King of the Underworld by RJ Kane

Chapter Two Hundred Fifty-Seven

Sephie

Viktor and Stephen were busy with their normal Master of the Schedule duties, as Adrik had another busy day. I recruited Misha, Ivan, and Andrei to help me get Ms. Jackson up to the penthouse, hopefully without Giana knowing. Since Glana used the excuse of having afternoon tea with Ms. Jackson, I wanted to have a chance to talk to her early enough in the day that she would be home should Giana stop by later.

Ivan and Andrei volunteered to go fetch her while Misha stayed in the penthouse with me. “I have to admit that I’m still angry with Ms. Jackson for setting up Giana’s ambush of you,” Misha said as we waited.

“I know, my adorable Russian guardian. I’m hoping that she simply wasn’t aware of what was going on when she set it up, but I do plan on asking. You know how quick she is, she might’ve caught on when you told me we didn’t have to stay,” I said. He laughed, shaking his head. “What?” I asked,

“You always do that.”

“Do what?”

“Give people the benefit of the doubt, second chances, third chances, 500 chances in the case of Max,” Misha said, rolling his

eyes.

I thought for a moment. “I know I do. Sometimes I think it’s a fault, but I refuse to see how thinking the best of someone is a bad thing. It’s gotten me hurt and taken advantage of plenty of times in my life. You’d think I would’ve learned by now, but I just can’t help myself. I still see the good parts of people. Most people.”

by Ivan and Andrei. “Child, you have fully realized your power if you’ve reached a

to risk being ambushed again,” Misha said. He had an edge to his voice that wasn’t usually there, especially around

knew there was an issue.” She looked right at Misha. “Then when you told her she didn’t need to stay, I figured out Giana must’ve done something. She put me right in the middle, which

just as ambushed as we were that day, but Misha was still mad. Slightly less mad, but still mad. Didn’t detract from how

happened after we left?”

read that poor girl the riot act. I still don’t know exactly what happened, but I gather she accused Sephle of using drugs. Spend any amount of time around that child and It’s obvious she’s got giant demons in her past. Those kinds of demons only show up when there’s drugs involved or abuse and Sephle had both. Glana is a nice enough girl, but if I’m being honest, she’s an idi ot. She can’t see past her own nose. I don’t

Ms. Jackson, of course, noticed. “So, I’m right then? She’s the one on

got confirmation of it

world if people would just figure out that others will always accuse you of what they’re afraid of you finding out they’re doing.” Ms. Jackson said. She thought for a moment, then looked to me. “I’m guessing there’s more to

her. She really was a very sharp woman. “Has she

her father lost a substantial amount of money because of Armando. She said it happened years ago, but Armando still feels bad about it. It’s why she got the job as his assistant. That girl can barely assist herself. She said she didn’t even know how to use a computer when he

plant all along. Since Ms. Jackson could understand Russian, I couldn’t say anything, so I chose to curse in Italian instead.

child. Since when do you know

the only one still

about them at all?” I asked,

and she’s here. Not much else that I can remember. She’s been unhappy since she got here. She wants to go back to Italy, but it also sounds like she was unhappy when

going to be unhappy wherever she goes until she learns that she’s the one responsible for her

She said she finally talked him into taking her back to Italy. She apparently ha tes the cold and wants to go somewhere warmer.” We all exchanged glances. If she was planning on robbing Armando,