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.

least we don’t have to worry about them around her now.

you have the same thing pop in your head, Andrei?” Stephen asked. “I know you knew Trino was lying when he made excuses for Martin

“I didn’t get as many details as Sephie, though. I knew they’d had an argument, but that was all I could tell. She filled in way more details and

make me nervous if he’s not in Colombia. I wanted to ask Trino if he knew where Martin was, but he clearly didn’t want to talk about it,”

Andrei got up to make her the usual bowl

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

got up on her own from the kitchen island. She motioned for Andrei

each other, then answered,

this will work even better once I have two hands again, but we’ll see how it goes this time,” she said.

something that the rest of us couldn’t see.

sound, gazelle,” he said as she laughed quietly. They continued watching, the

smiling ear-to-ear as he said, “that was the

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

Spanish, I have no clue what they were saying. It looked like they were negotiating, though. Then somebody hit the fast forward

use him as revenge for ki lling Anthony and Lorenzo. He’ll be displayed in a very public way so Trino can’t mistake the message.” Andrei

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 do.” She glanced at

knowing, but if they ki ll Martin like you say, it’s going to start another war. Guaranteed,” Ivan

picked up on the first ring. “Jefe, you’re calling early,” he

penthouse. Your guys can

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