State of grace

chapter four

NIKOLAI
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I have a confession to make. I have always liked the idea of revenge. It's something that always interested me and the feeling of it was amazing.

I may have not been the one who was wronged but she was and I wasn't going to tolerate him getting away with it. I was never that person who said forgive and forget because why forgive and forget when you can get revenge?

I cannot help but to see the irony in all of this. He took her away from me and right now, she's in my bed after I fucked her and made her come all over my dick and his life is blowing up. It's funny, isn't it? Karma didn't hit him so of course, I had to.

Killian is like a rat. Annoying and you can't get rid of it, unless of course you set up a trap and then they fall right into it. As we speak, he's learning that his biggest shipment is gone, disappearing without a trace.

It's harmless, really. I have a plan for him but right now it's just harmless little fun to bring me some satisfaction. I want to watch him suffer and if in any way or shape I can help with that, I will do it.

It's not only the fact that he wronged her, it's the fact that I despise people like him. He's entitled, he thinks he deserves everything he got meanwhile, he stole all of it. He's like the dirt under people's shoes.

She made it, she made that bloody empire without anyone's help and he pretended to be her friend before stealing it all, that's what I can't stand.

I admit, I play with people's emotions, I manipulate their words but I am nothing like him. I play words to my advantage but I don't steal. I don't steal people's life work.

Gracelyn is the good in this world, she cares to make a difference, she is better than all rapists and paedophiles that are in power. She could have made a difference. Many people take human trafficking to their advantage, it's easy money, not her though. She wanted to change it. She was killing rapists, she was stopping the horrible things people do to children and he stopped her. He turned her empire to nothing and destroyed her in the process.

Killian is a power hungry monster. Gracelyn's empire is now fully associated with human trafficking, it's disgusting what he made it become. He destroyed her empire and put a hit on her head, he will get the suffering he deserves. Revenge will never be sweeter.

Killian will get what he deserves, I will slowly destroy him day by day until he's six feet under and no one can find his body.

I took my phone before dialling a number. "Father? I have a favour I need to ask of you. I need something done..."

GRACE
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I woke up feeling exhausted even though I had slept for ten hours. I never expected myself to end up in the bed of another powerful man when one already betrayed me.

I was supposed to keep low, stay away from danger and yet I didn't manage to even do that. I do think it will be good for me though. I want them all to pay.

I want them and him to be ruined like they ruined me. It was my empire, I had built it from the ground and they stole it. He stole it.

I killed men for less and I'm not going to let him get away with it.  Killian will pay, one way or another.

Nikolai is an asset that I didn't expect but I'm grateful for. I now have protection and some part of my power back. The hit on my head was dangerous, I couldn't do much but when you're protected by the Russians, you're protected for life.

I don't have much to lose, that's my advantage this time. Nikolai for some reason wants me and that's going to save me.

With Nikolai by my side, I can win. I can win this time and he'll lose. I'll be able to win. I'll finally be able to win. I'll win and Killian will lose. Killian will lose.

I can't lose, the odds are in my favour. I have nothing to lose while Killian has a whole empire that would go down with him.

Even if taking Killian down would mean taking my empire down, I will do it. It was mine, I know everything about it. I have an advantage. I can win. I can ruin him like he ruined me. I can destroy him and it will be so sweet.

Reading people is easy, it's easy to find out their weaknesses. People are not guarded as they think they are. With a little help of my computer skills, I had learned everything there is to be about every one of the scums in the underworld.

Knowledge is power, that's one of the things you need to know if you want to survive. Knowledge can make you powerful, people will do anything to keep their little secrets from going out.

People are evil, it's a fact that's known to many and I'm going to destroy all of them. They're all going to die by my hands.

I am not one for killing unless it's rapists or paedophiles but in this situation, I can make an exception for Killian. Killian deserves to die for the fact that he wronged me and destroyed everything I worked for. He's selfish and I am not going to let him destroy anymore people. He deserves to go to hell for what he's done. He knew what I stood for, what my empire stood for and he went against all of that. Human traffickers should be punished by death. It shouldn't matter how much money they can make, it's not acceptable.

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