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Xenia snorted at the lack of sincerity in my voice.
“Could you grab your laptop for a moment please?”
She was silent for a moment. “You’ve definitely gone mental. What’s so important?”
“I need you to give me full access to Aleksei and Dominik’s database. Only for an hour.”
“What have you gotten yourself into, Ekaterina?” She sounded more alert now. I heard some muffled noise, and assumed she’d gone to grab the device.
“I just need some information. Switch it back in an hour and delete my searches so no one finds out.”
“Fine,” she mumbled, a hint of anger in her voice. “But if the boss finds out, I’m throwing you under the bus. I value my life more than yours—sorry.”
I chuckled and waited.
Xenia hung up the phone, and four minutes and seventeen seconds later, the full database appeared on my laptop.
I wasn’t surprised to find that Davorin had no official address. The only one I was able to track down that had any connection with him was a small house in a very bad neighborhood. No known associates, no identity. What most frustrated me was that I didn’t know what he looked like.
There was a phone number. I assumed it was the one through which his clients were able to reach him, and I quickly typed it into my phone, saving it for later.
From my quick research, I found out that his birth mother had been found unfit to be his parent and Davorin had been taken by child protective services. His father was unknown, and the woman who’d raised him had been killed by a wealthy politician after their affair was discovered by the politician’s wife. His adoptive father had been very quiet about the whole thing, and after his wife had been killed, he’d never made a public appearance again.
However, there were no records on the person behind the mask, and that was what I really needed. He was estimated to be thirty-four, and I couldn’t help but laugh at the small comments attached to his entry. It was definitely Xenia who’d written that he acted like a Gemini.
Exactly one hour after I’d opened his file, it vanished from the screen, and a message from Xenia popped up in the bottom corner.
“I don’t know what you’re doing, but be careful. He isn’t a man you want to cross.”
The only debate in my mind was whether to call him right now or wait until morning.
I was unable to wait of course, and I called before I’d been able to carefully think it through.
I put the phone on speaker and placed it on the coffee table in front of me. It rang twice before the call was picked up.
Immediately, I wanted to hang up.
“Now this is a pleasant surprise.” Davorin’s dark voice echoed around my apartment, and I froze for a moment, a look of disbelief flashing over my face. “To what do I owe this pleasure?”
It was as if the bastard was mocking me. His tone radiated amusement, whereas I could barely get any words out.
“You have my number?” Then I remembered who I was dealing with. “Of course you have my number,” I mumbled.
“Of course I do, little lion.”
There it was, that ridiculous nickname again. Anger sparked immediately, almost making me forget why I’d called him in the first place.
“I’m in need of your… services.”
He was silent for a moment. Then: “No.”
I blinked. “What do you mean no?”
“I mean no, little lion.”
I laughed. “What kind of a stalker wouldn’t kill for me?”Especially since you’ve done it before, bastard.
Davorin chuckled deeply. It was sadistic, almost to the point of making me nauseous.
