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“Everleigh,” I shout, going after her.
Before I can grab hold of her, she spins around and levels me with a heartbroken look. “I can’t do this right now. We’re overemotional, and we’ll say and do things we’ll both regret. I’m going home. We can meet for coffee in a public place, but right now, I’m going home.”
My breaths start to come faster, and my heart thunders in my chest.
Again I feel Alexei’s hand on my shoulder. “Calm down, son. Let her go home. We can track her.”
Everleigh’s eyes dart to Alexei, and the blood drains from her face. “Oh, God,” she whimpers. “You’re still in the bratva?” Her gaze jumps between Alexei and me. “You’re all bratva. Jesus.”
She spins around again and runs to the door.
“Everleigh! Stop!” I pull free from Alexei and rush after her.
Chapter 30
Everleigh
My God.
Now it all makes sense. Rosalie’s guards. The estate. All the freaking guards.
I’m right in the freaking heart of the bratva.
Dear God, I can’t believe after being so careful, I let this happen!
I run to Rosalie’s house, and bursting into the living room, I go straight for Vincent.
I grab him off the floor and swipe my handbag from the couch.
“Mommy!” Vincent exclaims. “You made me drop my cars.”
“Everleigh? Is everything okay?” Rosalie asks just as Alek appears in the doorway.
Feeling cornered, my eyes dart wildly between Alek, Rosalie, Viktor, and Alexei.
“Let me leave,” I beg. “I won’t tell anyone anything about the bratva. I’ve kept quiet for four years. I have a child. Please, don’t hurt us.”
“That’s enough!” Viktor snaps, and my gaze zooms in on him. He holds up a hand. “No one’s hurting anyone. Let’s all calm down.”
The nightmarish two months of torture and starvation are all I can think of.
“Mommy,” Vincent cries, rattled by the volatile situation.
I can’t let my baby go through the hell I went through. I have to protect him.
There’s no reasoning. There’s only panic and fear.
“I just want to go home,” I plead.
Rosalie comes closer to me, and I give her a wary look.
“You’re safe, Everleigh. We’ll never hurt you or Vincent. Let’s just take a deep breath. You can go home in a minute. Right, Viktor?”
“Everleigh’s not leaving,” Alek snaps.
“Son, you have to calm down,” Alexei mutters. “You’re scaring the shit out of your woman.”
“Everleigh,” Viktor says to get my attention. When my eyes dart to him, he continues, “As the head of the bratva, I promise none of my men will ever hurt you again. You’re safe.”
