Page 23 of His Forbidden Alliance

He stared at the pavement where blood pooled beneath the man. I gave the body another kick.

“What was that for?” Rafe asked.

“He tried to hurt you. I wish I could kill him again for that.”

Rafe stared at me like I’d lost my mind. I probably had. Maria had been waiting for the moment when I stepped over the edge and couldn’t bring myself back. Was that happening now?

I laid a hand on Rafe’s arm. “Call your family. Ask them to come clean up this corpse, and don’t mention me.”

Rafe made no move to pull out his phone. “Who are you? How do you know about Ivanov.”

“There will be time to explain later. Just do what I said.”

“You—”

“Rafael, call them now.”

“Don’t you have someone you can call?”

That would be a disaster. “You don’t want me to involve my people.”

Finally, he pulled out his phone and did as I’d said.

10

RAFE

“What is it?” Remington asked. He sounded pissed that I’d called him, and I was in no shape to handle that.

“Andretti, one of them men from my not-so-secret game accused me of cheating and attacked me. He’s dead in an alley.”

“Where are you?”

“In the alley with him.” I glanced at the closet street sign and gave the address.

“Do you think he was the man we’re looking for?”

“I’m not sure. I accused him of working for Ivanov before I shot him, and he acted like he’d never heard of him.”

Remington was silent for a moment. “Do you think he was telling the truth?”

“I don’t know. Maybe. He did seem truly confused. He’s been losing heavily. I think he took too much coke and lost it.”

“Okay. Get out of there. I’ve got men on the way.”

“What if someone finds the body before they get here and calls the cops?”

“In that part of town? No one is going to touch him.”

He was right.

“Get moving. I don’t want you on the scene.”

“But I…” Fuck. I didn’t know what to say. I couldn’t tell him G was here with me without spilling everything.

“Are you okay?”

Shit, I hoped I didn’t sound as confused as I felt. “Yes.”