Salina stood on the balcony, inside the music still played for the people who'd moved to the dance floor by now. She got to look over it at the large lake below them, it was beautiful. They even had a labyrinth of a garden surrounding the lake. Another day, Salina hopes Dominik can take her through the mazes.

The gala was finally winding down. She heard the footsteps of her husband step onto the balcony as well.

"Here, baby," he handed her the second glass of wine she's gotten today. She smiled gratefully as she leaned her back against the balcony to look up at him. Dominik didn't hesitate to press his hands on either side of her small frame.

"I don't like all of this," he raised his hand to her face and cupped her cheek. His rough thumb grazed over her cheek bone. She looked so fucking pretty tonight, every night, but maybe he appreciated it even more today because no one could take their eye's off of her. She held his hand and kissed his palm sheepishly, toying with his belt before tugging him closer. "How come?"

"I can't stand not having you all to myself," he whispered as he leaned closer. As he finished the sentence he couldn't help the wolfish grin tugging at his mouth until his surged forward to kiss her hard.

Salina gasped and he took the opportunity to slip his tongue between her painted lips. They both moaned, his hands roving over her body and sliding into the slit of her dress. Gripping the flesh greedily, he yanked her closer to slide his thigh right up against her cunt.

"I need you tonight, жена." Dominik rasped bluntly, "I can't stop thinking about how fucking tight you were around my fingers. I can't stand it." If Salina didn't know better she'd say it almost sounded like her husband was begging.

Just as she was about to tease him, he hitched his thigh up and pressed tightly against her heated core. Salina mewled as he held her hip tight, grinding her manually against his muscular leg. His moved her, again and again and again. Watching her practically ride his thigh, he moved her almost too easily.

Sometimes she forgot how scary strong Dominik was.

"Yes!" She finally gave in and said what he wanted. Instead of milking it like she intended before she would give him that same answer, of course Dominik had to expedite the process to get what he wanted.

"Yes, you-you... we can. But I don't... I don't want to go all the way yet, Domo," her voice whispered in a moment of vulnerability. Her brown doe eyes peered up at him, her full lashes fluttering beautifully.

"Of course, mon chére," he assured her at the same volume as their lips brushed one another intimately.

"What did I tell you that first night, hm baby?" Dominik smirked arrogantly as his deep voice rumbled.

"That'd I'd be begging," she rolled her eyes but couldn't hide that beautiful smile from him. That beautiful smile that was just for him. Her fingers hooked into his belt and she tugged him closer, a daring look in her eyes.

Dominik was obsessed with it.

"But we'll see who ends up begging first Dominik Aleksandr. We will see."

He chuckled haughtily, nodding once before kissing her nose gently down to her lips. "I'm sure we will. Now, let me deal with these douche bags before we leave. I'm holding you to it, Salina." Like the dutiful husband he is, he would deal with their departure so Salina didn't have to.

She'd had to deal with enough meeting and greeting already, he is impressed with her social skills in these environments, she spoke to more people than he did.

Dominik was eager to hear what she'd found out later on- after they've taken care of they need to. With a single look, the two nearest security was sent onto the balcony with her as he dealt with everything else.

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Salina watched two geese float in the lake below her, she squatted down and looked between the pristine white decor making the barrier of the balcony. She leaned her cheek against it as she watched and waited for Dominik or maybe Lev to come get her.

She's decided that she is done with social interactions for the rest of the night. Save for retrieving Vivienne's number maybe.

The two guards behind her kept her quiet company. It was two young men that worked for Dominik, Victor and Freddy. Her eyes had just been sliding shut out of boredom when she heard the doors open behind her.

Glancing behind her, she saw three waiters speaking with the two guards. Standing to her feet, Salina still looked over the balcony.

Her brow twitched for a second before a chill shot down her spine, she turned just in time to see a waiter stab a dagger into Freddy's neck.

The sounds of him choking on his blood while reaching for his weapon made her throat close up with pure terror. The waiter snagged the weapon as Victor was dealt the same fate within the same second.

