“Died?” Sevastian finishes for her. “That’s what everyone was supposed to think. I suppose the plan worked perfectly.”
“It did,” I assure him. “No one has any idea.”
When Rurik came to me with the information that Sevastian had gone to the FBI, I knew he could no longer be my most trusted lieutenant. I knew I couldn’t allow him to stay in the Bratva. It would make me look weak and everyone would question my loyalty to the organization.
However, I also couldn’t kill my best friend since childhood.
“What plan?” Courtney asks, bending down to wrap her arm around Tati’s shoulders and reassure her that everything is fine.
“The execution was staged,” I explain quickly. “I pulled the shot. Went through his cheek instead. I didn’t want to kill him, but I couldn’t let him go unpunished lest ot
