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Even as I said the words I knew with enough time he could wipe my memory from their young minds. The chilling fear in my heart stabbed at it like shards of ice, but my fight to survive in this world wouldn't allow me to accept his words.

“Like you said, they are young enough to adapt,” he said with an unreadable expression. “I won't miss another day without my children.”

“Then I best make damn sure you don't find us because if you mistreat us in any way, I would willingly sacrifice my life to ensure my children’s well-being,” I said softly.

“Ourchildren,” he said just as softly. “And there wouldn't be a single country you could hide in. Especially since I have all your passports.”

“Thanks for the heads up,” I said, silently fuming.

I was close to telling him to pick up his boxers and fuck off, but I needed to see Tatiana and Alexei. What I did do was give him the death stare while I ate. I couldn't trust him.

Chapter 10

Rurik

Our eyes were daring the other to look away, but from the moment I met the twenty-three-year-old, she had been challenging me. I was using our children as leverage to back her into a corner, but by the look of things, I did the right thing by locking away their passports.

Grains of rice fell out of her mouth, and she was blindly stabbing at the plate with her fork, making a mess, but she didn't look away. She looked so feral that I almost smiled. The fire in this woman made me want to fuck her and simultaneously whip her ass raw. If she tried to take my children and leave, she would promptly see a very different side to me.

“You will be on a strict diet to help you produce more milk,” I said with a smirk. “Only the best for me and my babies.”

When her right eye began to twitch, she finally looked away. I couldn't wait for her to wear her full Hucow outfit. That would knock the sass right out of her.

“You know, I would have thought you learnt your lesson,” I said casually, but her head snapped up, and she scrunched her eyes up suspiciously at me. “Still not on any birth control. It’s as if you're begging to be bred.”

“Why the fuck should I pollute my body with chemicals and hormones?” she snapped at me, tossing the fork down like an errant child. “Why don't men take the responsibility?”

“I did. Look what happened.” I said, raising my hands before shrugging my shoulders.

“That condom burst because you were hammering away at me like a rabbit on crack,” she said before pointing to my dick. “That thing needs to come with some kind of international health warning.”

She began to mutter about internationally diseased dicks.

“The more you misbehave, the longer you stay down here. I suggest you speak to me with respect. You do want to see the children, don't you?”

“This could have gone down very differently, Rurik,” she said with anger blazing in her eyes.

“Let me lay the rules for the milking room. When you are in this room, you refer to me as Owner or Sir. If you are fully dressed as a cow, you will only moo unless I give you permission to speak. You obey every instruction I give you. If you can't adhere to the training process or consistently disobey, then I will punish you according to your crime.”

“I need to be with the twins,” she said tightly.

“And you will…once you complete all your training to my satisfaction. I will give you some time to mull it over. Orla will be here tonight. If you try and get her to help you in any way, she will be on the next flight home, and I will hire a new nanny,” I said, watching her eyes widen at that piece of information. “I know everything, Mariya.”

“B-but she will suspect something is wrong.”

“Then it’s up to you to convince her.”

I gathered everything up, leaving her with a bottle of water and left her in the room. She needed to stew a little before I let her see the twins.

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The routine was working out great, but as the evening grew close, I could tell from the way they kept looking at the doorway and how they huddled together that they missed their mother.

“Do you want to see mama?” I asked them, and both little heads turned towards me before nodding.

I kept them busy all day. They were tired from the travelling and their activities. They explored the house and had fun swimming and playing. All three of us. The initial part of my plan was always doomed to be tough, but my long-term vision for the future was a prize for all of us.

“Come here and give Daddy a big cuddle,” I said as I knelt on the floor and watched my children run toward me.