The Cowboy Who Strolled Into Town

by Riley Moreno

  When Katya was a 16 year old, her mother came home bloodied, bruised and in tears. Apparently her boss, the married man whose family she worked for as a maid, had brutally raped her.

  That was the first day she saw her father`s always serene happy face turn to maddening rage. How could he not, when the love of his life had been mistreated.

  So they went to the police station and were instead turned away. Apparently the man who had raped her mother was rich and well connected with the police whom he paid so there was not going to be justice for her mother.

  Things then went from bad to worse as her mother then ended up dying from the injuries as they did not have money to send her to a better hospital for treatment.

  It was a tragic day for the family, her father then went to the man who had done this to his wife wanting revenge but ended up getting arrested instead.

  The cruel boss even paid the police to keep her father in jail for a month leaving a poor 16 year old Katya to live alone without a mother and a father plus no way to look after herself. Luckily one of her friend`s family took her in and cared for her the whole month.

  While grieving for her dead mother, she also had to worry about her father in jail as many people usually got killed in Russian jails. And her father was being punished while the real culprit, the one to rape her mother and cause her death escaped free.

  But her father luckily survived in Jail and all because he joined the mafia who wanted him for his good boxing and fighting skills.

  As her father started doing jobs for the Russian mafia, their life became better as they moved to a much better neighborhood and she started going to a better school.

  At that point she had not yet known of her father being in the mafia but suspected so.

  Then one day, two years later when she turned 18, she came home early from school and her father did not know that. So when she heard commotion downstairs, she went there to check and was surprised by what she saw.

  There were men in expensive suits talking with her father in the living room.

  One of them did a signal and some men came out of nowhere and threw a bloodied man to the floor in front of her father.

  The man who looked to be in charge or the Mafia boss then told her father that for doing a job well done, here was his payment as promised. The man who raped and caused the death of his wife.

  Katya had looked at the bloodied man in the same hatred as her father had.

  That man was the beast who had almost ruined their lives and responsible for the death of her mother.

  So when her father had beaten up the man to pulp, Katya had enjoyed watching every minute of it from her hiding place.

  Her father did not kill the man as the mafia boss promised to make sure that after this, the bastard would end up in jail and would rot there for life. He was going to be framed for a something he did not commit.

  After the suited men left, that is when Katya`s father spotted her and realized she had watched the whole scene.

  He had been horrified but his 18 year old daughter had then shouted out him that she wanted to be a mafia boss.

  Katya almost laughed while thinking of how her father had looked at her with his mouth dropped open.

  He thought she was not being serious but she continued pestering him even when he told her about all the harsh reality of the job. Even about how being a woman and black made it impossible for her to become a Russian mafia, but Katya still wanted to be one and her father ended up giving in to his little girl.

  So they moved all the way from Russia to New York in USA and started their own mafia clan from the ground.

  But her father being clever, only concentrated on million dollar businesses such as the narcotics trade and cigarette smuggling which were less likely to draw the attention of the authorities than drugs or killing.

  And now years later, they were one of the most powerful Russian Mafia families all because the family managed to keep its nose clean. While most mafia groups died out from being caught like the Vladimir clan whose leader was now in jail but at least he was still managing his clan.

  Katya then snapped out of her thoughts as she got out the car and was about to enter the mansion and go see her beloved father.

  Chapter Three

  The Mafia Boss...

  ‘’Papa, what happened!’’ Katya then let out a panicked scream upon entering the house and seeing her father laid upon the bed in his bedroom, all wrapped up in bandages. He looked to be sleeping and she hoped he was not dead as she was not ready to lose him too.

  ‘’What happened!’’ she then screamed to her father`s body guards who looked at her with their heads down as with everyone else, the other Mosolov members who were in the room.

  ‘’We were on our way to a meeting with the Vladimir clan when some people started shooting at our car. And one of the men had a lion tattoo on his arm.’’ One of her father`s advisors and best friend then answered.

  Katya almost saw red as a lion tattoo was the symbol for the Dmitri clan members.

  The Dmitri clan looked to be wanting to start a bloody Mafia war!

  First they had stolen one of their trucks, then they had tried to kill and assassinate her. But now by trying to kill her father, they had gone too far!

  ‘’If it’s a bloody mafia war, the Dmitri clan wants, then it’s a bloody mafia war they shall get!’’ Katya then said in anger while the other Mosolov members nodded their heads in agreement.

  She then dismissed them all out and was left alone looking at the frail form of her father.

  Even with white hair now visible, her white Russian father and mafia boss Gavril still looked young and full of energy.

  Tears fell down at her face as she held his hand luckily the doctor had said he would be okay but had to be left in a coma for some weeks to recover.

  ‘’Papa, I will personally make Ivan Dmitri pay for this.’’ Katya then whispered to him.

  Although she could just go and shoot Ivan dead, she wanted to hurt him emotionally as he was doing to her now.

