Chapter 155

The Prey

I swallowed hard averting eyes when Alexei Volkov's gaze turned sharper. He stepped forward and his voice cut through the silence like a knife as he narrowed his eyes at Judas who seemed unbothered. “You killed him.”

I stiffened. Vlad. They were talking about him, didn’t they?

My eyes found Judas who flexed his hand against the armrest of the couch. “I didn’t have a choice.”

“Didn’t have a choice?” Ralph Romano’s voice rumbled low. His eyes were colder than the Russian winter we’d left behind. “That’s what you’re calling it now? How many times have I told you to be careful, you damn fool-”

“Ralph-“

“No.” Rara flinched as he threw his hands in air in exasperation. “I told you to not involve him in your fucking business. You want to repeat what happened two years ago, huh? We lost one son, and I’m not going to lose another for fuck’s sake!”

My heart hammered vividly. Another son? They lost one? Was Zayne dead? But… di