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“How long have we been here?” I ask.
Her frightened gaze is locked on me. “A couple of hours.”
“Did you see what happened to my brother?”
“The guy driving the car?” When I nod, she shakes her head. “They put a bag over my head.”
“Blyad',” I curse again. Struggling to my feet, I walk to the door and test it to see whether it’s locked. The door doesn’t budge, and I let out a sigh. “K chertu moyu zhizn'.”
“I don’t understand Russian,” Everleigh whispers, her eyes still glued to me.
“I said fuck my life.” I take a deep breath while my hand skims over the spot where my gun should be tucked behind my back.
It would be the first thing they’d take. That’s why Everleigh doesn’t have her high heels. I also notice my belt is gone. Anything that could be used as a weapon has been taken from us.
Dropping to my ass next to Everleigh, I rub a hand over my face.
“Do you know what happened?” she asks.
I let out a sigh, then explain, “We were supposed to grab Svetlana Ivanhov, but she one-upped us. My guess is her father’s behind the ambush.”
“Ambush?”
My eyes meet the innocent girl’s panicked gaze, and I wonder if she knows anything about the world I come from.
“You’re American?” I ask.
She nods. “I’m here on vacation.”
I feel a twinge of pity in my chest. “Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but you’re fucked,” I give it to her straight. There’s no time to sugarcoat our situation.
The quicker she braces for the hell coming our way, the better for her.
Her face pales, her eyes jumping nervously over my features. “What do you mean?”
“Ever heard of the bratva?”
She shakes her head.
“The mafia?”
This time her eyes widen, and panic makes her breaths come faster.
“You got caught in a war.” I shake my head, and unable to lie to her, I say, “It’s going to get bad, but with a little luck, my father will find out where we are and come to get us.”
But that will take time, and in the meanwhile, we’ll be tortured.
That’s if they don’t execute us today.
Like I said, we’re fucked.
Chapter 4
Everleigh
Terrified, I stare at Alek.
He looks a hell of a lot calmer than I feel.