Salina's mouth opened as the beginning of an ear piercing scream was cut off as she lunged for Victor's gun they had yet to take.

The third waiter, the only one without blood on his hands at the moment, slammed his body into her own and clamped his hand over her mouth so hard she could barely breathe.

Still Salina screamed and brought her hands to the mans eyes, trying to dig her nails into them as tears pricked at her own. It only resulted in a cloth being wedged into her mouth and tied tightly around her head.

"We've gotta move," the two killers heaved her guards bodies over the balcony into the lake and Salina cried out in protest while reaching for Freddy's body.

"Nope, c'mon girly, make this easy for us. We've just gotta get ya from point A to point B." The one holding her and currently cuffing her hands together had a heavy Irish accent.

His hair was a deep red. Another man had dark brown hair and a scar over his cheek. The other was blonde and he also had a similar accent.

"They said she shouldn't give us too many problems!-" Just as he began to speak, Salina rammed her heel into the blondes knee as that was as close as she could reach. The red head holding her gripped her cuffs to control her, his palm smacked across her cheek and drew blood from her nose.

The blonde bit back a yelp of pain, hissing loudly before opening his mouth to complain. Just as he did so, a bullet flew into his cheek and out his ear.

Salina's eyes widened even more as his blood splattered all over her, her eyes shooting to Dima who'd caught sight of what was happening. "Salina!" he shouted in alarm as he lifted his gun once more.

Both men used her as a shield before the brunette jumped down into the lake where they dumped the corpses.

"Hope you can swim," Red snickered before lifting her up and jumping into the lake as well. Dima cursed loudly, running to the edge of the balcony to see them land with a splash. The red haired man and him were both quick to begin swimming with Salina in tow to the edge. Her yells were muffled.

"Boss! Fuck!" He bolted into the gala room where Dominik had been stalking over at the sound of a gunshot.

"They fucking took her, they're heading through the garden," Dima had barely finished his sentence before Dominik was shouting orders in Russian. He'd drawn his gun from the back of his pants and darted through the endless halls of the gala to the outside as Lev, his cousins, and his men followed after him.

"One red head, one brunette. Brunette had a scar over his cheek and no other noticeable features between the two. I heard an accent but didn't get a good read," Dima relayed as they ran. As soon as Dominik opened the door, a spray of bullets began. The Russian leader gripped both his cousins and dragged them behind a column where they could take cover.

"Take the doors off their hinges for cover! This is to fucking slow us down," Dominik roared over the cacophony of shooting between both sides. There were two black SUV's parked in front of the entrance just waiting for them. Dominik emptied his clip, not missing any shots as he timed when he leaned out to aim.

"Fuck!" He screamed as he was pinned from leaving towards his wife. Time trickled down and it made his stomach turn with nausea.

Without warning, the sound of a heavy duty machine gun went off from a side entrance. Angelo knelt down and began offering coverage.

"Ivanov, go!" He stopped shooting momentarily and Dominik took the opportunity without hesitation. As he ran a stray bullet grazed his hand, knocking his hand gun out of his grasp.

Hissing with a curse, he couldn't bother to get it as he was out of ammo anyway. Instead, he made his way towards the garden Dima saw them taking Salina to. His heart pumped as his vision was practically red, Dominik was seething as he took panted breaths to keep steady as he ran.

But he knew, he knew as soon as that wrath settled he would feel that terror pitted deep in his stomach.

If not for his anger he wouldn't be functioning at the moment. He's not sure he's ever felt actual fear up until this moment and it was almost debilitating. Gritting his teeth, he moved faster as he grew frantic for her.

Salina felt her temple pulse with pain from hitting the water so hard, her heels had fallen off and she was digging her feet into the mud to slow the men down. She was bound and gagged but was almost able to loosen the gag in her mouth. It was tied so tight that her fingers slipped around the knot.

