Red Reaper - Soldiers of Fortune [book one]

Chapter FIFTY TWO

Konstantin Ivanov

-KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK-

A sudden rapid echo in the form of an urgent knock raps repeatedly at the front door and I shake the cutting crumbs of glass from my feet before I hurry across the living room floor to pull it open, desperate to find Lucky on the other side..

But to my bitter disappointment, I instead find the frowning face of her formidable sister.. Kirby Paxton glares up at me with unforgiving amber eyes and a snarl on her lips so savage it would frighten me if I were actually afraid of dying..

"Little Shark?" I open my mouth to ask her why she is on my doorstep when--

"MOTHER--FUCKER!"

-SLAP-

She hits me so hard in the mouth that bite my tongue and tastes blood as I step back with my hands raised to fend off her attack.. "Ah, cyka blyat'!" I groan at the force of her strike, unprepared to face her wrath.."Khuy tebe, ot yebis'!"

Kirby's rampage doesn't end there, she follows after me with her hands swinging, ready to hit me again.. "WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU THINKING? YOU CAN'T MARRY MY FUCKING SISTER YOU SELFISH PIECE OF SHIT!"

"This is Amerika, da?" I growl back at her as I retreat another step back.. "They say thiz iz free country, eh? I have broken no law!" I lean back against the entryway wall as Kirby balls her fists to pummel my chest, a fiery fight in her eyes like I've never seen before..

"JUST BECAUSE ITS LEGAL, DOESN'T MAKE IT RIGHT! YOU PSYCHOTIC, PERVERTED, ARROGANT-FUCK!" She screams at me with the primal rage of a lioness and my conviction waivers..

I have no energy for combat with Kirby..

Especially when I don't even believe my own words..

I am sick.. A psycho.. A pervert..

She is not wrong about me..

"Da, Little Shark.. I know.. It iz not right.. I am not right.." I concede, dropping my guard and as my hands fall to my side she reaches up to grab me by the throat..

"YOU LISTEN TO ME, YOU STUPID SACK OF SHIT.. YOU GOT HER INTO THIS FUCKING MESS, YOU NEED TO MAKE IT RIGHT, KONSTANTIN! YOU HAVE TO FIX THIS!"

I shake my head, confused.. I have already admitted my fault.. Lucky has already left me.. What remains for me to do? "I fear I can not.."

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'YOU CAN'T '?" The petite lawyer's mouth falls open in shock.. "HOW COULD YOU DO THIS?! YOU'RE JUST GOING TO LET HER TAKE THE FALL?!"

"What?!" I grab hold of Kirby's slender wrists, tearing them away from my neck as I blink down at her trying to understand what exactly she is saying to me.. She speaks so quickly making it difficult for me to keep up and the words she uses don't entirely make sense.. "Lucky iz hurt? Where did she fall?"