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Excellent. Both sides of my face are perfectly balanced once more.
I wiggle my jaw in hopes it won’t be swollen in lock-jaw position by the time this cunt gets around to asking me her precious question. I’d hate to be unable to speak when she finally gets to the damn point. I have a lifetime of insults saved for just such an occasion, thanks to being around members of the armed forces for so long.
She pulls out her gun again and places the barrel under my chin, pointing it up into my skull.
Suddenly, I’m 50 percent less hilarious.
“Where is Savin Sergeyevich?” she seethes.
For a second or two, I don’t know what she’s talking about, so my initial bewildered reaction is authentic.
Then it hits me.
Savin.
The man who wanted us to save his lady love, Tasha, from the trafficking house the night we rescued Lettie. The same man who’s been hiding in a local motel under twenty-four-hour guard while we figure out what to do with him.
More importantly, he’s the man who identified Lenkov as the pakhan.
Savin knows their trafficking organization inside and out and is itching to spill it all to avenge his love and get justice against the people who stole his life from him.
Of coursethey’re looking for him.
“Talk,” she orders, digging the gun harder into my chin.
“Come closer, and I’ll tell you,” I whisper.
“So you can head butt me? No thanks.”
It was worth a shot. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
“Okay, so you’re looking for Savin, right? Just to be clear.”
She shoves the gun more forcefully into my neck.
“Before I answer, let me ask you this. If I tell you where he is, will you let me go?”
Her sadistic smile deepens. “It’s hard to lie to someone who’s been trained the way you have. So I’m not going to try.”
“That’s refreshing. It’ll save us the trouble. Cut to the chase, and the truth shall set you free.”
She chuckles darkly. “I’m going to get the info I need about Savin and pass that on to my business associates who are on the way. Then I’m going to make you suffer before I kill you.”
“That seems harsh. If I give you the intel, why not kill me quick and easy? What did I ever do to you?”
Her brown eyes narrow to slits. “He never stopped loving you. Even now, he rushed down to Florida to save you.”
“Umm. That’s not entirely helpful. Care to expand on that? It’s not really a conversation if only one of us knows what’s being discussed.”
“Anthony. He’s been hung up on you for years. Even when he was in my bed, he was still pining for you.”
“Tony? You were sleeping with Tony? Your subordinate?”
“Duh.”
“And he’s in love with me? Isthatyour story?”
“Yes. It’s not a story. It’s the truth.”