"If you don't walk right fucking now I'm going to make sure you won't ever use those legs again, bitch," the brunette snapped and gripped her arm to yank her harder.

Salina purposefully stumbled but still they managed to get to the black SUV parked in the grass next to a grass wall. It was near the back end of the building the gala was held in.

Her breath shuddered as she heard endless gunshots back towards the entrance. Dominik, Dominik, Dominik, he was the only thing on her mind.

When they got to the car, the redhead kept her steady as he opened the back door for her.

"Sorry about this, they killed the one supposed to sit in the back with you, Beaumont," Salina frowned around her gag before the butt of his knife slammed against her already bleeding temple. A cry of pain erupted from her throat as her eyes nearly rolled back into her skull. Salina fought unconsciousness but let her body slump against the truck. She was lifted into the seat promptly.

She breathed deeply through her nose, focusing on moving her toes and her fingers to stay conscious. Her brows furrowed as she listened to the two men bicker as they got into the car.

"This was not how this was supposed to go, Rory!" the brunette man snapped.

"Carter I don't know what to tell you. This is the name of the game, we've got the broad. It's time to book it."

"They didn't say security would be as high as it was!"

"Well we've got her so what does it matter!" Salina opened her eyes to see the red headed man apparently names Rory hit the dashboard with his butt of his knife. "Now, punch the goddamn gas Carter! Now! Now!"

Salina swallowed hard, her eyes darting around outside to see if anyone was close. No one is here to save her. Her mind blanked for a single moment, she made a split-second, impulsive decision. Inhaling sharply, she slammed her body forward and looped her cuffed hands around Carter's neck right as he pressed his foot to the gas.

Carter's yell was cut off with a gasp for air as Salina pressed both slippery feet to the back of his chair to choke him as quickly as she could. Carter's body flailed as Rory yelled profanities while reaching for his knife and slashing wildly at Salina's arm. It sliced her bicep open and she hissed but didn't let up.

She could only spare a foot to slam his head into the passenger side window. Salina screamed in pain through the gag as she weighted her entire body against Carter's neck. In a last ditch effort, Carter slammed his foot into the gas.

All three of them propelled into the stone wall in front of them.

Salina braced herself against the seat, everyone jolted harshly at the impact. Nearby in the maze of walls, Dominik heard the crash and turned in that direction.

With ringing ears, Salina tried to shake herself conscious. She struggled to breath with the cloth in her mouth as it caused her to wretch loudly. Her wild eyes caught sight of Carter, who was still alive and trying to move. Rory was coming to.

Salina's eyes narrowed slowly. Huffing, she bit down on the cloth and wrapped her hands painfully around the handcuffs to tighten the chain around Carters neck. His hands flew to his neck, uselessly clawing at the metal as his eyes bulged grotesquely.

On her side of the car, Dominik spotted her through the tint. Slamming himself against the vehicle he yanked at the handle but found it locked. He saw exactly what she was doing in the car, how her hands were around the mans neck. And how the one other was waking up inside the truck with her.

"God fucking damnit!" Dominik screamed in desperation. Without another thought, he exhaled before bringing his ringed fists into the window. He bellowed out as his knuckles split immediately. But he pounded his fists again, and again. The first cracks appearing.

Growling lowly, Salina leaned back completely as she watched Rory begin to grab for his knife. Her mud soaked foot slipped briefly as she felt tears streak down her cheeks, the sound of the man gasping on choked breaths filled the car. Salina cried out when she felt his neck break under her weight.

Immediately as her body fell to the seat, she sent brutal kicks at Rory's head. He roared in anger, once again searching for her knife while she kicked the shit out of his skull and drew blood.

He got a hold of the handle and slashed at her calves. Salina wasn't able to move out of the way much as her arms were twisted but she wriggled desperately away until her heel crunched into Rory's nose. Just as she made contact, she heard shattering around her.

Dominik's hands were bloody, shards pierced his skin before he saw how the cracks webbed the entire window. Inhaling sharply and with a loud snarl, he slammed his head into the window once then twice for the final blow.

