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"Ya skazal tebe, chto skoro uvizhu tebya, kotenok."I told you I would see you soon, kitten.His deep, sexy voice said in perfect Russian.

Arturo fucking De Luca.

ChapterEight

Illayana Volkov

If you had of told me this morning that I would be ending the evening straddling Arturo's chest with a knife to his throat, I would have said you were fucking crazy. Yet here I am. Knife in hand, legs on either side of his body, staring into those entrancing blue-green eyes.

His stupid handsome face looked just as appealing as I remember. Just staring at him made my body heat with lust and attraction. His gorgeous mouth curled up with an expression that looked like half a smile, half a challenge. I didn't like that cocky look on his face, even if he did look hot as fuck.

I dug my knife a little further into his throat, a faint trickle of blood starting to drip down his neck.

He arched one of those perfect eyebrows (I don't even know how someone can have perfect eyebrows, but he fucking does) and that cocky expression stayed plastered on his face. It was like he was enjoying this.

"What the fuck are you doing here?" I hissed.

"Isn't it obviousKotenok?”Kitten,he chuckled, those gorgeous eyes of his staring me down. "I'm here for you."

I tried to ignore the tingle that ran through my body at his words but who was I kidding? I fucking liked it.

The sound of footsteps came from just outside my bedroom door and I tensed.

Arturo's eyes flicked to the door and he stiffened.

Fuck.

If my brothers walked in with me straddling Arturo with a fucking knife to his throat, they wouldn't react very well. No. Not well at all.

A soft knock followed by my brother’s voice filled the space of my bedroom.

"Sestra?Sister?Are you alright? We heard some banging," Lukyan asked.

Goddamn it!

Must have been when I slammed him into the ground.

"I'm fine!" I yelled back. My eyes darted down to the sexy male beneath me and he winked at me, mouthing“yes, you are.”

Bastard.

I snapped my head back towards the door as it began to slowly open. I tightened my grip on my knife and flung it forward with as much speed as I could. It embedded deep into the doorframe, straight down to the hilt just as Lukyan's head appeared.

"Jesus fucking Christ!" he shrieked as he pulled his head back and slammed the door shut again.

"I told you, I'm fine!" I yelled back.

Arturo's big, muscular body started shaking beneath me and I looked down to see him laughing silently.

"Fucking hell," I heard Lukyan mutter behind the door. "Is it that time of the month or something?"

I ran my hand down my face, groaning. Of course he'd say some stupid shit like that. My second time meeting Arturo and he's already hearing all about my period. Fucking joy.

"Don't be an idiot," I heard Nikolai reply.Great! They're both fucking out there."You know we monitor that shit."They fucking what?!"Calendar says it's still two and a half weeks away.”

"Right. Right." I can just imagine Lukyan nodding along. "I forgot that we started doing that after she tried to burn me with that blowtorch. Damn Shark Week," he grumbled.

Oh my god, I'm gonna kill them. I'm going to fucking kill them. They track my menstrual cycle?!

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