Chapter 40

Alexei:

Scarlett and I walked toward the room where my sister was staying.

Ivan, who was watching her, more specifically, trying to get answers out of her, took a step back when he heard us coming in.

Scarlett froze at the sight of the bucket that was beside her bed. My sister’s hair was just drying, and the bandage that was initially on her stomach was now open.

“What the bloody hell happened here?” Scarlett asked, shaking her head at both me and Ivan. I shrugged and Ivan smirked at her.

“You two are impossible” she said, looking at my sister. She went to take a step toward her, but wrapping an arm around my beauty’s waist, I stopped her from approaching.

“Alexei” she urged.

“If she is alive, malyshka, it is for us to get answers only. Claire would be dying soon enough, her death would depend, of course, on whether or not she cooperates” I said, glaring at Claire who whimpered in pain. I nodded at Ivan to take a step toward her, and seeing him, my sister flinched, realizing that she