Page 38 of Fierce Vows
“I wondered,” Rafe starts, but I cut him off.
“The man paid twenty-five million to get me out of that place.He was one of three men given the chance to buy me before the auction,” I say, looking into his eyes and making sure that he hears me.“He has been buying girls for years and helping them start new lives.”
“So you have the inner track.”Dom muses.
“Da.I have spent a small fortune working my way into his good graces.”
“And what do you need us for?”Rafe asks,
Bogdan looks at me, waiting on me to make my move.It is my plan after all.
“There’s a party...”
“No.”Rafe cuts me off this time.
“It will be at an undisclosed location,” I continue.“Bogdon will be invited.He will be taken there.And I will accompany him.”
“Fuck no,” Dom says loudly, standing from his seat.“We just found you.”
“And I’m not going missing again,” I say calmly.“We will stay here, bring our trusted people over, and set the perfect ambush.”
“If we don’t know where to go we can’t do shit,” Rafe says, squeezing my thigh roughly.
“When I was there, I remember a story I once heard.About how a husband found out his wife was cheating,” I explain.“He had put a tracker in a bracelet he gave her.I thought to myself, I wish Rafe had thought of that.”
Rafe’s grip softens slightly as he shakes his head.“They’ll find a tracker, Willow.And then you’ll both be burned.”
“Not in this,” I say, fingering the necklace he gave me, the same one I’ve worn since the day we got married.
“The composition of the materials interferes with any of the scanning equipment they could use,” Dima explains.
“You can’t guarantee her safety,” my husband accuses, glaring at the two Russian men in turn.
“Neither could you,” Thalia says softly.Rafe turns his glare on her and I pinch him, hard.“Don’t do that, Rafe,” she says.“We all know the moment Kirrill finds out Willow is back by your side he will come for her, and this time he won’t leave anyone alive to find her.We need to kill him, even if it means putting Willow in danger.Even if I never find my daughter.”
“We know where she is,” Dima says softly.
“What?”she asks too loudly.
“Kirrill raises her as his own,” he says sadly.“Her name is Hope.”
The moment the words leave his lips, I know that we are going to do this.No one is going back to the regular chaos of their lives until Kirrill Singleton is dead and his entire empire is burned to the ground.
“This is the best chance we have at ending this,” I say softly, staring at my husband.
“If something happens to you...”
“It already happened, Rafe.And we are here together.Nothing can keep us away from each other.”
“Willow...”He sighs loudly before turning to Bogdon and Dima.“We need to start planning.”
