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“I know that. But it doesn’t matter. I should have protected him.” She tilts her head to the side and looks at me curiously. “You really care about him, don’t you?”
“Yes, I do. And I would do anything to get him back.”
Polly’s smiling at me when the charging icon changes to the lock screen. We both suck in a breath at the same time. I snatch up the tablet and type in my code with trembling fingers. It takes me only a few seconds to get into the device sharing app to check on the location of my laptop.
“They have it,” I say confidently. “About… forty minutes from here. Toward Pasadena.”
Polly looks at the screen. “I think that’s where we’ll find Lev.” We exchange a glance. “I… I need to tell my brothers. They can head there immediately.”
“Go ahead.”
She pulls out her phone and calls Uri first. No answer. She tries Nikolai next. No answer there, either.
“Fuck!” she yells, dropping her arm. “They’re not picking up.”
“Polly, I don’t want to repeat past mistakes—but this is different. If you let me out, I can grab my car and go after Lev myself.”
She nods. “I’m with you. Let’s go.”
“Whoa,” I grab her hand before she can fly out the basement door. “No, no, no. I can’t take you with me.”
“You’re not going without me.”
“I’m not about to put you in danger. I’ve already fucked things up with Lev. If you’re hurt, too, Uri will never forgive me.”
“Why do you care if he forgives you or not?” My mouth opens but nothing comes out. Polly waves a hand in my face. “Yeah, I know. ‘It’s complicated.’ I don’t care about your weird, dysfunctional relationship with my brother right now. All I care about is getting my brother back. You can’t do this on your own.”
“Yes, I can. Polly please—”
She plants herself in front of the basement door, arms folded across her chest. “Either I come with you or I lock you in and do this on my own. Your choice.”
I stare at her, wide-eyed. “You wouldn’t.”
“Watch me.”
“Polly—”
“Ten, nine, eight, seven… Hurry, the offer will expire in six, five, four, three, two—”
“Okay, okay,okay!” I shout. She grins mischievously as I concede. “You little terrorist. You’re a Bugrov, alright.”
She smiles as we head up the stairs. “My brothers took a bunch of men with them, so there’s limited security on the estate. Makes it easier for the both of us to get out.”
“We can try getting out through the south side again. The fence leads right to my place.”
Polly nods. “But first, we need provisions.”
She ducks into a room that I’ve never been in and I’m forced to follow her inside so that I’m not seen lurking in the corridor by one of the maids. “Polly, what provisions are you talking—Polly, wait!”
I stop short when I take in the room.Guns. There are guns everywhere. Mounted on the walls, displayed behind glass shelves, organized behind oak cabinets. There’s a separate section for the rifles, another nook for ammunition. It’s like Rambo’s wet dream in here.
“My God,” I breathe, standing there in shock.
Polly turns from one cabinet to reveal she’s holding a gun in each hand. “Here,” she says, passing me one.
I back away quickly, not wanting to be anywhere near that kind of thing. “What are you doing?”
“Alyssa, these are dangerous men we’re dealing with. We can’t just walk in unarmed.”
