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I got home after working my shift at the club, gearing up to face my grandma and explain all the ignored texts, the absence… I had no clue what I was going to say, but I guessed I’d have to find something. The Uber came to a stop outside my house, and I saw a shape sitting on the stoop. My heart leapt as I caught sight of platinum blonde hair. I don’t know if it was in fear or joy, but then I realized that the figure that was getting to their feet was a little smaller than Alexei.
I came to a stop a few feet from her. “Katya. Dare I ask how you found my home?”
Katya just smiled.
I sighed, resigning myself to not knowing. “What’s up?”
“I’ve been texting you all day. Why are you ignoring me?”
“Umm, oh. Well…” I laughed nervously. “I kind of got rid of my phone. Your brother was using it to track me.”
She just cocked an eyebrow looking both unsurprised and unbothered. Why should she be bothered? She wasn’t the one in danger if Alexei ever found out what we were doing.
“Well, if you’d answered your phone or got yourself a new one, you’d know that I got him. I got Igor.”
“What do you mean yougothim?”
“I mean he’s currently tied up somewhere off the grid, waiting for us to interrogate him.”
“What?” I squealed then instantly regretted it. The lights were still on in my house which meant, my grandma was still up. Her hearing wasn’t as good as it used to be, but it wasn’t bad. She was only sixty-seven—not exactly ancient.
I froze, waiting to see if she’d come to investigate. Katya grabbed my arm. “Come on, we have to go.”
I stumbled after her, scrambling to catch up as I hitched my bag higher on my shoulder. I was really fucking exhausted and just wanted to get to bed, but this was important.
She led me to a black motorcycle. Not the sort of thing I would have pictured her owning. Much lessriding. I didn’t want to get on it. “Are you kidding me?” I wailed.
She handed me the spare helmet. “We don’t have time for your drama. Save that for my brother. Do you want to learn what happened to Celia or not?”
I took the helmet, put it on, and got on the bike behind her.
We drove for a long time, the wind numbing my face as we flew across town. I refrained from questioning my driver since I wanted her full focus on the road, but I was a little afraid of how far we were going. For all I knew, Katya was taking me somewhere to kill me and dump my body.
Nobody would ever know.
My confidence wasn’t boosted when we drew up in front of an abandoned warehouse near the water. The presence of a big burly guy standing next to a black SUV wasn’t helping my confidence.
“Don’t mind him. He’s just my bodyguard,” Katya threw over her shoulder as she made her way to the abandoned warehouse.
I followed her reluctantly, looking around nervously, alert for the slightest rustle in the dark that might indicate an unseen entity. I didn’t care if it was just a cat. I needed advance warning of its presence. We stepped into the poorly lit warehouse, and I realized there was a man tied to a post in the middle of the room. He was blindfolded.
“Is that Igor?” I whispered.
“Shh, he’ll hear you,” she hissed in my ear.
I quirked an eyebrow, pulling her closer to the door. “How are we going to question him if he’s not supposed to hear us?”
She glared at me. “Do youwanthim to know who you are?”
I pondered the question wanting to give the right answer. Igor had never met me so I didn’t see how questioning him would give me away. But I was willing to concede that Katya probably knew more about all this than I did.
I leaned closer to talk right in her ear. “So, how are we going to get the info out of him?”
She looked out the doors, to her bodyguard. “Suge will ask him.”
“You think he won’t recognize Suge’s voice?”
She laughed. “No. I hired him myself two days ago. He used to be a neighbor of ours when I was growing up. Has some special forces experience, but he’s an independent contractor now. He doesn’t roll with the usual crew.”
