opportunity to make your image look any shinier. I was supposed to have run an incredible story about how you’re planning on taking over the hotel market, on conquering the economic climate and making a splash. To see Alexei like that shocked me, it reminded me of just how much of a bubble I’ve been in, but I couldn’t bear to see you hurt, Dominik. It was too much for me,” I said, being just as honest with him as he had been with me.
“You really are an incredible woman, you know that? I don’t know what I would do without you, Katerina. In such a short amount of time, you reminded me just how good it feels to have someone by my side who wants to understand me, who wants to be there for me no matter the circumstances. I vowed a long time ago that I was going to protect you, that I owed it to you to give you the benefit of the doubt before taking any action against you, and you’ve far exceeded my expectations. It’s a pleasure to finally h
ave gotten to know the real you, and I never thought I would ever meet someone who shared a similar darkness to me. I don’t know what I would’ve done if you hadn’t been there for me,” he said as his eyes searched my expression, and I could tell that the three little words I’d been waiting to hear for some time were soon going to follow.
Just as we were about to melt into each other, the car came to a screeching halt. I looked up to see that the driver was clutching his head. Blood was trickling down the side of his face. I noticed the small crack in the windshield. He’d been shot, and we were swerving on the side of the mountain, just about to head off the cliff if someone didn’t do something. Dominik leapt into action, reaching over from behind the driver, trying to get a hold of the wheel. I could feel my heart pounding heavily in my chest, worried that this was the end of it all as we knew it. I wanted to scream, but nothing came out. All I could see was just how much we were swerving across the empty road, how quickly everything could’ve gone to shit if Dominik hadn’t managed to get control of the wheel. He managed to stop the car just as it was about to fly over the edge, and we were dangling over it, just as Dominik’s chauffeur finally died.
“What the fuck just happened?” I asked, completely confused, wondering how that could’ve even been possible.
Before I could even get another word in, the doors to our car swung open and I was being dragged out by two hulking men who had a grip so tight on me I was afraid it was going to pierce into my skin. I finally found it in me to scream this time, letting out the most bloodcurdling one I could manage as Dominik struggled to his feet, and one of the men ran to him, pointing a gun directly between his eyes.
“Dominik!” I screamed at him, and I could see the tears begin to well up in his eyes. There was nothing that anyone could do at this point. Whoever these men were, they weren’t interested in bargaining, they weren’t interested in negotiating, but Dominik wasn’t going to let me go that easily.
“What do you want?” He asked the men through his teeth, hoping that a large sum of money was going to solve this problem.
“We want to make you suffer, Volkov. This has been a long time coming, and unfortunately you’ve grown soft over the years. We’re here to do a job, we’re here to remind you that all is not well in your world any longer. You’ve messed with the wrong crowd, Volkov, and it’s going to be quite sweet watching you try to figure out who is doing this to you while we whisk your little lady away to do whatever we want with her,” said one of the men, and I could feel the tears begin to stream down my face. He turned his attention to me, and I glared at him, wanting nothing more than to claw his eyes out, but he grabbed me by the chin to get a good look at me.
“You do have exceptional taste in women, Volkov. I have to give you that. It’s such a shame that we’re going to have to take her off your hands for now. We’d best be going. If you know what’s good for you, you’ll forget about little Katerina. I just have to warn you that this isn’t the last you’re going to see of us. We’re going to tear you apart limb from limb until you suffer just as much as we want you to,” said the man.
“Who are you working for? I’m sure that whoever it is, they have absolutely no idea what they’re dealing with. Whatever they’re offering you, I can make you a better offer. Let Katerina go. You can do whatever you want with me, but just please let her go,” he said, trying his hardest to keep calm.
“I’d rather watch you suffer. The person we answer to, they also love to watch you suffer. We’ll be going now. It was nice knowing you, Volkov,” the man said before shooting Dominik right in the leg so he’d never be able to catch up to us. I screamed out again as the man stuffed me into the back of his big black SUV, and he slapped me clean across the face to shut me up. I could hear Dominik’s voice in the background, but it was fizzling out just as the pain from his wound began to set in. I knew that I didn’t have much longer, my world was flashing before my eyes, and everything I’d come to know and love was once again going to be snatched away from me.
“I’m going to find you, Katerina! I promise you that I will not rest until I find you again!” I heard him scream out to me, but it was no use. I knew that whoever these people were, they had a hold over him that would make him trying to find me impossible. It was at that moment that I realized he may very well never even bother to come looking for me if it meant losing everything he’d built over the years, and it was the first time that I couldn’t even blame him. He’d done so much for me already, and I was ready to lay down my life for him if need be. I love you, Dominik Volkov. I love you, and I always will no matter what happens from here on out. I forgive you.
