Total pages in book: 112
Estimated words: 107407 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 537(@200wpm)___ 430(@250wpm)___ 358(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 107407 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 537(@200wpm)___ 430(@250wpm)___ 358(@300wpm)
Zahkar - Adopted Son of Andru
Zahkar is a prominent figure known as one of the Madmen of Moscow, alongside his brother, often referred to collectively as The Twins. He is co-owner of many business adventures including joint ownership of the brand Rainbow Vodka. He is co-owner of the renowned Klub Chernyy, a hub for underground activity and illegal fighting events. As a skilled fighter trained in mixed martial arts, like Rodion, Zahkar has a well-deserved reputation as a man to be feared if ever crossed. The Twins have an unwavering bond and an unconventional relationship where they only ever share lovers. Zahkar and Rodion played a crucial role in preparing Alyona for The V Games and inevitably caught feelings toward her. He and Rodion orchestrated a rescue of Alyona from The Games.
Volkov Family – (Volkov Spirits and other various business owners)
Diana—Married to Ven
Diana is known for defying odds and becoming a past winner of The V Games. She is a business owner and founder of Rainbow Vodka.
Irina – Married to Vlad
Younger sister to Diana
Vas — Married to Darya
Vas, as a trained fighter, was in charge of preparing Alyona for The V Games. He had an affair with Vika and facilitated her escape from the country. He is now happily married to
Darya.
Alyona Voskoboynikov
Fearless. Female. And fucking fabulous.
Alyona was given to Vlad Vasiliev as a contestant for The V Games to pay off the debt her father owed to the Vasilievs. Alyona was raised as a wealthy IT girl who lacked fighting skills and grew up in opulence amongst the First Families.
Despite all this, Alyona embarked on a grueling training regimen with Vas, who took her to the Madmen of Moscow to learn the skills needed to enter The Games. Alyona surprised everyone by dedicating herself to mastering combat techniques and physical conditioning. Her relentless effort and resilience earned her respect and admiration amongst the men training her.
After entering The Games, Alyona showcased her strength and determination, holding her own against murderers and trained contestants. However, Yuri Vasiliev had a personal vendetta against her and was intent on seeing her eliminated. His ruthless ambition to see her suffer, offering a one-million-US dollars cash reward to whoever raped and murdered her within The Games caused the Madmen of Moscow to intervene—defying the cardinal rule of entering The Games and extracting a competitor.
Their bold move showed their loyalty to her and the lengths they would go to protect someone they deemed worthy of saving.
Let the games…continue
Chapter One
PROLOGUE
Moscow, Russia
Zahkar
Ten years old…
Sharp little pricks of pain fire through the soles of my feet. The holes in my socks snag on the pebbles as I hobble over them trying not to put all my weight down. Icy chills race all over my body making me shake uncontrollably.
I hate this place.
It’s cold. Too cold. Even breathing the air makes my insides freeze.
Everyone speaks differently from me. Even though my mom was born here, I wasn’t, and she never thought to teach me the language, which makes living here now a nightmare.
I hate it here.
The kids at school are mean and they stole my shoes. After tying the laces together, they tossed them in a tree, mocking me with words in a language I don’t understand. My coat was dragged from me as they shoved me to the ground and laughed while I tried to keep a hold of it.
A crowd gathered, watching them throw my coat onto the lake, before daring me to walk its icy surface to retrieve it.
I’m small and alone, but I’m not dumb enough to risk walking on a frozen lake. I need my coat, but racing home without it is safer.
Our house is a twenty-minute walk. I know because I count the seconds and then the minutes every morning on the trek from there to school. But, if I run, it will keep me warm, and I will be able to get there in half the time which is why I’m booking it.
Ten minutes and I’ll be locked safely away from the terrible kids in this foreign place until tomorrow at least.
“One Mississippi, two Mississippi…”
It hurts my lungs to run in this weather. My skin is frozen, the chill whipping at the flesh like shards of glass, my muscles burn, but not a warm burn. It’s painful.
I have to slow down. My exposed feet hurt so much.
Why take someone’s shoes? It’s just stupid to be that mean.
Dad always says people can’t help their nature. It’s wired into their brains that way, and we have to accept that we’re not all the same. I think he says that because my brother is always getting into trouble.
There are no bad people, just bad things people do.
I don’t understand what the difference is.
All I know is, bad is bad, and those jerks who stole my shoes and coat are really bad.