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Earlier, I had to yell at Emily to allow her own wounds to be tended by the staff. She had reluctantly agreed, but made the nurses treat her in Maxwell’s room.
The whole time her gaze never left his still form as the medical team worked to assess and treat her injuries. They cleaned her abrasions with meticulous care, dressed her lacerations, and ensured no internal injuries were overlooked.
I tried another option.
Devil, if you spare Maxwell. . .I promise to give you many more souls this year.
I thought of the cartels.
I swear your hellish empire will rise. Bodies will pile in your name.
My jaw clenched.
Call off your assistant.
“There we go, sir.” The nurse finished bandaging my side and sighed. “Would you like something for the pain?”
“No.”
Any dulling of the senses might take me away from this reality.
I couldn’t afford to drift.
I needed to be present for Emily.
For my sons.
What will we say to Paolo, when he does not see Uncle Maxwell for breakfast in the morning?
I gritted my teeth to hold in the sadness rising within my core.
The nurses gave me a nod and left.
My new phone vibrated in my pocket.
I pulled the device out and placed it next to my ear. “Yes?”
“Kazimir.” Misha’s voice came through, strained and unlike his usual firm tone. It was laced with an unmistakable tremor, the kind that spoke of tears held back by sheer fucking will.
That told me that this would be a difficult call with my cousin.
Swallowing hard, I closed my eyes and kept my words steady. “Maxwell is out of surgery.”
“Has he woken up?”
“Not yet.”
“Ava and I are on the plane now. We take off as soon as the damned pilot finishes his checklist. In fact, if he takes any longer. . .”
Ava’s soothing voice sounded in the background as if she were calming him down. I couldn’t make out what she was saying, but I did hear him loudly exhale.
Whatever she had said, it had helped.
Misha sighed again. “Three planes already left full of men and weapons.”
“Good.”
“I sent the final information King David wanted for his hunt in Moscow. They should be done soon, and on their way to you.”
