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My heart is hammering in my chest as I race after her, my right hand reaching inside my jacket to check for my gun as I climb the steps.
Bianca’s fast. She’s springing across the foyer, her red trainers squeaking against the wooden floor as she runs toward the kitchen.
“Bianca!”
But it’s already too late.
The sounds of my brothers’ voices echo out into the hall, and I curse under my breath as I round the corner and see Danil pulling her into a hug.
I see nothing but red as his fingers brush her bare shoulders. “Walk away, Danil.”
Dimitri throws his head back and laughs as Danil winks at me.
I’m crossing the room in an instant, wrapping my arms around Bianca’s waist and hauling her back against me.
“Hey!” She slams her elbow back, but I grip her arms, holding them against her sides.
“All of you, my study, now.”
Bianca scoffs. “Why won’t you let me talk to your brothers?”
Mikhail smirks. “Because he’s threatened by our ridiculously good looks.”
I shoot him a warning glare, but he doesn’t even flinch.
“You better have a good reason for showing up here unannounced, again.”
Dimitri dips his chin, his expression turning serious as he looks at me.
“Maybe we better talk in your office, brat.”
His eyes flick to Bianca, who I’m still holding in my arms.
I lean forward, my lips almost brushing her ear.
“If you go to your room, I promise to make it up to you.”
“I’m not a fucking child.” She yanks her arms free of my grip and whirls to face me. “I want to stay.”
I grind my teeth, but I know from the way she’s standing with her hands on her hips and her face set in a scowl, the only way I’m getting her away from this meeting is by throwing her over my shoulder and carrying her to her room.
Danil shrugs. “Let her stay.”
I glare at him. “That’s not your decision to make.”
“Alexei, I’m a part of this family now. I have a right to know if I’m in danger, if my family is in danger.”
Hearing her refer to my family as her own makes my chest swell.
I glance at my three brothers, and they all nod.
“Fine, what is it you need to say?”
Dimitri sinks his hands into his pockets. “Mario is planning some kind of attack on us. We caught wind of the threat from Micah. He was following a few guys known to be on Mario’s books, and they let slip that he has something planned regarding, as he put it, ‘those Koslov bastards’.”
“What kind of attack?”
My mind’s racing with every possible way he could harm my family.
