King of the Underworld by RJ Kane

Chapter Three Hundred Twenty-Two

Adrik

The guys were waiting on us as usual when we came out from the bedroom. She seemed like she had more energy this morning than she’d had in weeks. I didn’t have to wait on her to walk slowly down the hallway. The guys noticed she was brighter this morning, too.

“You look much better this morning, gazelle,” Misha said. He smiled at her, but was clearly surprised as well.

“I feel better this morning. First time I haven’t been in a fog when I wake up in a while,” she said. “I might actually want real food this morning, too.”

Misha looked around at everyone else. “Thank God you’re all here to witness it this time. I can’t handle the pressure of how to document these milestones in her life,” he said.

For the first time since she’d been hurt, she laughed without grabbing her ribs. I could feel the dull ache that was constantly present there, but no sharp pains this time. It was a nice change.

“Let’s make a deal,” she said, turning to me. I raised my eyebrow at her, wondering what she had in mind. “If I can eat real food for breakfast, then we can try Andrei’s idea of Misha using both of us to find Sal, as well as Martin. I want to know what those two are doing,” she said.

“Deal,” I said. I also wanted to know what those two were doing. If Martin was trying to make a deal with the Mexicans behind Trino’s back, that could put Trino în even more danger. The smile that she gave me when I agreed made my heart stop.

“How did you know that Trino and Martin were disagreeing on what to do with the Mexicans, princess?” Ivan asked.

“It just popped in my head. That’s how it works for me. Trino was thinking about it, probably trying to decide if he should bring it up or not. Given his reaction, I think he’d decided to not bring it up,” she said.

“His guys think she’s a witch now, too,” I said, laughing.

made the sign of the cross. At least we don’t have to worry about them

head, Andrei?” Stephen asked. “I know you knew Trino was lying

was all I could tell. She filled in way more details and Misha confirmed when he said Martin wasn’t in Colombia.”

in Colombia. I wanted to ask Trino if he knew where Martin was, but he clearly didn’t want to talk about

Sephie said, grinning at me. Andrei got up to make

the connection between Ricardo and the Mexicans he’d mentioned the night before. His phone beeped, indicating food was waiting for us. He started to get up, but Stephen put his hand on his shoulder. “I’ll get it. You keep working. I’d like some real answers today,” he said as he

kitchen island. She motioned for Andrei and Misha to come with her. She glanced over her shoulder, asking the rest of us, “Sal first or Martin first?”

at each other, then

even better once I have two hands again, but we’ll see how it goes this time,” she said. Andrei extended his hand to Misha as well. Misha got his usual faraway look in his eyes as he searched for Martin. After just a minute, Andret

that the rest of us couldn’t

smile stretched across his face. “You got sound, gazelle,” he said as she laughed quietly. They continued watching,

was smiling ear-to-ear as he said, “that was the clearest one yet, gazelle. I’ve

boost we needed.” Andrei was trying not to be too surprised at what had happened, but he was

they were saying. It looked like they were negotiating, though. Then somebody hit the fast forward button.” He paused, running his hand through his hair. “This

Anthony and Lorenzo. He’ll be displayed in a very public way so Trino can’t mistake the message.”

they’d just seen. She looked to me. “I think we can stop it, but it would have to come from Trino, which means he’s going to know what we can

the idea of him knowing, but if they ki ll Martin like you say,

number. He picked up on the first ring. “Jefe, you’re

you need to come to the penthouse. Your guys can