Chapter Thirteen: Dominik
I never thought that I could feel so powerless. I never thought that anyone would ever have the audacity to challenge me in this way, but here I am, laying in the middle of the street as the woman I’ve just come to love was taken from me. I know that it’s useless trying to figure out who could’ve done such a thing, because it simply isn’t about that any longer. I’ve had enough of dealing with the threats, the unknown strikes and every attack that has been taken on my life thus far. It’s time to stop beating around the bush and call on those who could actually shine light on the situation, those who could actually help me put an end to this once and for all.
I reached into the pocket of my suit jacket, trying to get a hold of my phone, deciding whether I should call Maxim. The truth was, I couldn’t bear for him to see me like this because he’d always held me in such high regard. He wouldn’t know what to do, just as much as he wasn’t able to track down the person who caused my life to go up in flames. I hated that I had to reach out for help. I didn’t even know if the concept of family still applied after all this time, after not going to family functions or even being present with them at any time in the last few years.
I wondered if they had forgotten about me entirely, if they didn’t even mention my name because they all knew that I was the closest to our father. Our father had taught us valuable lessons about respecting our family, about always being there for each other no matter how difficult things might eventually get. He taught me to swallow my pride and ask for help even when everything within me was lobbying against it. I dialed a number I hadn’t dialed in a few years, listening to it ring and wondering if it would even connect.
“Well, I actually never thought I’d ever hear from you again. It’s nice to know that you’re still alive,” said the voice on the other end of the line.
“I wouldn’t be calling if something terrible didn’t happen, and you know that. I’m in trouble, brother, and I’m afraid this is a mess I can’t lift myself out of...” I didn’t have to say another word.
“Hang tight. I’m going to come find you. Try not to die, okay?” he asked, and I let out a chuckle that made the pain so much worse.
I hung up the phone, laying there in the middle of the street wondering how I could’ve let Katerina down so badly. I knew that she must’ve been so afraid right now, that she must’ve been wishing that she would’ve taken the out I gave her when she had the chance. Oh, how I wished she did because at least then I could’ve been sure that she was safe. Now, they were certainly going to press her for every bit of information she knew, and it wouldn’t be long before they tortured her until she broke. I couldn’t bear to think about the things they were going to do to her once they got her alone in a room, once she didn’t do as they asked, and I knew that I needed to get back on my feet soon so I could go rescue her.
Oh, how the tables have turned, I thought, remembering that it wasn’t that long ago that she was my very own prisoner. Her personality and life quickly shifted, reminding me that there was more to life than protecting my perfect image, that was pretty much tarnished at this point anyway. I believed that was what I got for trying to play both fields, for trying to maintain a healthy standing in both waters. Now, I had to call on my brother, the eldest of us all, and the one we all believed should’ve gotten most of my father’s mo
ney. Everyone felt rather confused to learn that most of it was left to me, and to this day none of us could ever figure out why. I was certainly not my father’s first choice when it came to business matters, and as much as we all believed that he always treated me like his favorite, he made sure to drill into our brains that business always came first.
There were no times for family squabbles when my father’s death was finally announced, when he didn’t pull through the last of his injuries, but in that moment it dawned on us that the only way we were going to survive now was if we learned to count on ourselves. I hated the man my father made me when I was just a boy, because I had much more morality back then than my brothers, but now I could see that he was right all along. If you were here, father, you’d tell me to stop being such a pussy and go out to find the woman who changed my life. You and mother always managed to get through anything; teaching us a valuable lesson about learning to trust the right people. Right now, I have to do right by you. I owe you that much at the very least, I thought, clutching my leg as the blood soaked through my pants, pooling up onto the gravel beneath me like the contraband in the container.
I had drifted off to sleep right there on the road when he found me, as the blood had rushed to my head so much, I couldn’t bear another thought for quite a while. The gunshot must’ve hit something important for it to do so much damage to me, and it reminded me that the man who shot me must’ve been a good shot. That only worried me further, because it only made it known that I also had no idea who I was really dealing with. My list of enemies was so long, it would take me an eternity to find out who the person was behind all of these attacks. The question settled into the back of my mind, resurfacing ever so often to remind me that I was still blindly unaware of just how bad things could possibly get. Why now? Out of any time in my life, out of any chapter where I’ve amounted to a certain level of success, why now? I asked myself, as I felt a man approach me, looking down at me in such a way I could feel his disappointment emanating from him. It wasn’t so much the weakness he was disappointed in, it was the fact that it took me this long to call out for help when he and I both knew I'd needed it for quite some time.