King of the Underworld by RJ Kane

Chapter Two Hundred Eighty-Five

Adrik

It took a little over an hour before Ivan and the other guys came back to Sephie’s room. He had a few sets of stitches in various places, but nothing major. I raised an eyebrow, curious how it went. Misha looked proud of himself. “The recording was enough that the doctor could check him over thoroughly. He didn’t break anything. Just some stitches,” he said.

They had put Sephie in a double room, with strict orders that no one else was to be placed in that room. The doctor was trying to give us an extra bed, since he knew we were all going to stay with her. I appreciated it. Ivan stretched out on the other bed. He looked exhausted. We all looked exhausted. We were quiet for a few minutes, then curiosity got the better of us.

“We know Armando was a part of it, but did you find out about anyone else?” Viktor asked.

“Sal was there the first night. Or first morning. To be honest, I have no idea what day it is. They took my watch, so time was meaningless while we were in that room. How long did it take you guys to find us?” Ivan asked. He had a bit of a grin on his face when he asked, like there was a joke we weren’t privy to that he was thinking about.

“From the time they grabbed you until the time we got to you, it was right around 30 hours,” Viktor said.

Ivan chuckled. “She’s gonna be so mad and so impressed at the same time.” We all looked to him for further explanation. “That was one of her first questions. How long it would take you guys to find us. I said no longer than a day and half. She said three days. She was worried when they found her tracker and pitched it. She didn’t know you’d be able to track us with the earpieces. I may have neglected to tell her that,” he said, his devious grin on his face.

Andrei snapped his fingers and pointed at Ivan. “Rude.”

“You guys heard her at the last. That’s how she was the entire time. Hell, she shot the guy that grabbed her off the bike in the face. She had them all worried anytime they talked to her.” He looked at me. “Did you see her eyes this time?”

her, her eyes were as dark as I’d ever seen them. “They were almost black when we got to her. Were they that dark the

had one conversation in Italian that I couldn’t understand, but everything else I heard. She was incredible. She was messing with

grabbed you?” Misha asked. I knew he was likely wanting to see how accurate his visions were. I had to admit, I was curious

her off the bike. I didn’t see how she got away, but that’s when she shot the guy in the face. She was on the way to help me when two more guys rushed her and slammed her into a parked car. One of them held a gun to her head, so I stopped. I’d killed two guys that were on me, but I froze when I

went to the scene and I was able to see what happened. It was like it was when she

unlock a new level for you, then.”

happened when Sal was there?”

a fool. He kept trying to touch her, but she kept moving away from him, even though we were tied to the chairs. He unzipped her shirt and just stared at her boobs for a minute. She asked if it was his first time seeing boobs. He slapped her and told her she had a smart mouth and that she’d learn to keep it shut. She told him she didn’t care for school and she likely wasn’t going to learn it anytime soon. She said she told Anthony

go over well with Sal,”

of it, too. She told them both they were going to die slowly and painfully. It shook them both enough that they left the room immediately. She did the same to

sat in stunned silence. We knew she was incredible, but she just kept impressing us with her ability to withstand whatever

come back after

sure which one of them is in charge. From what Sephie pulled out of Armando at the end there, I don’t think he’s ever

Viktor said. “Armando is still alive. They took him to

started to mumble in her sleep, which likely meant she was having a nightmare. I put my hand on her stomach and felt her body shaking. I started talking to her, trying to coax her out of

saying as she was still having trouble speaking. I leaned down,

didn’t stop. The shaking