  She was going to kill and hurt someone close to him and whom he loved.

  She then left her father after kissing his hand tenderly and went to his office.

  She opened one of the cabinet drawers which he kept information about the Dmitri clan which he had acquired from a private investigator.

  Apparently her clever father, believed that you always had to know everything about your enemy.

  She opened the one on Ivan Dmitri the mafia boss. She looked at his picture with hatred and he looked to be the same age as her father. She then read his information.

  His wife died of cancer but right now he had three grown up sons, the billionaire brats. Which was perfect for Katya as she had three sons to choose from on whom to kill.

  She could not attack the younger one, Aleksey the play boy billionaire as his folder revealed that he never stayed at one place, was always travelling.

  The second son, another billionaire, Viktor, was also a problem to kill as he made a deal with the Mosolov clan to leave him and his new family, the wife Natasha and new born son alone. He even moved his family and him away to New Zealand and made sure no one knew their location.

  Apparently Viktor`s story was a long one, and all started with her father blackmailing a black woman Natasha, to go spy and steal some evidence which Viktor had planned to use against the Mosolov clan for revenge.

  Katya even still remembered the chatty young black boy Jeremiah, Natasha`s brother, who had once come to stay at the mansion.

  Apparently he did not know he was being used as ransom to make sure his sister cooperate and was under the impression that he was here to teach Katya proper English. To make the story end short, Katya`s father got his evidence while Natasha and Viktor fell in love.

  But there was still another son, the oldest named Sergey the other White Russian billionaire who owned a Casino. He was Ivan’s favorite and the next mafia heir to inherit the family business.
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  Katya thought with a smile forming on her face as Sergei Ivanovich Dmitri was just the right son to kill with her own hands to make sure Ivan paid.

  After killing his son and giving Ivan time to grieve and be broken hearted, she was then going to fully start the Mafia war!

  *****

  Unknown POV

  Two men sat in a dark room.

  ‘’Is everything going as planned?’’ one said to the other,

  ‘’Yes, it is going exactly as we planned.’’ The other man then answered in reply.

  ‘’Very good then, I’m going to enjoy watching them all kill and destroy each other.’’ the man in charge then answered with a satisfied smirk gracing his face.

  They both then marveled at how easy it was to manipulate people as pretty soon, the New York City Mafia underworld was going to get very bloody. And they would enjoy every minute of it, while thinking of how much they were going to gain.

  Chapter Four

  The mission...

  ‘’Uncle, I want you to be the acting boss and to also make sure my father is well taken of. ‘’ Katya then said to her uncle and her father`s cousin, Petro.

  Apparently he had followed them from Russia shortly after hearing about how successful they had become. Katya`s father had gladly welcomed him as he was blood family.

  Right now they stood outside the mansion while she packed her black bag into the boot. It was mostly filled with guns and other things.

  ‘’And nephew, may I ask of where you are off to?’’ Petro then said curiously to her.

  ‘’I’m off to get some revenge.’’ Katya then said to him with a determined smile on her face.

  ‘’Isn’t it dangerous? I think you should take some men with you.’’ Petro then replied in concern upon realizing she was going after the Dmitri clan.

  ‘’Uncle, you worry too much. This is very personal to me and I want to do and accomplish it alone. ‘’ Katya then replied him in a sure tone.

  For her, it was truly an easy mission, to just go and kill some white Russian mafia heir and billionaire. She had once done an assassination job before and this time it would not be any different.

  She wanted to do it herself as usually when you sent people to do a job they usually messed it up.

  She said her goodbye to her uncle and left heading for Las Vegas, the place where her target was presently at, managing one of his casinos.

  Sergey Ivanovich Dmitri had better be ready for he so did not know what was coming for him! He was going to get a quick and painful death.

  Katya thought to herself, upon arriving at the Casino. She had arrived quickly through using one of her families’ private jets.

  She first booked a hotel room near the casino to have a place to plan properly on how she was going to kill him. She already knew as a Mafia`s son and a billionaire, Sergey would be heavily guarded so she could not just barge in and shoot him.

  She arrived at her hotel and started her plans.

  After a week of scheming, she then visited the Casino, while wearing a disguise not wanting to be recognized as she was after all an enemy mafia`s daughter.

  She had to give it to Sergey as his Casino was truly impressive even she was impressed from the decor, the entertainment of famous celebs to the tight security.

  Everything was truly well organized and it was the kind of Casino for the rich and elite. Maybe she should convince her father to start their own Casino as it was also good for making dirty money become clean and more acceptable to banks.

  While walking inside, her sharp eyes were not missing anything and were busy taking all the details which she could use later.

  As she passed by some bartender, he gave her a wink which she gave back. After a week of scheming she now had informants inside the Casino and that bartender was one of them as money really did get things done.

  As she passed by one of the lurking security, he gave her a white plastic paper discreetly and left to wherever he was going.

