Page 32 of Darkest Game (The Dark Mafia #3)

Chapter Seventeen

Irina

“ Y ou’re working with her?” I ask aghast. “Why? How?”

“She reached out to me and offered me a deal. I’ve been wanting to take down Mikhail and Nico but I didn’t have the manpower. But with her, I do. She said she’d only agree to help if I gave her you.”

“I’m your niece.”

“So? You never loved me as a niece should. You hated me. Why should I have any sympathy for you?”

I flinch. The hatred in his voice is stark cold. “You locked me up for two years. Why would I love you for that?”

He scoffs. “Enough. I’m taking you to Elaine and then I’m taking back this city.”

“Please,” I beg, clutching his hand but he rips it away from me. “Please. Do you know what she’s going to do to me? Did she tell you?”

“Probably keep you locked up. I don’t know.”

“You don’t know? She tried to have me raped multiple times by multiple men. She’s going to do it again. You’re giving me up to a woman like that. Do you understand that?”

For just a moment, he seems to waver before he shakes his head. “It doesn’t matter. You’re no longer my concern. And I seem to recall you being the quiet one. You’re awfully chatty at the moment.”

“Because you kidnapped me. I’m not going to be quiet anymore. Please.”

“You can beg all day long, Irina. I’m giving you over to Elaine. And she will help me kill Mikhail and Nico. How those fuckers managed to survive that explosion is beyond me.”

“You did it.”

“Obviously I did it. Mikhail got hurt. I know that. But he’s still alive. And Nico walked away without a fucking scratch. I am going to end both of them. Nico betrayed me. And Mikhail just annoys the shit out of me.”

“What about my husband? Liam?”

“Oh, that’s right. You’re married now. Well, I guess I’ll kill Liam too and take even more power. How does that sound?”

A cold, heavy weight settles in my stomach. There’s no getting through to my uncle. He was always a terrible man but now, he’s just plain evil.

The driver doesn’t stop until we reach a large mansion in the Hamptons. I’m only about forty minutes away from where I was and yet it feels like years.

“Elaine’s mansion,” Denis says. “Isn’t it nice?” He hauls me out of the car and drags me up the driveway. I try fighting him but the driver grabs my legs and keeps me in place. Together, the two men carry me inside and dump me onto the hard marble floor of the foyer. Pain radiates up my side.

Just an hour ago, I was making love to Liam, more happy than I’ve ever been. And now I’m kidnapped once more, taken to the women who wants to do horrible things to me.

I can’t stop the tears from streaming down my face.

High heels clack on the floor before stopping right in front of me. “Stop crying,” Elaine snaps. “You’re so annoying.”

“What are you going to do to me?” I ask through my tears.

“I’m going to make you pay for what your husband did to my husband.” The smile Elaine gives me sends a chill straight to my core. “Strip her of her clothes,” she orders to the driver.

“No!” I scream, trying to crawl away but the driver rips my shirt and jeans off me.

“Her bra and underwear too.”

The eager smile the driver gives me fills me with disgust. I can’t stop him from tearing the pieces of fabric from my skin, leaving me fully naked on the ground. No protection. I’m like a newborn baby all over again.

“Don’t touch her,” Elaine says. “Not yet. I have plans for her before I give her over to any man. I have a party happening tonight. In just a few hours, you’re going to entertain the men who are going to fuck you. How does that sound?”

I curl into a ball and sob. Never have I felt more weak and pathetic but I tried fighting Elaine and it’s gotten me nowhere.

“How’s your throat?” she taunts. “Still sore? Well, it’s going to be sore after the men stick their cocks into it.” She turns to the driver. “Put her in the living room and tie her to the couch so she can’t leave.”

When the driver grabs me under the arms and hoists me up, I catch a glimpse of Denis.

And he doesn’t look pleased with this. In fact, there’s a grimace on his face as he looks at Elaine. Does he not approve?

“Uncle,” I sob. He flicks his eyes to me and away but I catch the guilt there. He feels bad for doing this to me. “You wanted to protect me. That’s why you locked me away. I know it. So protect me now.”

Elaine steps into my line of sight, blocking Denis.

“He’s not going to protect you. He’s not going to do anything to help you.

You’re on your own now, Irina. Not even Liam can help.

He doesn’t even know you’re here. So buckle up, honey.

You’re going to be in for a world of hurt tonight.

And I can’t wait to see it.” She nods at the driver. “Take her away.”

I try to kick and arch my body to get away but the driver’s grip is too strong on my arms and he yanks me into the living room and ties me to the couch. The second the rope is around my body, I know I’m not going anywhere.

