(Author's Note: Here we go again. I feel as if I'm nearing the end of this storyline. There are still a few more chapters to go, but not very much. If anyone would be interested in some private role playing, send me a feedback message. I could go for some to get my creative mind flowing once again. As with all of my stories, all characters mentioned are eighteen years of age or older, and are the sole property of this writer.)
His laugh was cold, devoid of that warm amusement as he wiped his fingers clean of her feminine wetness against her bed. "I know you won't say anything to the Boss, if he lives to see the sunrise. Accidents happen. It would be a shame if he found out you decided to jump from the window to your death for freedom." Dmitri mused, his smirk dangerous as he turned from Angelique and slowly made his way from her.
"I would be careful who I insult if I were you... You never know, I might be your next Master." Dmitri remarked with a grin as he closed the door, leaving Angelique all alone within the bedroom with nothing but her thoughts to keep her company.
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The rest of the night was completely restless for Angelique as she laid within the bed. The threat Dmitri left her with still lingered within her mind. More and more she continued to question her choice of Mikhail's life and safety over her own freedom. There was no doubt within her mind that if he died, if something had happened to her Master, it would be all over for her. She truly did not want to be Dmitri's slave. The man was downright frightening and cruel. Even though she did first think the same of Mikhail when their paths had crossed, there was something to him, some tender care in his eyes that lurked beyond the sadistic gleam. With Mikhail, she never thought he would kill her. With Dmitri on the other hand, there was no telling what he was willing to do.
Hours were spent lying within the bed, tossing and turning in the comforts of her bed without an end. Her mind was so restless and stressed with the long ordeal of the night she had endured, and yet, through it all, it all went back to one question: why did he save her?
There was no doubt within her mind that she was trouble for him. She was still news according to the morning news she watched before turning to try and sleep. Her mind could not help itself. Curious as to what was going on, whether they were still looking for her, Angelique had turned on the television and watched as her name and picture came across the television, along with pleas from her parents for her safe return home. Tears came down her face as she watched them, as she saw the terror and fright etched in their faces as they begged for her to be sent home. It was all one big taunt to her, a cruel joke. She had freedom within her hands, ready for the taking, and she threw it all down the drain for a reckless act of kindness to a dying man.
Over and over again she asked the same question to herself: Did I do the right thing? As she rested her head upon the thick, fluffed pillows of the bed, she could not help to ask herself that question. Mikhail had risked his life to save her. He bought her, saving her from a fate unimaginable by powerful men and women that couldn't risk having such a slave with that much attention. He went out into the house, risking his own life in a gun battle to shield her. He gave her a gun, willing her to defend herself under the bed. He had given so much for her, and yet, now he lay dying. What would happen to her if he was gone was something she couldn't think of. It was too frightening, too disheartening and dreadful for her to think of the endless possibilities. If Mikhail died, so did she.
It took some time for her to finally fall into the comforting embrace of sleep. The exhaustion was too much and overwhelming for her to stand up against. Her dreamless, deep sleep comforted her, giving her some respite from the troubles and stresses of her reality.
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It was the late afternoon when Angelique finally awakened. However, it was not the bright summer sun that shone through the windows that awakened her, but that of a knock to the door. For a moment she paused, looking at the door with a sense of dread filling her. The last thing she wanted to do was to wake up and go back through the hell she had suffered through.
When she finally climbed out of the bed, putting on a robe from the closet, she opened the door, and much to her displeasure, saw the man she was dreading.
"It's about time you woke your lazy ass up." Dmitri said, his eyes looking over her body. "I should fuck you in the ass for making me wait. I bet you would like that, wouldn't you?"
Angelique said nothing. She could already feel her anger growing and blossoming within her, waiting to be unleashed upon this man before her. Just being in his presence made Angelique's body and mind tense, the threats from the previous night still lingering within the forefront of her mind. He was dangerous to say the least, a man that was putting himself in position to strike. She could feel it in the air, the tension palpable amongst the men when she entered the building, to the sense she received from being around him.
He smirked at her silence. "You're lucky he woke up. Otherwise, you'd be down on your knees begging for mercy." Dmitri remarked, smirking as his eyes wandered across her feminine form.
"He's awake?" Angelique asked, her eyes wide with hope as she spoke.
Again he smirked, slowly pushing his way into Angelique's bedroom. "Yeah, he woke up this morning, and he's lucky to be alive." He said as he slipped beside her, slowly walking into her room after closing the door behind him. Dmitri paused at the window, overlooking the vast, sprawling city beyond the glass. "But, for how long, no one knows. Poisons like that can be very tricky to contain over time."
More and more Angelique was beginning to dislike what was going on. With him in her room she felt so naked and exposed, as if standing under a spot light waiting to be hurt. Dmitri seemed to her to be just that kind of man, that kind of ruthless, sadistic man that took pleasure in the discomfort of others. How far he would take it, she did not and could not know. There was no denying he was a dangerous man, capable of bringing everything down, the kind of driven man that would stop at nothing to get what he wanted.
"I want to see him. Now." She said, trying her best to sound resolute and firm in her stance when she felt nothing but fear and dread for the man standing before her.
His laugh was mirthless as he turned to face her, that gleam in his eyes unsettling as he sat himself down upon the corner of the bed. "Look at you. You're the Boss's fuck meat, and you already think I'm going to take orders from you." Glancing over his shoulder, Dmitri turned his eyes to her own, locked in upon the look of dread. Oh she could try and hide it all she wanted. He could see right through that faΓ§ade to the fear and dread that filled her just being in his presence. "You and I are going to discuss a few things..."
Tightly Angelique pulled the robe around her body, completely on edge just to be around Dmitri. "Like what? I have nothing to discuss with you." She said remarked with stiffness in her voice.
"I would beg to differ..." Dmitri said, his body gradually sitting up upon the edge of the bed. His back was straight, eyes cold and determined, his presence exuding a dominating sense of confidence and power that intimidated the young woman as she stood before him.
"You see, your Master is in no position at all to give commands and take control as he once did." He began, his voice unwavering as he spoke to her. All too well he knew he was playing with fire, taking a risk that could destroy him, but there was just something about her that made him want her all the more. She was beautiful, intimidated, fearful, and ripe for the picking. No matter what happened with Mikhail, Dmitri was going to see to it that she was going to be his. "The men aren't very confident in him. Men have been killed, families and lives put on the line, all because of him and his actions..."
It would be easy, very easy for me to take control of things around here. He could be in a coffin tonight if I wanted it to happen, and you could be in some ditch with a bullet between those pretty eyes of yours." Slowly he began to adjust the cuffs on his sleeve, straightening them with idle care as if this were nothing more than just an ordinary conversation. "But I'm not such a bad guy. I'm pretty smart once you get to know me. I know that nothing has to happen to the Boss for me to take control. I'm already in charge with him lying in that bed of his. There's nothing stopping me from going in there and finishing the job that those Haitians couldn't do."
From the very beginning, Angelique didn't like where the conversation was going. Her stomach was knotted over in dread of what was taking place. The smart woman knew what was coming, what the bastard was getting to, and she was powerless to stop him. Deep within her heart, it pained her to know what was expected of her, what was needed to save not only her life, but Mikhail's as well. There was no way out of it. She knew that much. If she ran from the room, and what Dmitri said was true about the feelings of Mikhail's men, it would be the end of them. There would be nothing stopping Dmitri from killing them both then and there.