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Matvey gets in and starts the car, letting it warm so we can get the heater on.
“Why are you changing your plans?”
He looks over at me and shrugs his broad shoulders. “I think deep down I knew all along that this was your kill to make. I fought it because I didn’t want you involved in violence. You’ve already seen too much of it, but when I saw you the night of the auction, I realized how badly you need this. He’s your monster to kill, baby. I’m not about to take that from you.” He gives a soft laugh and adds, “I’m not going to lie, though, he’s in rough shape because I did have a bit of fun with him.”
“What did the text say that you just got?”
“That was Timofey letting me know that they’re going to die soon if we don’t get them some serious help. We can do that, if you want, or you can end it today.”
“I want it over,” I tell him. “I want that fucker dead and gone.”
“Fuckers,” Matvey corrects. “Osip’s still alive, too.”
“I might let you have him. I’m not sure yet. The last time I saw Osip, he forced his fingers inside me and made it very clear that he’d be raping me behind Konstantin’s back very soon.”
Matvey’s hands tighten on the steering wheel as he pulls out into traffic, growling out something that’s too low for me to hear before he says, “He no longer has any fingers to assault you with.”
“You cut off all his fingers?”
“I did, the same way Danil and I cut off Stefan’s fingers. Danil took a hand because he violated Simona, and I took a hand because he recognized your photo and I knew he’d done the same to you. Roman took his toes, and then the fun really began.”
“Stefan?” I ask, trying to process everything he’s telling me. The only other man to touch me besides Konstantin and Osip had been theold, pervy doctor who first examined me to see if I was a virgin. A much younger man had held me down while the doctor had fingered me and then jerked off against my leg. I can still remember how the bile had come up my throat at the feel of him. I shake my head to clear it. “The doctor? You killed him?”
“Fuck yes we did, and Emil, the little fuck who held you all down while he did it. The night you killed those men at the auction, I told you the women had been rescued and the men onboard killed. Well, he was one of them. Stefan we killed a few months ago. Simona recognized the doctor at an after-auction party they went to. That was a good night.” He looks over and gives me a quick smile. “It’s the first time I felt like we were getting close to finding you. Shortly after that Simona was able to identify Konstantin as the man she’d seen before she was sold. From then on, we put all our focus on the Lebedev Bratva. Then Vitaly married Katya to unite the families, and you know the rest.”
“I still can’t believe he did that.”
Matvey grabs my hand and kisses the back of it. “We would’ve done anything to find you, Alina, and it turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to him.”
“He does seem really happy with her.”
“He is.” He gives a soft laugh. “It shocked the hell out of all of us, but I think it shocked him most of all.”
I laugh and rest my hand on his thigh. “I bet it did.”
I watch the city pass us by, remembering the last time I made this drive and how different it had been. I remember the fear and the pain and the ache in my heart that never went away.
When we’re close enough for me to see the security gate to the mansion, Matvey rests his hand on top of mine, giving it a soft squeeze. “Are you okay?”
“Yeah, I’m okay.” I stare out the window, watching the front gate get closer and closer. Armed men are waiting, but as soon as they see Matvey, they give him a wave and open the iron gate for us to drive through. When the mansion comes into view, my breath catches in my throat. My heart starts racing when I think about the bedroom I washeld in, the thin, bare mattress I wasn’t allowed to sleep on, my forced nakedness, no matter how cold I was, and all the times my body was used without my permission.
Finn gives a soft whimper, nudging his furry face close to mine so he can rest his head on my shoulder, nose nuzzling in against my cheek. He continues to amaze me with how damn perceptive he is. I reach up and scratch behind his ears.
“It’s okay, Finn.”
Matvey parks in front of the garage and angles his body towards me. Reaching up, he pets Finn’s fur and then cups my face to kiss me.
“We will leave the second you tell me you want to go,malishka.” He glances over at the closed garage door. “If you want to turn around right now and go home, we will.”
“No,” I quickly say, reaching up to grab his wrist. “I need to do this. I need to face him and prove that I’m no longer scared of him, to prove that he’s no longer in control of me.”
“Whatever you need me to do, I’ll do it.” He drags his thumb over my cheek while keeping his dark eyes on mine. “No matter what.”
I squeeze his wrist tighter, knowing he means every word of what he’s saying. If I want to kill Konstantin, he’ll stand back and watch me do it. If I want him to do it, he’ll step forward and happily take the burden from me, and if I decide it’s too much and I don’t want to be here or see any of it, he’ll get me the hell out of here without a second thought. Knowing all this is what gives me the courage to smile and say, “I want to see him.”
“Okay,malishka.” He kisses me gently before getting out of the car. I open the door and step out with Finn before he’s even had time to walk around the hood of the car. Taking my hand in his, he leads me to the side of the four-car garage where a side door is already open for us. I’m surprised to see it unguarded, but when I look in, I see how wrong I am. Several armed men are in the garage, and as soon as we step in, two men step out, presumably to go back to standing guard right outside the door we just walked through. They’d evidently just stepped inside to open the door and clear a path for us.
The smell hits me first, and Finn gives a soft whine at the scent. Unwashed bodies, filth and blood, and the unmistakeable smell of burnt flesh wafts over me before the men in front of us step aside, revealing Konstantin and Osip.
