Total pages in book: 72
Estimated words: 70489 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 352(@200wpm)___ 282(@250wpm)___ 235(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 70489 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 352(@200wpm)___ 282(@250wpm)___ 235(@300wpm)
He explained how I’d been drugged, and I’d suspected Randall, but Randall had denied it, even when Rafe threatened him. Wait? Did he think Ivanov was responsible for that? But I hadn’t even been to his house then?
Lorenzo narrowed his eyes at their younger brother. “You’ve known about this?”
Rafe raised his hands in surrender. “I didn’t know Ivanov might be after Alex. I just knew about Dante and Alex. They’re cute together.”
Lorenzo blew out an exasperated breath. “I don’t know why I put up with either of you.”
“Because no one else would put up with you,” Rafe said.
Dante rolled his eyes and continued. He told them he had sent me away after he was shot, wanting to be sure that if Ivanov came and tried to get revenge on us, he wouldn’t know about Alex.
“You didn’t have guards on him?” Lorenzo asked.
“I had him watched at night, and if he left campus, but someone else was following him everywhere he went. I think it was Ivanov.”
Lorenzo turned to me. “Describe the person.”
I told him what I’d told Dante, but he wanted more details. “How tall? How thin—scrawny or just not overly muscular or fat?”
“I’m not that good at guessing height, but I’d say six two or so, and he was thin like he ran long distance.”
Lorenzo ran a hand over his hair. “Fuck. It could be him.”
“Not the hair though, but it would be easy enough for him to wear a wig,” Dante said.
“Did he have a beard?” Lorenzo asked.
“No, he was clean-shaven, not even scruffy. I got the impression he was trying to look younger than he was.”
“He has quite the baby face when he doesn’t have a beard,” Rafe said.
This was not looking good.
Dante told them about Mitch: what he’d said about the job and how long he’d been missing.
“I don’t like this,” Lorenzo said.
Rafe snorted. “No shit.”
“We’ve got to assume it’s Ivanov and be ready for him to come for all of us.”
Lorenzo scrubbed a hand over his face. “I know. I’m just not ready for another fight this soon.”
“None of us are. I’m still doing most things with one arm.”
I glared at him. “You’re not supposed to be using it at all.”
Rafe laughed. “See? They’re good together.”
“Good luck getting him to listen,” Lorenzo said. At least he didn’t seem angry with me anymore.
“We need to find Mitch and figure out what is going on,” Dante said.
Lorenzo nodded. “And you need someone on Alex at all times.”
“Alex isn’t leaving my side until we know what’s going on.”
“You understand the risk you’re taking with your career.”
“Yes, but I won’t risk his life.
“Maybe we should send him and Nikolai to Uncle Bébé’s house,” Rafe suggested.
I didn’t want to leave. I wanted to stay with Dante.
“Let’s see what we can learn tonight, and I’ll consider it.”
“We’ll have to bring Remington in,” Lorenzo said. “And I’ll need more details about Mitch and where he might’ve gone, anything you can think of that might be relevant.”
“I’ll tell you anything I can think of, and I can ask the guys at the frat if they’ve got any more clues.”
Dante shook his head. “You’re not leaving the house.”
“I can text or call them.”
“Fine. We should pull anything we can from CCTV camera and try to get a close-up of the man who was following you.”
I wished I had more details for them. “If I’d known it would matter, I would have paid more attention, or if I’d known Mitch might be in serious trouble.”
Dante sat beside me and put his arm on my shoulder, pulling me to him. “We’re going to find Mitch, and we’re going to track down Ivanov or whoever is behind this.” He placed a kiss on the top of my head, and Rafe whistled.
“Did you ever think you’d see that?” he asked, looking at their oldest brother.
Lorenzo smiled for the first time that night and shook his head. “No, I didn’t.”
“I deserve a chance to be irresponsible,” Dante said. “Just like you do.”
“You’ve held it together through a hell of a lot.” He rose and held his hand out to me. “It’s nice to meet you, Alex.”
“Thanks. I don’t want to hurt your brother or your family. Even if I did, I’d have better sense than that.”
Rafe snorted. “Fuck right you do.”
“Tell me everything,” Lorenzo said.
Dante held my hand. “Would it be better to get Remington on the phone?”
Lorenzo sighed. “I wish we could handle this ourselves, but yes.”
35
DANTE
Lorenzo called Remington and put him on speaker. Explaining the situation to him was no easier than explaining it to Lorenzo, though Remington remained silent, eerily so, until I was finished.
“Hello, Alex,” he said.
“Hello.”
I took Alex’s hand in mine and squeezed it. I didn’t want him to be scared. He’d done great with my brothers so far.
Remington continued. “Dante, at some point, we’re going to have a one-on-one conversation about how you’ve been keeping this from me. You do understand what you’re jeopardizing by continuing your relationship with Alex. I helped you get a position once. I won’t promise to help you again.”