Daniel pov

I had a piece of paper in my hand which described the girl in the arena

Rosaline Thompson
Age 26
Parents:dead
Education: masters in psychology
Special skills:unknown
Special move: unknown
Personality:high endurance,headstrong and downright rude
Experience: none

There is something different about this girl...
The way she is defending Mike's every hit..there is no way that she is a starter.

I can see how impatient Mike is becoming with each passing second...
How his attacks are more violent and less logical than before

She is playing with his mind giving justice to the degree of a psychologist she holds.
But still such swift moves and presence of mind can't be natural.

But then I saw Mike play his master stroke
A move unexpected and consequence non escapable

He moved towards right and the girl stepped towards her right to defend but this was just a illusion
Before she could understand the move Mike was already behind her and interlocked his hands with her in a deadlock behind her and pushed her down on the ground.

She landed straight on her stomach while Mike pressed her down with his body weight.

She wringled in his grip but it was of no use...his strength no doubt surpassed her

30 sec ...left...

Announced Ron but she refused to accept defeat.

Mike had an arrogant smirk on his face while she continued to struggle.

Next she was turned around
Her back on the ground and Mike gripping her hands behind her.

She stared at Mike with hatred evident while he smirked ar her with egotism boosted.

To stop her frailing attempts he pushed his body more on her and I knew better what was going on in Mike's mind.
His face moved closer to her and she refused to look at him anymore.

Her face moved sidewards in my side as her cheek pressed on the ground below.

Then something unexpected happened.

Her green eyes met mine.

Anger,helplessness,pain,sadness
All her emotions flowed through me

A sudden feeling of protectiveness washed over me and I felt like breaking Mike limb by limb.

He whispered something in her ear but she refused to react.
Her eyes never left mine.

The paper in my hand was crushed to a ball and the anger in my heart was at the verge of getting unleashed

Just 20 sec more...

Control ....control Dan...it's just 20 sec more...I tried to reason myself but her eyes were forcing me to let go all logic and react...

Just when she realised I will not do anything her lips turned up in a smile and she broke our eye contact turning to look at Mike's smirking face again.

10 sec left....

A painfull scream echoed the woods as we saw Mike laying on the ground next to her holding his family jewls.
He was doubling in pain crying like no participant cried till now.

The crowd unable to understand what happened in just 2 seconds ...became silent but soon as she stood back on her feet and dusted her clothes everyone realised her move

3
2
1...

The winner is Rosaline Thompson!!!

Everyone cheered for her while she just passed them a small smile.

A strecher was brought and Mike was being carried when she stopped them

"You dare to touch me again and you will not be able to find the part you were holding just few seconds before"

Those few who heard her chuckled in response while my heart filled with a different kind of respect for her.

A headstrong girl who knows how to defend herself
A holder of self respect and dignity
But also a bundle of mystery.

Rosaline Thompson I definately underestimated you..
You will prove to be an asset in my business and I plan to keep you for a long time.

As I made my way towards my office Nate entered with a worried look on his face.

"Sir.....he is back......The black Rose are coming back in business...he demands to fix a meeting with you as soon as possible...."

He is back...
I never expected this....
The sparrows went underground after that incident 10 years back never expected them to return.

I guess the game is just going to get very interesting....
I smirked and Nate looked confused

"Then fix a meeting Nate..what are you waiting for?"

His eyes widened but soon he nodded and left.

The Black Rose
One of the largest mafia gang of Russia
Headed by none other than Ronn Thorne

The same Ronn Thorne who was once my uncle.
The same uncle who now hates me with all his being...
But he is right ....why wouldn't he when I even after knowing everything just silently watched his daughter die.

Silently watched them make the mastermind plan and execute it.

I thought I was giving my parents justice when in reality I failed to protect the one for who they died.

The one whose smile still haunts my days and nights.
The one who was a perfect daughter ...a perfect friend and a unmatchable lover
Daughter of Ronn Thorne
Rose Thorne.....

She is my Rose .....was my Rose

I closed my eyes trying to control my emotions....my anger.....my regrets...

But how could I when eyes same as her were staring back at me.

There she stood ....the so called nerd....or should I the disguised the nerd

From her specks to her personality everything was fake....
She looks scared...weak but her personality is just the oppsite...bad mouthed...rude

"I can't fight...I can do anything else but I can't fight...you have to understand...I have my reasons...."

She is a really good actress I must admit...
Any other man would have fallen into her innocent trap but not me.

