Page 10 of Bratva Warriors 1
Sergi looked from one man to the other but even he was curious just how well Leon knew her mother.Then something on the screen caught his eye and he gasped softly.
Now they all looked over.
On one of the monitors, Briar was alone for the most part as the group of men she had at her back earlier were turning to go somewhere else.Now three men were closing in on her.One he knew as Artemy Barasco while the younger man with him was Mario Eliseo and the third man was coming in from behind her.Pausing, she looked over her shoulder.Then looking ahead, she saw the other two men.
She reached slowly for the knife at her waist.
Serenity caught sight of the ambush as well and shaking her head, she muttered, “No, no, no.Look out, Briar.
Everyone there watched in horror as the three men closed in on her.
“Baby, turn around.”Artem whispered even though he knew she would never hear him.
Everyone else froze as the men came closer to her.They were shocked to see her just standing there.
Sergi snapped his head to glare Serenity and snarled, “What the hell is she waiting for?She should run to her friends.”
Serenity looked up at him and just shook her head.“She doesn’t run.Out there, sometimes running makes it worse.”Her eyes moved back to the screen.
Nicky reached over and took his wife’s hand.He didn’t say a word but he wanted to show her that he was there if she needed him.
They all watched as Briar took her stance.
“She is in big trouble.”Leon nodded.
“Ohh.”Artemy smiled now as he watched Briar.
“Yeah, uh huh.”Serenity smirked.
“What?”Felix asked in confusion as he looked back and forth.
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Artmey Barasco facedher and noted her hair then he smiled.“You must be Magda’s Daughter.Only she had hair like that.”He paused and studied her for a moment then he noted her eyes.
“Another of your bambinas, Father?”Mario asked him.
Artemy shook his head.“No, I think not.Her mother was a whore but alas, not mine.”
Briar snorted.“Thank fuck for that small miracle.”She didn’t know why she pushed it, but she did.“My mother never did tell me who my father was but she certainly would have told me if he was of your low caliber of.She called me her miracle but if she had taken you into her bed, she would have labeled me her mistake, I’m thinking.”
Artemy scoffed.“Net, my dear little fool, she would have been thankful just like all the other women I shared my bed with.Unfortunately, she turned down my offer and went to another man’s bed.”
“Wise choice on her part, wasn’t it?”Briar shrugged.“I would rather never know who she slept with than have to claim you for a father.”
“And why is that?”Artemy wanted to know.
“Because you never finish what you start.You never stick around long enough to help raise them, do you?Yeah, you can make a baby, so what?You are just a manwhore yourself.And this idiot?”She motioned toward Mario.“Is he like mistake number twelve or what?Do all your women know ahead of time that you are a loser and a deadbeat dad?I know about your daughters and let me tell you they are literally insane.Then good ole Ingrid didn’t stay too long outside your bed, did she?No, she went from your bed to another man’s bed and her second daughter was only about nine months old when she had her third daughter.But of course, you wouldn’t know that would you?I mean you were already in prison by that time.A place where you belong for fucking sure.Tell me something, was Ingrid always a loose woman?”
“Ingrid was a fine woman.”Artemy growled.“She had to survive without me, so she found someone else.”
Briar held her knife a bit tighter and the man behind her got closer.She could almost hear him breathing now.“Did Anton do what you couldn’t or wouldn’t do?I understand her younger two daughters carried her name as well so I guess he never married her either.Poor woman, I almost feel sorry for her but I heard she was a real bitch so maybe not so much.”
Then she saw Mario take a step toward her and she whirled around to strike the man behind her.She left out a shout as she caught him, just as he was reaching for her and she struck him in the leg.The man screamed as she sliced his leg open and blood shot out of his leg.He dropped his own knife and tried to stop the bleeding but found he couldn’t.Briar then twirled around and shoved her blade into Mario’s throat.She twisted it and pulled it out again.
Mario just gazed at her then he reached for his throat and his hands were stained with his own blood.He dropped first to his knees then he faceplanted in front of her.
Artemy watched as within a minute, she had killed two of his men and she wasn’t even winded.He stepped forward and she took a step backward, so he couldn’t grab her.He knelt beside his son and gently turned him over.He saw the deep cut in his throat as blood was pooling on his clothes and on the ground.
