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I swallowed down more rum and set it on the edge of the tub.
The combination of the rum’s fiery trail and the smoke’s sedative caress soothed my senses into a murky state of semi-awareness.
My body felt disconnected, almost as if I were watching it from a distance.
Steam rose from the surface of the water blurring the line between my skin and the air.
My lids drooped over my eyes. “If J.P. has our back here, I’m going to give him some of Kapotnya.”
The line of Kaz’s jaw twitched. “That territory is yours.”
“It is, but I don’t want you to have to divide parts of Moscow.” I took a last puff, put the joint out, and lay it next to the glass. “If anyone makes a deal with the Butcher, it should be me.”
“You took Kapotnya from nothing to a major player in Russia. There is good money there now. More than ever before. I will not have the stank of Jean-Pierre’s perfume all over that place.”
“Kaz—”
“We will discuss this later.”
I leaned my head to the side. “Will we?”
“Let us finish our war in New Orleans, and I will see if there are other parts of Moscow that could be given to the Butcher and his pansies.”
I could well imagine the sort of area Kaz would give—bloodied, dangerous, and as poor as possible. That being said, I was sure the Corsican would still take it and have the location up and running within a year.
A hazy cocoon wrapped around me. “Alright. . .we’ll see.”
“How are you right now?”
“I’m high. Tipsy. Numb.”
He curved his lips into a smile. “Tonight, you will sleep well. In the morning, we will talk to Maxwell.”
My heart raced. “Are you sure?”
“I am sure.”
Please. . .be right.
I swallowed hard.
Kaz finished his beer and set it down. That was when I realized that there had been another empty beer bottle next to him.
That’s his second beer. . .Yes. I’m losing time in here.
Tension gathered in my shoulders.
Is Lunita trying to get control? Has she been getting control for seconds at a time?
Sadness washed over my body. “I came here to heal. . .”
“You did.” Kaz nodded. “And you will.”
“Now we are in a war. . .”
“War happens a lot, in the world we live in.”
“Let’s just. . .”
