Dirty Wars: An Interracial Russian Mafia Romance (The Lion and The Mouse Book 7) (The Lion and Mouse series)

Dirty Wars by Kenya Wright © 2023 All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means such as electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior written permission of the authors of this book. This is a work of fiction. Any characters, names, places, brands, media and incidents are used solely in a fictitious nature based on the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to or mention of persons, places, organizations or other incidents is coincidental. Table of Contents Copyright Page Copyright Page Dirty Wars L. Nichols Prologue | EMILY | Skygasm Chapter 1 | The Dark Side | Kazimir Chapter 2 | There Will Be Blood | Kazimir Chapter 3 | A Battle of Desire versus Honor | Kazimir Chapter 4 | Blue | Another Day with the Lion and Mouse Chapter 5 | Kazimir | A Decision of the Soul Chapter 6 | An Exchange of Notes | Kazimir Chapter 7 | The Beauty in the Madness | Emily Chapter 8 | New Normal | Kazimir Chapter 9 | Lifeline | Kazimir Chapter 10 | Glutton’s Wet Dream | Emily Chapter 11 | Possible Solutions | Emily Chapter 12 | Flowers | Blue Chapter 13 | Root Level | Emily Chapter 14 | Everyone | Emily Chapter 15 | The Meeting | Kazimir Chapter 16 | The Dick Measuring Contest | Emily Chapter 17 | Big Pussy Energy | Blue Chapter 18 | Weak Ass Bitches | Emily Chapter 19 | A Lion’s Roar | Emily Chapter 20 | Sea Monsters | Kazimir Chapter 21 | Gone Fishing | Kazimir Chapter 22 | When Life Gives You Lemons | Kazimir Chapter 23 | The Phone Call | Emily Chapter 24 | The Essence of Trauma | Emily Chapter 25 | The Black Mouse | Emily Chapter 26 | Hard-Headed Lion | Emily Chapter 27 | Feast | Kazimir Chapter 28 | The Challenge | Kazimir Chapter 29 | Meet the Fuckers | Blue Chapter 30 | Work-husband | Kazimir Chapter 31 | Flowers in the Hair | Kazimir Chapter 32 | Roses are Blue | Blue Chapter 33 | No Secrets | Kazimir Chapter 34 | But then the Lion met the Mouse | Kazimir Chapter 35 | Was it All a Dream? | Emily Chapter 36 | Healing Power | Emily Chapter 37 | Pancakes | Kazimir Chapter 38 | Healthy Vagina | Blue Chapter 39 | The Clown Show | Kazimir Chapter 40 | Secrets from the Past | Emily Chapter 41 Printed in the United States of America First Printing, 2023 –––––––– I must first give a sincere, heartfelt acknowledgement to my Diamond Divas: L. Nichols N. Chatman T. Cleaver S. Cohen C. Carbon A. Burgett A. Hush T. Paten Through every month, your support for my writing and career has remained firm and never wavering. Your loyalty and commitment in helping me write more books with better plotlines and highly-developed characters has been unbreakable. THANK YOU, Diamond Divas! __________ And to my Gold Goddesses and Silver Swans, who through my posting weekly chapters of Dirty Wars for four and half freaking months, you all gave me so many encouraging words, lifting me higher and higher. You all had my self-confidence soaring with each tap of the keyboard and every posting. And many times, you wouldn't let me get lazy with the writing. You pushed and pushed until I went places with the story that made even my head explode. _____________ And to all my beloved “With this book, I’m trying to rip out your soul.” —Kenya Wright –––––––– Prologue EMILY Skygasm The sky held no moon or stars, just darkness thick with fumes from fire and warfare. Hundreds of feet below us, Italians lay on the ground. Abandoned and dead. Pierced with bullets or trapped between burning cars riddled with bullet holes. Many of the vehicles had burst into flames. Hovering above the ground, our helicopter’s blades violently spun, making a whirring dull roar and rattling the cabin. Kaz had commanded the pilots to keep us high in the air. Ours was the only helicopter in the night sky. The other one with Blue, Giorgio, and King David had returned to the hotel long ago. Instead, our helicopter circled the battlefield below. The pilots kept their gazes locked on the sky in front of them. Meanwhile, three