Prisoner by Shehata Kat

Author:Shehata, Kat
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Limitless Publishing LLC
Published: 2016-08-02T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Victory Kiss

Maksim’s brutes let us go and we settled into the VIP section of the small arena. Vladimir grilled me about what Maksim had said, but I played it off like it was nothing. In reality, I knew I had majorly messed up. All I had to do was keep my mouth shut for five seconds, but instead, I catapulted my way to the top of Maksim’s list of Smartass American Girls Who Need to Learn Their Lesson. If he ever got his hands on me—God help me.

The lights dimmed, and a spotlight flashed across the ring. The band played an energizing theme song that brought the crowd to their feet. Dmitri emerged from the back of the room in black shorts with orange stripes bejeweled down the side. The crowd cheered as the spotlight led him to center stage. An announcer introduced him, but he remained stone-faced and flexed his muscles as a sound effect of a tiger roaring played.

The crowd clapped in unison and the spotlight searched the arena and shined on Dmitri’s opponent. Good lord. A greased-up giant that had at least fifty pounds on Dmitri hulked his way to the ring to a divided chant of cheers and jeers. Dmitri was a street-smart fighter, but he was busted up from our near abduction, and that behemoth from Team Ovechkin looked healthy, well-fed, and ready to rumble.

The champion and his challenger faced off in the ring. The announcer explained the rules while the fighters traded nasty faces. Dmitri was the champion, but his opponent had the advantage of size and was probably meaner than Dmitri, judging by the array of prison tats inked on every inch of his skin. I tugged on Vladimir’s arm. “Dmitri’s going to win, right?” The crowd was so loud I had to shout.

“I hope so. I made a little side bet with Maksim.”

“How much is a little side bet?”

“Ten million. He’s not the only one who can toss money around like confetti.”

My mouth gaped. “That jerk will lose millions if Dmitri wins? How much will Dmitri get?”

“With all the bets tonight, his share will reach seven figures. He’ll have no trouble starting a new life in America.”

Looking at it from Dmitri’s standpoint, beating up this chump was his way of earning his ticket to freedom. It wasn’t fair to judge the Russians by my way of life or experiences, and Vladimir was helping Dmitri get out of the family, which by his own admission was nearly impossible.

Even though I didn’t condone this type of human dog fight, I supported Dmitri. I said a prayer for his safety and sent him all the positive energy and kick-ass vibes I could conjure up. The bell rang and the fighters went to their corners. I glanced across the ring to see if I could find Maksim. He was spying on me through binoculars from his private box on the other side of the ring.

He lowered the glasses and blew me a kiss when I spotted him.

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