Chapter 69

The Prey

I stood frozen. Eyes wide with disbelief and something that I couldn’t form in words. His words, they hit a nerve where no one had ever touched. Judas Romanovski. How could I tell him.

Couldn’t he understand it all would get him in trouble? Judas was no merciful man. Ivan would get under his radar and that was the last thing I wanted.

The tension in my body was as thick as the fear crawling up my spine.

Ivan’s eyes bore into mine and his grip on my wrists tightened to the point it was almost painful. My heart pounded and the blood rushed in my ears. I had to get out of this. Somehow.

"I do not owe you any explanation.” I breathed out avoiding his eyes and trying to jerk myself from him grip but he was too strong. So I just gave up with a sigh and stared up at him. “Let me go.”

His lips twitched in a mockery of a smile as he leaned forward. "Do you not? Or are you just hiding something?" He leaned in closer, his breath hot