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“I know.” Konstantin nods. “Two days after Roman sent word to Marco that I was found and safe after I’d been put into a container and tortured for around three weeks.”
“Why would he send word to Marco?”
“My uncle has never believed Marco had anything to do with that plot to kill Grigory Belov or Matteo Moretti.” His cold eyes hold mine. “But he does believe your father was behind it.”
“Why?” I look at him with raised brows. “What proof does he have?”
“That night of my mother’s death, Genevra, with the help of your brother, nearly had me on a plane to Russia,” Konstantin tells me. “But I was caught by Sergei, and he had been ordered to put me in that container by a Belov.”
Chapter 7
ANDREY
I know I’m gaping at Konstantin, but his words are echoing in my head, and I remember the look on Sergei’s face the day I took over a Pakhan. His eyes had filled with a dark emotion when he’d told me that Marco had sold Konstantin. Sergei had also said that Marco never did anything alone—implying that my father had been involved.
“Sergei seems to think that it was Marco who sold you.”
“He would say that, though, wouldn’t he?” Konstantin’s eyes flash dangerously. “I was always going to be a threat to Ivan and Marco’s plans for their new kingdom.”
“They would rather make it look like you were abducted when you ran from the car accident than have you killed,” I realize. “Jesus. You were fucking eleven years old, and they did that to you.”
“I was also a nosey kid who asked too many questions.” He shakes his head. “I believe your brother may be right about Marco and Ivan trying to get rid of him because of what they did to me.” He shakes his head. “While I was in Russia, they pretty much thought I was no longer a threat because Roman named me as the next Zhukov Bratva Pakhan.”
“But they need that alliance,” I remind him. “Because your history with Marco and Ivan would still make you a threat—an even bigger one than you were before.”
“I think they were also trying to kill me that night your brother got attacked,” Konstantin confesses. “I got a message from your mother asking me to get to your building as she was afraid your father was going to do something terrible to your brother.”
“I don’t see how that proves anything.”
“Your mother told me she never sent a message and her phone had been stolen two days before that night.” Konstantin’s words make me cold. “She’d only gotten her new phone the day after Lev was attacked.”
“So it was a setup.” My brows knit together.
“Or someone was trying to get rid of two birds with one message,” Konstantin tells me. “Only your mother and Lev knew I was in town. Which means whoever was behind your brother’s attack had access to your mother and was watching her.”
“Okay.”
“Something always bugged me about that attack.” Konstantin’s brow furrowed. “There seem to be two independent teams of attackers.”
“Why would you think that?”
“Because of the way it all went down.” Konstantin glances out the window again and I can see he’s getting caught up in the memory. “Valentina was Temur’s younger sister and my second in command.”
“I was his first in command, and Pavel was his third,” Temur tells me, and before Konstantin can continue, he adds, “Konstantin and my sister were living together.”
“Oh!” I look at Konstantin in shock. “I didn’t know cyborgs could have relationships.”
“Funny!” Konstantin sneers but I see the pain at the back of his eyes and realize what Valentina meant to him. “She and I were going to get married.” He glances at his hands where he has a cold band studded with diamonds. “This was her engagement ring.”
“My sister was a warrior. She couldn’t have a flashy ring.” Timur’s voice is hoarse. “That’s the night I got demoted because I found out my sister was pregnant.”
Now I’m curious, so I’m looking at Konstantin. “Were you and Valentina already engaged?”
“NO!” Temur booms. “Sorry.”
“We were,” Konstantin assures me. “We just hadn’t told anyone yet as we’d also just found out we were pregnant.” A small smile lifts his mouth. “When we arrived at Belov Towers Pavel, Boris, and Valentina were going to take care of the goons we saw in the alley sitting waiting for Lev.”
“We were going to go to the front and warn you,” Temur takes over the story. “But as my sister jumped out of the car her pregnancy test fell out of her pocket.”