  She headed for one of the slot machines and pretended to play for a while just to fool any suspicious guards.

  She then left the Casino after pretending to spend some money. As she got into her car, she then opened her little package.

  A smile then formed on her face as she opened it and saw a golden card, the invitation ticket to a VIP Party being hosted by Sergey at his apartment to his special clients tonight.

  This was perfect as she was planning on killing Sergey, tonight there at his VIP party.

  Chapter Five

  The meeting...

  ‘’Can I please have your ticket Madam?’’ the bouncer standing by the door said politely to her while not able to take his eyes of her as she did look dressed to kill after all. Both literary and figuratively.

  But she had not forgotten her disguise and wore contacts which hid her green eyes and also wore a wig. She totally looked different plus with make-up.

  After handing out the golden ticket to the bouncer, he nodded letting her enter into the private lounge room.

  She was then surprised to see less people than usually expected to attend a party.

  Plus they all wore black, all Russian men and as soon as Katya realized it was a trap, someone knocked her out cold with something before she could do something.

  And she blacked out...

  *****

  As she opened her eyes, all she could see was darkness and she felt a nasty headache.

  It seemed she was blindfolded by a cloth since she could not see a single thing and was sitting on something soft. By her guess, it was a bed while her hands where chained to the bed post.

  She so now could not believe this! How the bloody hell had she gotten caught? Plus by whom? And also where the hell was she?

  As the questions buzzed in her head, she then heard voices and someone opening a door and coming in.

  Fear then hit her while hoping she was not going to die. `She still had so much in life she wanted to do. To one day get married, have children of her own and even achieve her dream of finally being a Mafia boss after her father retired.

  The person to enter the room then removed her blind fold and she was surprised to see the most attractive man she had ever laid her eyes on.

  From those intense grey eyes which seemed to reel her in, that handsome angular chiseled white Russian face to those damn kissable lips.

  What also attracted her the most was this dominant persona he also seemed to radiate and she could even feel he was the kind of man who was used to getting what he wanted and also had power.

  He wore expensive black suit pants with a white shirt inside, which revealed his muscled physique perfectly and had an expensive looking golden ring on his finger.

  He had two men dressed in black behind him and they looked to be his body guards. She then recognized one of them from the people who had been in the room when she got captured. ‘

  ‘’So, you are the one who came to my casino, and paid one of my people to tell you my whereabouts.’’ He then said looking at her curiously in a deep sexy voice.

  Katya looked at the man with wide eyes, it was then she truly looked at his ring and saw the little lion symbol on it, making her realize that this was truly her TARGET!

  This was Sergey the man she had come to kill and the son of that bastard Ivan the mafia boss of the Dmitri clan.

  She had not realized it was him at first as her father did not have a picture of him. She had only came hoping someone would point him to her.

  She looked back at him with hatred while thinking of what his father had done to her poor father who was now fighting for his life. So she just looked at him in seething silence.

  ‘’Sadly for you, I pay all my workers more than you could ever offer them for information and they are all a loyal bunch. Only loyal to me. ‘’ he then continued walking up to her tied form on the bed.

  ‘’So tell me, why were you looking for me?’’ he then said to her leaning closer.<
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  ‘’To kill you of course!’’ Katya then replied him bravely while staring him up in the eyes. Those damn attractive eyes.

  ‘’As always, everyone wants to kill me. But what’s your true reason?’’ he then continued not seeming even affected that someone wanted to kill him.

  Katya just stayed silent, not giving him an answer. It was better this way that he not know who she was.

  As by knowing her identity he could end up using her to blackmail her clan into giving him whatever they wanted. And Katya knew her father would do anything to save her.

  He stared at her some more and the way those intense grey eyes eyed her up as she sat on the bed all tied up, made her almost wet.

  ‘’hmmm, I think I know exactly what to do to make you talk. Although this will be a first time as I have never done this with someone trying to kill me.’’ He then said with a dangerous sexy smirk on his face while Katya looked at him in defiance as nothing he could do, could make her talk.

  He then signaled the two body guards to leave the room.

  After they left, he then turned back to her.

  Katya looked at him with wide eyes as he removed his suit jacket to reveal the white shit he was wearing. He then folded up the cuff links and looked at her with his head cocked on the side like a man on a mission.

  Katya just closed her eyes hoping he was going to be quick in torturing and then killing her.

  Chapter Six

  The revealing...

  After Katya closed her eyes, ready to feel the blow she then opened her eyes after feeling nothing, only to find herself looking closely at the hypnotic grey eyes.

  Apparently her capturer, Sergey the white Russian billionaire and mafia heir was now kneeling on the bed too close to her.

  As she faced him, their lips where an inch apart and if one of them dared move, they would touch.

  To her dismay, Katya felt her body betray her as soon as Sergey`s lips touched hers causing her to let out a pleasured moan. Tasting those delicious lips of his was like getting a taste of some rare exotic wine and she never wanted to stop.