Page 58 of His Forbidden Obsession

“In my room, guarding Niko.”

He gave me a pointed look. “In your room?”

“Dimitri broke the window in the guest room.”

“One of your guest rooms. There are other options.” I held his gaze. If he thought he would intimidate me, he was wrong. “Dante doesn’t need to be with him. You have plenty of guards surrounding the house now.”

“I don’t want him out of our sight.”

“Do you think he’ll run?”

I stared at Remington for a moment, then realized he didn’t know Niko or anything about our situation other than the fact I’d fucked him for revenge.

Was that really the reason?

“No, I think his father will come back for him.”

Remington shook his head. “He’ll need longer to regroup after last night.”

“We can’t count on that. We need to get him to a more secure location.”

“I’m working on that,” Remington said.

“I need Dante downstairs.”

I could tell his patience was wearing thin. “I’ll send Rafe to Niko, then.”

Remington sighed. “It pains me to say this, but Lancelot convinced me we need Rafe too.”

Rafe gave Lance a thumbs-up.

Remington waved a hand toward his brother. “Go get Louis from out front and send him to Lorenzo’s balcony.”

I shook my head. “No.”

Remington’s glare almost had me backing down, but I held his gaze as I said, “I don’t know Louis, and neither does Nikolai.”

“And this is a problem, why?”

“Niko has been through a lot. He needs to be with someone familiar. I could have Dante bring him down here.”

The brief shock on Remington’s face before he covered it let me know I’d gone too far. I was losing it. I wasn’t even trying to hide how I felt about Niko.

“Absolutely not,” Remington growled. “This is family business.”

“Niko would rather fight for our family than his.”

“No. And why do you care how comfortable a prisoner is?”

Rafe cleared his throat. “Remington.” I tensed. What crazy thing was my brother going to say now? “Lorenzo has promised Niko his protection. He’s taking that vow very seriously.”

Remington huffed. “I hope that’s all you’re taking seriously. I told you to keep your hands off him.”

Rafe grinned. “Nikolai has to pay for his protection somehow.” How the fuck did Rafe know about that arrangement? “Right?” He winked at me, and I realized he was giving me an out.

Remington let out a long breath. “Maybe I should just kill all of you.”

“That wouldn’t solve your problem with Ivanov and Dimitri,” Rafe said.