Liam has saved my life many times now but I’m not sure he’s going to be able to do it again. It will be up to me to save myself.

And I have no idea how to do that.

Liam

Nico calls to me to tell me we have a problem.

I’m at my nightclub, in my office, going over the list of properties Elaine owns, trying to find a weak point to attack her. Surely she must be at one of these.

“What?” I snap when I answer the phone. I’m annoyed that I had to let Irina go again after her mother wanted her to come home. I’m pissed that I don’t get to keep my own wife in my life because no one fucking trusts me.

“Irina is gone,” Nico says.

I sit up straighter. “What do you mean she’s gone?”

“I mean, Tatiana called me and told me that Irina was taken and shoved into a car right in front of her eyes. And it was… Denis who did it.”

“Her fucking uncle? Why?”

“He either wants to control her again like he used to. Or he’s working with Elaine.”

“Which we still don’t know if he is,” I say with a sigh. “Where do you think he took her?”

“You’re her husband. Shouldn’t you know?”

I scoff. “You used to work with Denis. Shouldn’t you know?”

“You’re fucking annoying, you know that?”

“And my wife is missing. Kidnapped by her uncle. I’m allowed to be a little pissed off. I have the list of Elaine properties. You figure out where Denis might have gone. I’ll check Elaine’s properties.”

“On your own?”

“I’ll bring some of my men with me. We have to split up. We don’t have Mikhail since he’s still in the hospital. It’s up to us to find Irina. You’ll help me?”

“Of course I’ll help you. Why do you think I’m calling you? Sasha is my wife and I know she wants all of her sisters kept safe. I’ll find Irina and save her.”

“Or I’ll find Irina and save her. Trust me to do it. I care about her. I’m not out to ruin all of your guys’ lives. Got it?”

“I’m starting to,” he says before hanging up.

I call my guy Jimmy and tell him to start looking at Elaine’s properties. “Get a lot of my men to do it. Ok? Split up. See what you can find.”

“On it, boss.”

I can’t just sit around and wait so I decide to go out and look at some of the houses Elaine owns myself.

This is assuming Denis is even working with Elaine.

Denis might be doing his own thing. But if that’s the case, then Nico will find her.

I have to trust the man who killed the only true father figure I ever had. Talk about fucking irony.

I spend a few hours checking out some different houses or restaurants Elaine owns but nothing comes up.

Nico doesn’t call me either to tell me if he’s found Irina, which means he hasn’t.

That or he wants to keep her from me because he doesn’t trust me.

If that’s the case, I’m going to fucking murder him when I get the chance.

But no. I have to believe he’ll at least give me the decency to call if he’s found Irina. So that means he hasn’t yet.

Which means I’m running out of time.

Irina is running out of time.

Irina

After sitting on the couch, tied to it, for an hour, Elaine has the driver untie me and bring me into one of the bedrooms.

“You’re going to wear this,” Elaine says, holding up a collar.

“I have my guests arriving soon. You’re going to walk around in this collar.

You are going to feel their gazes on you.

I want you to know what’s coming. And then, at a moment of my choosing, I’m going to let every man at this party fuck you. ”

I bite back another sob. I’ve been crying too much. But how can I not?

“Sounds good, doesn’t it?” Her grin is savage.

“You’re a monster,” I hiss.

“No. I’m a wife getting justice for her husband’s death. And you’re going to pay the price for it. Now put this on.” She flings the collar at me and it smacks me in the face and falls to the ground. I don’t pick it up.

“Put it on,” she seethes.

When I don’t move, she nods at the driver and he punches me in the stomach. All the air is knocked from my body.

“Put it on. Or I’ll have Tom here hurt you again.”

Tom looks eager to do it too.

Begrudgingly, I pick up the collar and place it around my throat. Elaine steps behind me and tightens the collar to an uncomfortable level.

“There,” she says. “Perfect. Come greet my guests, Irina.” She tugs on my arm and I know I have no choice but to follow. Tom looks like he wants to hit me all over again and I’m not sure how much pain I can withstand.

Elaine makes me stand next to her as her first guests arrive. She greets them all. I notice her guests are all men. No women. The men all turn appreciative gazes onto me.

I try to keep my head held up but it’s impossible. The weight of all their gazes is crushing.

The only consolation I can give myself is that I got to have my first sexual experience with Liam. I will carry that with me through the pain I will experience tonight.

More and more men arrive until the house is filled with at least fifty of them. It dawns on me that she’s going to let all of these men have me. My body isn’t going to survive this.

I’m not going to survive this.