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I can only hope Antonio will. Despite what happened tonight, I still love him. I can’t imagine not loving Antonio for the rest of my life. He was the first and only man to ever show me kindness.
And now he’s gone. He tossed me out of his life like I meant nothing to him.
Now, the only people I have are my sister and mom. The two women I could never depend on.
Mom places her hands on my shoulders once she’s done bandaging me up. I lean into her touch.
“Why did Father do that?” Anna asks.
“Because he’s a bad man, Anna.” A bad man who’s going after Antonio.
And there’s nothing I can do to stop it.
CHAPTER16
Antonio
Ifind Killian at the fight club, looking better after I beat him up. Now that I know the truth, guilt fills me once I see him. He was right all along. Petrov was the spy, and Nina was helping him.
Was she?A small voice asks at the back of my mind. It sounded like her father was threatening her to make her kill me.
No. I push the thoughts from my head. It doesn’t matter if Nina was being forced to do it. She still should have told me the truth. There’s no coming back from lying to me.
Killian stiffens as I approach. “Not back to hit me again, are you?”
“I said I was sorry before.”
“I know.” He takes a gulp of his beer. “Just checking.”
“Your face is looking better.”
Killian snorts, keeping his eyes on the fight. It’s between Big John and Stinky Sam again. Looks like Stinky Sam is getting the lead. “Did you need something, Antonio?”
“Yes.” I clear my throat, forcing the anger within me to calm down long enough for me to think of a plan. “You were right. Petrov is the spy.”
Turning toward me with a raised brow, Killian says, “Huh. How did you find out?”
“Nina told me,” I say through tight lips. Killian has the smarts to not comment on that. “She was … helping him. He wanted her to kill me because he’s working for Franco.”
Killian shakes his head. “I’m sorry, man. That sucks.” He pats my back. “How did this come out?”
“Nina decided to come clean.” I don’t bother mentioning the vial of poison. I don’t need to give Killian ammunition against Nina. For some reason, I still feel the urge to protect her, even if it doesn’t make sense. She hurt me. I should want nothing to do with her, and yet …
I want her back in my arms this very moment.
“The details don’t matter,” I tell him. “What matters is I’m tired of waiting around while all these other men decide my fate. Franco. Petrov. I think it’s time to take over. No more waiting. Let’s go after Petrov and demand he set up a meeting with Franco. I’m not letting either of them live much longer.”
Killian rubs his hands together, an eager grin on his face. “How are we going to do this? Petrov won’t work with us now. But I’m all for trying anything.”
“We go to his house, and we fucking torture him until he agrees to call Franco,” I spit out. “I’m getting Franco alone so I can kill him one way or another.”
“Sounds good to me,” he says, shrugging. “Let’s do this.”
* * *
I poundon Petrov’s door. I’m not sure he knows that I know yet, but I’m not taking any chances. I have my gun ready to go.
When no one answers, I kick in the door. The sight of Petrov’s house pisses me off even more. The last time I was here, we were making plans together. I thought he was my ally. But this entire time, he was just helping Franco kill me.
