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But right now, I have something more important to deal with. Namely, the people who will rue the day they messed with Nikolai Volkov.
They will live and breathe regret by the time I’m through with them. I might not be Bratva, but I can be just as brutal. No one gets away with trying to destroy my business.
“Get me Ivan!” I bark out to my secretary.
Shortly after, a barrel-chested man hurries inside the room.
“Ready my jet,” I command.
“Where are we flying?” My faithful childhood friend, Ivan Kuznetsov, is not only an able assistant but also my bodyguard.
“Siberia.”
Aside from him, I chose my best buddies from my army days to join my private protection detail. Some do it for the money, while others do it out of loyalty to the Volkov name.
As I’m packing up my laptop, my phone buzzes with a call from an unknown number.
“Hello, Nikolai,” a heavily accented voice sounds through the phone. The fact that this man dares to address me by first name is either a sign of disrespect or of equal standing, and neither of them makes me happy. “You should cancel your plans to go to Siberia.”
I raise an eyebrow. “And who exactly is telling me this?”
“Someone close to you,” the voice croaks. “Someone that needs you alive.”
Then the line goes dead.
Enraged, I throw my phone against the wall. My hands ball into fists, anger rattling my bones. In my world, threats don’t exist without a legitimate source.
My eyes flash with fury as I turn to Peter. “I need to know the name of the man that dared to threaten me. Can you trace the number?”
He nods and leaves the room wordlessly.
“Ivan,” I turn to the burly man beside me. “Someone wants me to stay away from the site. Make sure that my men are ready. I want them armed and alert.”
“Leave it to me,” Ivan replies. “And don’t worry, Nikolai. I’ll be there right beside you until we get to the bottom of this shit.”
I squeeze my friend’s shoulder. It’s rare to find people with a sense of loyalty like Roman and Ivan have. I’m lucky to have them work by my side.
“Let’s go,” I tell him. “The sooner we get that over with, the sooner I can get married.”
As much as I’m wary of what I just heard, it still brings a smile to my face. I grab the briefcase from my desk and make my way to the limousine. It takes us half an hour to reach Teterboro airport. My jet takes off at precisely seven in the evening.
Under ordinary circumstances, I would spend the flight from New York to Siberia studying contracts or crunching the numbers on new purchases to expand my business. Tonight, on the other hand, I’m simply sipping on a glass of Macallan scotch and occasionally checking the time.
At five o’clock in the morning, our plane finally touches down at Nizhnevartovsk airport. My site is a short helicopter ride away, and as soon as we land, the smell of soot and smoke reaches me.
I grip Ivan’s arm in an instant as a terrible feeling goes through my body.
“This is our largest and most protected offshore oil drill station,” I say through gritted teeth, slowing my erratic breathing and pushing out the anger that fills my lungs.
People don’t just double-cross me. They damn well better brace themselves for their impending demise because I’m coming for them and the mysterious caller with everything I have.
SIX
KATARINA
“Is it true?” I demand angrily as I face Igor.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” my brother answers with a forced shrug.
