Chapter 38. Seeking (2)

Rafael

[London]

“Damn! What a surprise. Is this business or for pleasure, Raf?” Lucifer, the United Kingdom’s lord of the underground, asked. Puffing a smoke from his Cuban cigar, he waited for El Patrón to answer. “I’ve been so popular these past few days, I had visitors come and go lately.” He smirked.

Rafael narrowed his eyes at his longtime friend. “I need to find Dinara Vasiliev.” He had been to Hyde Park a few times but he couldn’t locate her. Where could she be?

“Dangerous ground you are treading there, my friend. What is she to you?” Lucifer knew how overprotective Dominic Vasiliev was of every member of his family. To harm them would be to court death.

“Someone I can’t live without.” To anyone, it would have sounded generic and cheesy. Not with El Patrón. His dark brown eyes were flashing with excitement, his hands clenched, and a muscle was ticking in his prominent jawline. The seriousness of his declaration was not lost on Lucifer. What a fuc