The guys dropped me, Adrik, and Misha off at the building while they went to the private airport to see what they could find out. Once upstairs, Misha and I both looked at each other. “Do you think we can find him?” he asked.
“It’s worth a try,” I said.
Adrik clicked his tongue. “How much does it zap her when she does that?” he asked Misha.
Misha looked at me, pondering his answer. “It really zapped her the first time, but since then, I don’t think it’s been a problem, but it’s hard to tell because she’s been so si ck otherwise.” They both looked to me. “Don’t look at me. I don’t even know what day it is, much less what makes me tired. Existing makes me tired lately. I mean, it’s a lot of work to be this f**king awesome, granted. But still.”
They both laughed at me. Adrik looked to Misha again. “Do you need her for it to work or can you use someone else?”
“It works best with her, but it worked with you when we were looking for her and Ivan. It might work with someone else the same way, too. It’s just clearest with her,” Misha said.
“Let’s wait until they get back from the airport. You can try it with me again or Andrei. If we don’t make it clear enough, then use Sephie. I’d like to not zap her very small supply of energy right now,” Adrik said.
“I can help with that too,” Misha said, getting a bowl from the cabinet so he could make me another bowl of broth.
“Do we have any eggs?” I asked. They both turned to look at me, clearly shocked. “I’m as shocked as you, trust me,” I said, laughing at their response to my question.
“How many do you want?” Adrik asked.
“Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here. One is plenty for now.”
“Instead of broth or in addition to broth?” Misha asked, pausing the heating process.
“In addition to,” I said.
Misha looked at Adrik. “I feel like the other four should be here to witness this. Should we call them? Video it? What do we do here? We can’t make her wait until they get back. The hunger might pass. This is so stressful,” he said, his hand running through his hair. I couldn’t do anything but sit and laugh at him.
“Misha, you’re my favorite. Don’t tell the others.”
“Oh, I’m telling them. That’s the first thing I’ma tell them when they get back,” he said, grinning at me.
King of the Underworld
Sephie
Misha and Adrik were in the process of making me yet more broth and another egg when the other four guys walked back into the penthouse. The shock was evident on their faces, even more so once Misha informed them it was the second time in an hour that I’d eaten.
“Misha wanted to call you guys when I asked for solid food earlier,” I said, still laughing at him.
“Would’ve been worth it,” Viktor said. “We’ve all been worried about you, sestrichka.”
“I know. Don’t blame me. It’s my stomach. She has a mind of her own. She’s wild. Untamed.”
“What did you find at the airport?” Adrik asked, sliding a plate with one more egg on it in front of me.
“Sal left a day and a half ago. It was the middle of the night when he left, so either Trino was right and he had tunnels, or his guys fell asleep and missed him leaving.” Viktor said.
“Do we know where he went?” Misha asked.
“They didn’t log a flight path until they were already in the air,” Ivan said.
Adrik looked at Andrei. “We’re trying to save the small amount of energy that Sephie has right now. We want to see if you or I can help Misha find Sal, without him having to use her.” “Does helping Misha zap your energy, spider monkey?” Andrei asked.
“Honestly, I don’t know. It’s hard to tell what’s what right now. I didn’t think so, but the night we found Tori and Max was right before I started sleeping for days at a time again, so I don’t know. Could be my lung, could be helping Misha,” I said.
Andrei looked at me for a minute, like he was completely lost in thought. “It was your lung, but I can see if it works with me. It’s good to have options,” he said, smiling his handsome smile at me “What do I have to do?” he asked Misha.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.