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Dmytro pushed open the door and stepped inside.
Ace entered behind him.
Fearghas stood fast at the door. “I’ll keep watch.”
From what Ace could see, the room was small but nicely decorated, with starlight shining through sheer curtains hanging over the window.
In the far corner of the room was a single bed with a small bump in the middle.
Ace’s pulse quickened.
He hurried across the room to the bed, bent over and pulled a thin blanket aside.
A small child with dark, wavy hair stared up at him with wide, almost black eyes.
Ace pressed a finger to his lips and spoke in a whisper. “Eli?”
The boy nodded.
“Your mama sent me,” Ace said.
Eli’s eyes widened even more.
“Do you want to see your mama?” Ace asked.
The little boy nodded.
Thank God Jasmine had taught her son to speak English. If he had only spoken Hebrew, he could have been even more afraid of Ace than the man holding him captive.
Ace held out his hand.
Eli placed his hand in Ace’s. “I want my mama.”
“I know,” Ace said and gathered the little boy into his arms. “Let’s get you out of here and back to her. Can you hold on tight?”
Eli nodded, wrapped his arms around Ace’s neck and buried his face against his throat.
Ace turned toward the other men.
Boom!
A nearby explosion rattled the windows.
Eli flinched and burrowed closer to Ace.
Fearghas dove into the boy’s room with Dmytro and Ace and softly closed the door.
Seconds later, footsteps pounded past in the hallway.
“Who?” Ace stared from Fearghas to Dmytro and back.
Fearghas held up his hands. “Not me.”
Ace met Dmytro’s gaze. “Demopoulos.”
Chapter 14
Demopoulos took Jasmine to a house in the city, tied her to a chair, stripped her of her cell phones and attempted to contact Ace to negotiate a trade.
