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“But you killed him because you were afraid he was telling me your secrets.”
“I did, yes. He was a tortured soul ...” Viktor regarded Justin closely, and I recognized the spark in his eye, the one he got right before he started a fight. “Something you, Justin Montgomery, know plenty about.”
Viktor was referring to Justin’s deceased brother. He was poking him, taunting him, and by the flush on Justin’s neck, I was worried he was taking the bait.
“Where is my father?” I asked, pulling Viktor’s attention to me.
“Right here.” Victor grinned, opening his arms widely. “I am Kusma. The new, and may I say highly improved, Kusma Petrova.”
“Take one more step toward her,” Justin said, his voice sending a chill up my spine, “and I will kill Ron and then kill you.”
Ignoring the threat, Viktor tilted his head to the side, amused. “Ah. So, she’s manipulated you too, huh? She made you think she loves you?” His grin widened.
His teeth were blindingly white. His skin was paler than I remembered, and he’d lost weight. An albino python.
Viktor continued. “She is cunning, this one. Did she tell you how many men she fucked to get what she wanted? How many dicks she’s swallowed? You’re just a number, GI Joe. Know your place.”
An arm suddenly wrapped around my throat, and I was yanked backward, pulled a few feet away from Justin and Ron. My body hit against the hard body of another guard. The cold blade of a knife pressed against the side of my throat.
“Don’t you dare move,” Viktor yelled as Justin released Ron and lunged toward me. “Drop your gun, or I will have your whore decapitated in under three seconds.”
Justin froze, and our eyes met.
The gun dropped, clattering onto the floor.
“Kick it away.”
My stomach sank as I watched the gun slide out of view across the concrete floor.
Clawing off his gag, Ron stumbled away and collapsed onto the leather couch.
Viktor dipped his chin to the man holding me. A gun appeared next to my face, followed by two ear-splitting shots. The back of Ron’s head exploded into a red cloud. Blood and brain matter splattered everywhere, parts of it landing in the fireplace and sizzling against a log.
“He was of no use to me anymore. No, Justin. Do. Not. Move.” Viktor sniffed, flicking a piece of Ron’s skull from his sweater. “Good boy.”
Viktor advanced, returning his attention to me. He walked slowly, a cocky saunter that I recognized from my darkest days.
“As for your question, my dear wife, I killed your father three years ago. The moment he officially put me second in charge, I took his spot and his name. You should thank me, really. He was just about to give you a little surprise, showing up at your doorstep.”
So, that’s why no one could find my father. He was dead, and his death was kept secret by those few who worked directly with him.
Myhusbandkilled myfather.
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t shocked. Viktor idolized my father, and Kusma trusted him.
Viktor stopped at the edge of the fireplace, studying Justin in a predatory way that made my stomach clench. His finger curled around the trigger of his pistol. He looked at me, the corner of his lip curling up.
Victor was about to kill Justin—in front of me. To punish me for leaving him.
Panic flooded my system. The only word I could think wasno.
I reacted instinctively, with no hesitation. I slammed the heel of my boot into the guard’s kneecap, sending it popping backward.
“Sonofabitch,” he bellowed, momentarily relaxing his arms.
I lunged out of the bastard’s hold, grabbed the black wrought-iron shovel from the fireplace, and threw sizzling-hot embers into Viktor’s face. Before I could react, gunshots blew through the air, screams, then a blow to my head so hard that my entire world went black.
I awoke seconds later to total chaos.