Yes I said earlier that I will trust her innocence
But you must know that I am also a Russian and a russians always...
"Trusts but verify"

I verified her well
Majority of her facts were unknown like where she lived before she came here
Her primary school's database did not found a name of her match...
Her domicile was there but parents name was misspelled

But the last evidence which I found blew my mind
Ashton Clemsworth
He knows this girl well.....but that's not it.....his men are searching for her like crazy.....not only him but even my brother has sent my own men to search for her......

Ashton being the leader of one of the biggest mafia gangs of usa won't search for a girl without a reason....she definately was someone important....

Her befriending my brother and trying to make him fall for her is something which makes me doubt her intensions...

She is still a mystery which I am very keen on solving ....but it will take some time.

Till then I will let things flow according to her plan...

"If I may ask Rosaline Thompson you seem to fight quite well...why do you want to back out?"

She was hesitant but answered

"I......I just don't like to see blood...and I don't thing I will be of any use to you in your plans...many other girls are much better than me...they can be your gang members..."

So innocent....her looks...her words...her eyes....but she can never be like my Rose

This girl is a imposter...a spy....
I cannot confirm it yet but I do have my doubts.....

I left my seat and approached her

She looked up and again my heart beat accelerated...

"You can't leave once you enter a lion's den Miss Rosaline...you should be lucky that you are still alive ...and yes today's fight was amazing...I think you forgot to tell me that you were trained before..?"

Her eyes widened and her lips opened in shock

Oh how I wanted to kiss those lips right now....
My mind was playing games...I still remembered how Rose's lips felt ...I wondered if her's were just like hers...

She followed my eyes and stepped back hitting the door behind

"I ....I....and ....trained......you must be mistaken......any girl could do what I did in my selfe defence....."

I smirked and stepped closer to her trying to build tension between us so that her emotions could block her mind and she would utter the truth

"I don't think all girls can defend someone like Mike for 8 minutes straight without letting him even touch her?"

She refused to look at my eyes and instead continued to stare at my chest.

"That ...that was just my presence of mind and my intrusions.."

Lies...
But I am no less

In the next second I pushed her on the wall behind and held her hands above her head
Next predicting her next move I placed my knee near her thigh leaving her completely breathless and locked.

"Didn't your intrusions tell you this time Miss Thompson"
I said while she continued to stare at me
She was getting furious at her state...
I know from her eyes and how she is gritting her teeth

But she didn't know that my test has begun now..
Now if she is able to break my hold...I'll judge how well she was trained earlier.

We stayed like this....
Staring at each other...
She refused to show me the corrrect trick required to break this lock

Instead my plan backfired when she started speaking

"I thought you had good in you...you unlike others here respected women....you cared for others emotions....but I was wrong.....you are a beast....a heartless beast who just want's to satisfy his ego by forcing him on a girl who is not strong enough.....you will never find love....no one will-'

" Stop"
I said trying to control my anger ....seeing her green eyes hate me and her lips accuse me burned a different emotion inside me.

"No ..!! I will not stop!! No one loves a heartless person like you....you will never find love.......

" I said stop!!"
I shouted but she did not

"You are a beast who crushes a Rose and then burns it to ashes...thorns are there to protect Roses from beasts like you Mr Daniel Kingston!"

That's it
Rose's name was enough to show her what kind of a beast I was

I pressed my lips on hers

Deepening my kiss I placed my hand on her neck and took full control
She stood shocked not reacting while I explored my claimed territory.

Maybe because Rose is the only girl I ever kissed before...this kiss was no doubt just like it.

I couldn't stop now...10 years of patience and desperation was letting loose today....I was seeing my Rose in her and I forgot all my boundaries.

Only when I felt her unable to breathe did I left her lips for a second...as soon a she inhaled a breath my lips were again on hers.

Desperation,hunger and lust flooded like never before and I continued to satisfy them untill I felt hot tears touch my fingers which were cupping her face.

Seeing them my head got cleared
I stepped back to look at the mistake I just did
Her green eyes were glistering with tears while her swollen lips were trembling
Sh**
What have I done!!

Unable to look at her broken state I turned back and walked out of door not before banging my fist at the door and making a big crack in the wooden door.

She was right I had truly turned into a monster....without Rose my insanity was always at the brink and today I just unleashed it.

Her tears broke my heart like no million words ever could.

But little did he knew that her tears were not because of forced domination but of past rememberance...she cried as his betrayal striked her heart again and the wounds she was trying to close opened up again.

She forgot that stitching up old wounds untreated can never be healed in future they can only cause infection.
And today the infection attacked her without a warning.

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