“You think I should cut her loose?” It’s not an actual suggestion, but I am curious what he thinks.
“Only if you want her to end up dead,” he sighs. “It’s too late for that now. She’s tangled up in thismess with you. Fiancée or not, you put a target on her back. And a target in her womb to boot. TheZhukova heir will come with a hefty bounty.”
I nod slowly. “I know.”
“So what are you going to do?” Christo asks.
“Keeping her close is dangerous. Setting her free is dangerous.” I shrug. “It seems like the only optionis to get her out of here. Hide her somewhere.”
“I doubt she’ll like that.”
I snort. “What else is new?”
“I’m glad you’re back,” Elise says as I come in. She’s sitting cross-legged in the middle of her bedwith a laptop open in front of her. “I want to run this idea by you so
