From the place she continues to be standing by the now closed door, Alina stares on the 5 of us with broad grey eyes. I give her a blood-soaked smile earlier than slowly turning my head again in order that I’m dealing with Mikhail. His cousins tighten their grip on me.

“Is that basically the way you need to begin this negotiation?” I ask, locking eyes with Mikhail.

“This isn’t a negotiation,” he snarls. “That is an execution.”

“Seeing as I’m the one with the leverage, I extremely doubt that.”

Anton shoots me a mocking look from the place he’s standing subsequent to his brother, after which wiggles the telephone he took from me. “You imply this?”

“Sure.” I slide my gaze again to Mikhail. “If I launch that video, it should unfold by means of your complete felony underworld inside a matter of hours. Who do you suppose will rent you then, Petrov? After they’ve seen you kneel and grovel like a little bit bitch? Like our little bitch.”

Fury flares in Mikhail’s blue eyes, burning like hellfire. Squeezing his arms into fists, he jerks his chin at his cousins earlier than stalking down the corridor. The twins drag me with them as they observe, hauling me into their elegant white kitchen. I allow them to.

“Releasing that video might be tough with out your telephone,” Anton factors out as he follows behind us.

They stroll me over to their marble-topped kitchen island when Mikhail snaps his fingers and factors to it. Then he turns to seize one thing from one other counter.

The distinct ringing of metal fills the air as Mikhail slides out a meat cleaver earlier than turning again to me. Konstantin and Maksim alter their grip after which transfer my arms in order that they’re holding my arms and forearms on the counter.

Fury nonetheless burns in Mikhail’s eyes as he flashes me a smile tinted with a little bit of madness. “And it will likely be very tough to launch the video with out arms.”

I snicker, which solely appears to make Mikhail much more livid.

“Wait,” a smooth however very distressed voice calls from the doorway. “That is too far. Please, Mikhail, you’re taking this too far.”

Shock sparkles by means of my chest as I flip my head to take a look at Alina, who’s shaking her head at her brothers. My little doe is… making an attempt to save lots of me? Now that I didn’t see coming.

“Are you anxious about me, little doe?” I tease.

Her gaze snaps to me, and he or she crosses her arms over her chest in a method that manages to look each cussed and cute on the similar time. “No.” She shoots me a glare. “I’m anxious about your psycho brothers hurting my brothers in retaliation.”

A sluggish smile, one that’s extra risk than anything, spreads throughout my lips. “Would you have a look at that? There’s a minimum of one clever individual right here who’s able to analyzing actions and penalties. Perhaps there’s hope for your loved ones but.”

Alina blinks after which frowns, as if she’s undecided whether or not to be flattered or insulted.

“You—” Mikhail begins, however I lower him off.

“Simply since you are incapable of pondering a couple of step forward at a time doesn’t imply the remainder of us are,” I say as I flip again to face him. “I’ve already uploaded the video. It’s set to auto launch. So until I stroll out of right here within the subsequent…” I make a present of turning to take a look at the clock above the range, “ten minutes, the video might be launched and everybody will know what a pathetic little bitch you’re.”

Deafening silence descends over the pristine kitchen.

Mikhail flexes his fingers repeatedly on the deal with of the meat cleaver, and he clenches his jaw so laborious that I’m sure he’s about to dislocate it.

I simply maintain his stare with a smirk on my face, daring him to do it.

One other snarl rips from his throat.

Then he tosses the meat cleaver down into the sink behind him with an offended clanking sound, after which jerks his chin at his cousins. They instantly launch me and step again.

Straightening from the countertop, I roll my shoulders again whereas operating my tongue over my cut up lip. It has already began to knit itself collectively and is not bleeding. However based mostly on the metallic style in my mouth, I’m fairly positive there’s nonetheless blood on my enamel. I depart it there as I flip again to Mikhail.

“And now you’ve lastly caught up with the truth of your state of affairs,” I taunt. “I knew you’ll get there in the long run.”

“What the fuck would you like, Hunter?” he snaps again, however then he betrays himself when his gaze darts to the clock.

“In case you hadn’t wasted a lot time making an attempt to threaten me, we wouldn’t be on such a good schedule now, would we?”

He bares his enamel at me, however all he says is, “Simply spit it out.”

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