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?”

nodded. When Stephen and I got to her, her eyes were as dark as I’d ever seen them. “They were

else I heard. She was incredible. She was messing with their heads the entire time,” Ivan said. You could hear the pride in his voice when he talked

was likely wanting to see how accurate his visions were. I had to admit,

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

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

his eyebrow. “She really did unlock a new level

happened when Sal was there?” Viktor

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

I’m sure that didn’t go over well with Sal,” Viktor asked.

joke,” Ivan said. “She’s like a bloodhound when it comes to information. But that’s when Armando looked at her for the first time and saw her eyes. He was visibly frightened when he saw her. She took advantage 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 the guys that grabbed us. Apparently, they were discussing whether they could get away with stopping along the way and taking turns raping her. It was in Italian, so I didn’t understand it. She didn’t say anything to me at the time, but later, she let them know she understood. She told

incredible, but she just

after that?” Andrei

when it was just Armando. I’m still not entirely 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 been in charge. We need to confirm. with her when she wakes up, but I’m guessing it’s either Ricardo or Giana’s father that have been pulling the

can find out more about him,” Viktor said. “Armando

felt Sephie’s hand start to jerk. She started to mumble in her sleep, which likely meant she was having a nightmare. I put my hand on

but I couldn’t understand what she was saying as she was still having trouble speaking. I leaned

it didn’t stop. The shaking