Iris. (Den of Mercenaries Book 7) by London Miller

Author:London Miller [Miller, London]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LM Books, LLC
Published: 2018-03-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Red

Niklaus Volkov wasn’t used to quiet nights.

Even before he had ever ventured into the Den, back when he was just a teenager living in Florida trying to make it, something was always going on outside his bedroom window. He hadn’t lived in the best neighborhood, and if it wasn’t the sound of bottles breaking in the alleyway, it was screaming neighbors or yowling cats.

The past seven years had consisted of nothing but endless days and constant jobs, one after the other, not giving him nearly enough time to sleep, let alone try to sleep when it was peaceful. He slept when he was too exhausted to do anything more, and for a while, that had been enough. He’d grown to love keeping his thoughts occupied on something other than the pain he was living with every day.

But that was before Reagan. Before he had learned what it meant to breathe again. And now, he didn’t just have a wife. He also had two beautiful children.

He had a family.

Something he had long taken for granted until the moment it was ripped away from him.

Niklaus didn’t know, which was why no matter what happened or where he was, he made it a point to come home every night. He didn’t accept as many jobs as he once had. He didn’t want to risk not making it back in one piece or for something to happen to one of them.

He wouldn’t survive it.

Which was why he needed to get out.

It went beyond his dislike of the Kingmaker. It wasn’t personal, his feelings against the man, but he didn’t like the idea of someone who could pull his strings whenever he wanted. That fucking contract was the bane of his existence.

It had almost been three years ago now when he told the Kingmaker he wanted out. He wanted to step away from the Den. His contract was almost at its end anyway, and with his new relationship with his twin brother, he didn’t mind the idea of joining the family business so much.

But the contract stipulated that he work for no one else until its conclusion. And even after it was over and done, he would be free to leave.

In the three years since he’d made the request, however, he had still been called in on jobs that, if he didn’t have access to private jets and planes, he would not have accepted because there was no chance of him getting home in time.

He didn’t mind so much, considering most of the requests weren’t for the Kingmaker himself, but rather his team and the people they loved. Niklaus understood all too well the sacrifices a person was willing to make for love, and it hadn’t been that long ago that this very same team of mercenaries had been there when he needed them most.

He couldn’t turn his back on that.

But things were different now.

The job—Belladonna—was something else.

Something he wasn’t sure he wanted to be a part of.

Niklaus had no doubt they were good

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