Salina screeched as glass flew against her. Her cries became louder as Dominik unlocked the car from the inside and dragged her out and onto the ground. He fell to his knees with her as he cradled her tightly.

"My eсолнышко. My жена," he croaked. His hand ran over her face, pushing her wet hair out of her eyes. Salina took a stuttering breath as her chest wracked with violent sobs.

Her cuffed hands wrapped around his neck, he held her securely as footsteps approached behind them. Dominik hauled her up and into his chest as his wild eyes looked around, seeing Angelo, his cousins, and Lev behind them.

"I have you, you're safe," he whispered to his wife as he eyed his men. With a nod, he directed Lev closer. As if approaching a rabid beast, Lev moved forward slowly.

When Dominik moved, Salina tensed and her brown eyes slid up to everyone around them. Immediately, she wiped her face against Dominik's shirt.

Her entire body was drenched, her makeup running down her face, and the gag was still between her teeth and beginning to cut off circulation.

Easing her cuffed hands from his shoulders, he passed Salina to Lev. She fisted his shirt tightly when he began to turn towards Rory left in the car, he was trying to scramble out of the truck but was pinned from the crash.

With his bloody hands, Dominik pried her grip off of him and kissed her fingers instead. Lev quickly moved to slide the gag off and release her hands.

"A gun," Dominik rasped as he stared at Rory who could feel the cold eyes of the devil on him. His moves became more desperate to escape.

His hand that had been held out swiftly had a gun slapped into it, wiping at his nose he strode over to the other side of the car he slammed the gun into the window and shattered it much easier than with his bare hands. His forehead bled from the gash he gained from that.

Lifting his gun up to keep Rory in line, he used his other hand to open the car. He ignored the pain in his joints as he opened the car door. Once it was opened enough, Dominik was met with Rory swinging his knife erratically. Dominik raised his free hand and watched the blade sink in through his palm.

Rory froze, his wide eyes sliding over to Dominik's bored ones. With the knife in his hand, he closed his hand around Rory's before pointing his gun and shooting Rory through his own palm as retribution. More screams haunted the night.

Exhaling loudly, Dominik had murder in his eyes as he slid the knife out of the wound only to hook his arm around the red headed mans neck and drag him out.

"I'm going to skin you alive. I'll send the flesh suit to your family for them to wear in remembrance of you. Every year they'll get more pieces of your pathetic little body as a constant reminder that you were stupid enough to touch what's mine. To bruise my wife. To cut my wife's fucking skin!"

Dominik barked as he threw him to the wet ground. As Rory blubbered and prepared for his death, The Russian Devil knelt over him with his gun in hand.

Leaning forward, he whispered. "But I'm not going to kill you yet," instead he nodded his head and ordered his cousins to take care of him. They'd be able to use him later.

With that handled and the bodies left at the entrance, they'd have more than enough evidence to find out who the fuck was behind this. But Dominik already had an inkling as to who was responsible.

He stalked over towards where his wife was no longer bound or gagged, she clutched her knees to her chest tight as Lev held her close to keep her warm.

"Give her to me," he demanded as he reached down to pick her up. Salina said nothing, her cheek smushing against his shoulder. He easily drew her up, nodding for Lev to follow.

"Drive us. Angelo is calling the doctor to meet us at our home," Dominik demanded. Then he turned to Angelo who had already gotten the doctor on the phone and given them their instructions.

"Up the security, for your family and mine. Weed out who could've let these men and tie them up by their feet over night when you find them. Leave them for me with the asshole from the car."

Lev nodded and walked besides Dominik who lowered his mouth to whisper comforts to Salina as she held onto his bloody shirt with her wide brown eyes unfocused on anything around them.

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OOP

these are the big things i mentioned LOL

thoughts on the action scenes?? haven't done one in a while and as always i want to make sure it is easy to digest as a reader

ily i hope u enjoyed the thrills of failed kidnappings LMAO