Yakim rotated, permitting me to look round him to have a look at the newcomer.

A beautiful lady with Asian options stood earlier than us, eyeing him with a haughty look in her darkish eyes. Wanting intently, I spotted she was a lot older than us, most likely in her late forties.

“Madam Takahashi,” stated Yakim, tilting his head towards her. “I’m glad you could possibly make it in the present day.”

“I wouldn’t need to miss assembly the brand new technology of Volkovs,” she stated in a grim tone.

I famous her impeccable manners as she spoke to him. There was barely a touch of an accent in her speech.

All of the sudden, I discovered her staring proper again at me.

“That is the girl you’ve chosen to be your queen,” she stated, inspecting me intently.

“That is Lucia Baldwin,” stated Yakim.

His politeness stunned me. He hadn’t launched me by my title to anybody else this night.

“You must tread calmly with Callum Baldwin,” stated Madam Takahashi. “He’s recognized to be a ruthless participant within the native enterprise neighborhood. His rivals have been affected by mysterious deaths and accidents at an alarming fee. You would possibly’ve gained the primary battle with him however keep in your guard. I don’t suppose he’ll quit on his sister that simply.”

Yakim gave a grim nod. “He will be Devil himself and I’d nonetheless not give Lucia as much as him.”

Heat and security flooded by me at his declaration. He was the rationale I didn’t reside every day in fixed concern and anxiousness now.

“Your enemies are gathering forces as we communicate,” stated Madam Takahashi. “Ensure that this lady’s definitely worth the danger you’re dealing with. You and your loved ones shall be useless if she seems to be a backstabber like her brother.”

“She’s totally different,” Yakim bit out.

Madam Takahashi immediately laughed. “I’ve stated this to many younger males earlier than nevertheless it’s my first time telling you this. Don’t make selections together with your dick, child.”

A faint reddish tint unfold throughout his scarred face. I couldn’t determine if he was embarrassed or indignant.

Madam Takahashi rotated and gracefully walked away.

“Who was that lady?” I requested.

“Madam Takahashi is the only chief of the Japanese Yakuza on this a part of the world,” he stated. “Don’t be fooled by her seems. She’s extra blood-thirsty than me and my brothers mixed.”

“Actually?”

“She punishes her males with seppuku,” he stated in a grave tone. “In the event that they don’t comply, they’re tortured to loss of life.”

“What’s seppuku?” I whispered, understanding it needed to be some sort of horrible torture.

“Seppuku is an historical type of punishment that was practiced by the samurais of feudal Japan,” Yakim defined. “The particular person is anticipated to stab himself within the stomach in order that he dies slowly and painfully.”

“That appears like suicide.”

He set free a heavy breath. “Betraying her counts as suicide.”

I sat quietly, digesting the truth that one thing so crude and torturous was nonetheless practiced nowadays. My thoughts wandered to the issues Leon did to punish the traitors of their group. The reminiscence of him drenched in darkish crimson rose in my thoughts.

“Do you need to dance?” Yakim’s voice broke me out of my ideas.

“What? Sure…I imply… positive!” I blurted.

Heat settled into his eyes. He prolonged a hand towards me. The second I took it, he hauled me to my ft.

Yakim led me into an adjoining room. The music right here was livelier and a number of other {couples} had been already on the ground, dancing. A fast look, nevertheless, confirmed me a definite function amongst them.

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