She’d be nothing without him. They would be nothing without me. I’m the reason they met. I’m the reason they’re together.
And I am going to be the reason they lose it all.
There is no car waiting for me outside, so I walk through the front gates and down the road for a few minutes before I pull out my phone.
Then I call the only person left to call.
It rings and rings and rings before Mikhail finally answers. “What?”
“Funny. You’re questioning me, but I’m the one who didn’t get a warning about what was going on. I could have died.”
“So could I,” he hisses back. “We bumped up the wedding on your advice, Francia. You told us we needed to hurry and that you would keep an eye on Ivan.”
“I had it on good authority that he was planning an attack.” It’s not entirely true, but the fact he r
