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Tarnished Tyrant 100
The truck hits my passenger side door at full speed, sending my little Ferrari spinning like a fucking top.I don’t know how many times the vehicle spins, but when I open my eyes, the road is gone and all I see is the cloudless blue sky.For a moment, I think I might be dead. Maybe this is the transition to heaven.But then I realize if heaven and hell are real, I’m almost certainly heading down. Plus, I can still hear Arslan’s muffled voice roaring through my speaker phone.“Nikolai! What the fuck happened? Are you there? Hello? Nikolai!”I blink a few times and then take in my surroundings. My car ended up ramped on top of another vehicle along the side of the road, the hood angled up towards the sky. All my windows are shattered and smoke is pouring out from under the hood.But I’m alive, and I’m not injured. Not as far as I can tell, anyway.I unclip my seatbelt with a groan and reach for my phone where it fell in the backseat. Twisting around sends a sharp pain lancing down my ne
Tarnished Tyrant 99
"He's the exception," she admits. "But only because he was fucking clueless.""‘Was’?" I ask, not missing her use of the past tense."My brother never wanted to lead. He never knew how to. He could puff out his chest with the best of them, but when it came to the moments that truly mattered, he folded. Even before he became don, he came to me for advice. He swore I'd be his second-in-command.""And were you?"She nods. "Secretly. Because unlike so many men in this world, I don't need the recognition. Spare me the gold busts and towering statues. I'm fine with creeping behind the scenes and wielding the real power."We're still driving way too fast, but the roads are widening and the traffic is thinning out. We're moving out of the city now. I want to ask where we're going, but I know she won't tell me. Part of me doesn't even want to know."The thirst for power must run in the family," I say. "Your brother killed your parents so he could inherit the Bratva, right?""Giorgos?" Xena lau
Tarnished Tyrant 98
“No,” Elise says from the back. Her voice sounds weak. “That’s me. I got the carsick genes.”Xena glances over at me, but I keep my eyes straight ahead. It feels like she’s trying to see through my skull into my thoughts. And for some reason, I suddenly don’t want her to know what I’m thinking.“It’s been a busy day,” I explain. “I just saw Nikolai an hour ago and everything was fine. When did he find out about—”“I was actually tailing you this morning,” Xena blurts suddenly.“You were?” I try to keep my voice even and calm, even though my heart is racing.“I thought something was wrong when you went to the hospital.”“The hospital?” Elise asks from the backseat. “I thought you two were going out for breakfast.”I didn’t want to lie to Elise, but there was no reason to bring up the pregnancy to her until I knew it was really happening. Then there was no time to talk about it before Xena called and we rushed out the door.This is really not how I want her to find out I’m having a baby
Tarnished Tyrant 97
“Why are you calling? I’ve just heard your brother is dead. Shouldn’t you be mourning?”“You know as well as I do that there’s no time for mourning. Not in the lives we lead.”I sigh. “What is this about, Xena?”“This is a warning. Not that you deserve it,” she snipes. “You know, I was already in my wedding dress when you called it off. I was ready to walk down the aisle. You don’t think you could have given me some more forewarning?”“You knew I didn’t want to get married. Don’t act surprised.”“But I am. It’s not like you to let your emotions take the wheel,” she says. She pauses, then adds, “Is she worth all of this?”I grit my teeth together as I see red in my vision. “Don’t talk about her. Ever.”She chuckles. “Fine. Then I’ll be brief: Giorgos’s second-in-command has taken over. They’re working with the Battiato mafia. Prepare for war.”Before I can say anything, Xena hangs up the phone.49BELLEIt’s been hours, but I’m still riding high from the doctor’s appointment, scrolling
Tarnished Tyrant 96
“Any reason in particular?” Andrews asks.I fold my hands over my desk. “Personal business and a doctor appointment. Any reason in particular you’re here?”Half the city’s detectives are on my payroll, but they don’t usually show up to my office unless there’s a good reason. I expected to hear from Andrews after Arslan set fire to one of the Greek holdings last week.But considering the timing of their arrival, my guess is this visit has something to do with the two men I shot in front of my house two nights ago.Andrews tilts his head to his younger colleague, and Detective Howard shifts forward. “Have you spoken to Giorgos Simatou recently?”“We spoke on the phone a few days ago.”“And that’s the last time you talked to him?”I frown and start to reach for my office phone. “What is this about? Should I call Giorgos and have him confirm when we spoke?”“That would be pretty difficult,” Howard says.“And why is that?”Andrews sighs and quirks his mouth into a grimace. It’s his “level
Tarnished Tyrant 95
“The last time you surprised me, we went to Iceland. This is slightly less exciting.”“We need to know what’s going on. If I’m going to make plans to protect you and Elise and the baby, I need to know if there is a baby.”I bite my lip. I could fight him and refuse to be seen by the doctor. Then I could slip away and meet up with Xena.But I want to talk to a doctor, too. I want to know if the fantasy I lived in for the past twenty-four hours could become real life.So I nod. “Okay.”He jumps out of the car, comes around to my side, and pulls the door open. “Good. Then let’s go see our baby.”I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that Nikolai pulled strings here, but I still do a double-take when we don’t even pause in the waiting room.As soon as we walk in, a nurse is waiting to escort us into the back. She takes my weight and my blood pressure, and then she leads us into the ultrasound room. The lights are dim and large screens hang on the walls.“Lie back on the table and the ultrasoun
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