Descent Into Madness: A Temporary Bliss Novel by Alexander Ward

Author:Alexander Ward [Ward, Alexander]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-02-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18 – Alex

I’d love to say that I live an uneventful life, but it’s been anything but in the past weeks. Everything’s gotten worse since my last fight with Ray. We haven’t spoken to each other since, nor does it look likely. That in turn has soured my mood in ways I find hard to comprehend. A need for crying and destruction battle in me, competing for the first spot like two hungry dogs fighting over a bone. The numbness has settled in once more, the lack of fucks has turned endemic in my body, so has the sleep deprivation and rage reigns over all of them.

I got one goal in mind: to see Stefan dead and I won’t stop until I achieve it. It’s what keeps me running at the moment. That’s why I’m eagerly waiting in Victor’s office for news on how his incursion against Anatoly’s gone. Provided all is well, then him and Scarface will end up doing business together, and once that happens, Stefan’s as good as dead. It’s only a matter of time. And therein lies the problem, since I haven’t heard back from Ray at all, I don’t know whether he’s told Anatoly about the mole or not.

In all honesty, I’m not sure what Vitya will find, or if I’ve ruined my own plans in any way, but the universe has royally screwed me several times before, so I won’t put it past it to do it once more.

Victor is a real sight to behold, I thought the man is a block of stone but today he’s been in an infectious mood and everyone around him has been glowering. Even Vlad’s shut his mouth, which is admirable, although he’s been nudging me with his shoe from time to time, his face splitting into a grin, but no clever remarks have left his mouth, nothing unsavoury that could anger Vitya even more.

I’ll admit, the atmosphere is… intense.

Vlad elbows me again, drawing my attention to him. “Come outside with me.” He points at the balcony and waits for my reaction.

“Fuck it. Why not.” I’m bored anyway. I grab my cigarettes and follow Vlad outside, no one spares a glance for us.

We walk farther down from the door, where we can talk without others listening in, and I lean against the wall, boot propped on the bricks behind me, cigarette between my lips.

The back of the villa is supposed to resemble a garden, but it’s filled only with dejected bushes and gnarled branches at this time of year. No one has started working on fixing it since there is still snow falling from time to time. It looks distasteful and desolate, like pretty much everything else in this place.

“You’ve been thinking hard, kitten.”

“What if the deal falls through?”

Vlad leans with his elbows against the bronze railing, squinting as he lights up his cig. The scar puckers on his face, even staring at him is a reminder of Ray. But I try to put him out of my head.

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