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With another nod, I turn around and step out of the dining room. Kolya follows after me, and Fedor, who was smoking in a corner away from all of the other guards, joins us, stubbing out his cigarette on the way.
I rein in my temper until we’re in the car and we’re moving off Sergei’s house. I face Kolya who’s sitting beside me in the backseat. “What the fuck happened?”
“Lazlo came to meet Sergei.”
“That’s not what I’m asking. Howthe fuckwas he convinced? The answer will determine whether or not you remain alive, Kolya.”
“I assume Mrs. Volkov met with him.”
“Youassume?”
“I saw the tracker moving when we were on the plane. Kill me if you like, but I had to turn a blind eye because I knew that was the only possible way to keep you alive. Thankfully, it worked.”
Fuck!
I grab him by the collar. “At the expense of disclosing Lia’s origins. At the expense of dragging her into all of this. Now, Lazlo will never let her go.”
“Who cares? She’s your wife and she did the right thing by going to Lazlo. If she hadn’t, Sergei would’ve put a bullet in your head. You won’t be able to protect her if you’re buried six feet under, Boss.”
I release him with a harsh shove, my knuckles burning with the need to drive my fist through a wall.
Or a person.
The reality of the doomed situation slams into me with a violence that bleeds through my veins.
I am alive. I am. But at what price?
Because from now on, it’ll be impossible to keep Lia out of the limelight.
26
Lia
Ihaven’t been able to sleep.
Every time I try to, thoughts about Adrian’s state flood my mind. Is he safe? Is he hurt?
And those thoughts kept me up all night, even after my father called and said he spoke with Sergei. Adrian still hasn’t shown up and Yan can’t reach Kolya or Fedor.
All night long, either I hugged Jeremy or I paced his room. I couldn’t go back to the master bedroom, not when Adrian isn’t there. Besides, my insides have been twisting with a weird feeling.
As if something is sitting wrong and I should fix it.
But what?
It must be about Adrian’s predicament, though aside from my meeting with Lazlo, I have no clue what else I can do. Yan and Boris—and even Ogla—are forbidding me from visiting Sergei, saying that it will do more harm than good.
If Adrian doesn’t come home today, I’m going to thePakhan’s house. I have to do something aside from sitting around waiting for a bomb to drop.
It can’t be as terrifying as meeting my father, the Don himself, after thirty years of never knowing him. But even if it is scary, I’m ready to face whatever life throws my way.
I’m ready to fight.
To kick.
To claw.
A potent rush of energy has been whirling inside me since the moment I realized I have no choice but to step up in order to save our family.
