Page 131 of Bratva Knight

“I got jumped while I was out for a jog.” Illayana’s face was a mask of furious anger. “They almost hit me with the van and I had to dive out of the way. Then four guys just picked me up and shoved me inside it.”

I stiffened at her words, my gaze snapping to her. “You were with Tatiana.” I didn’t phrase it like a question, because it wasn’t one. My sister didn’t jog. She kept in shape, yes. But jogging wasn’t her outlet. It was Tatiana’s.

Illayana avoided my eyes and I knew I was right. I jumped to my feet, frantically trying to look into the other cells.

Please, God. No. Don’t do this to me.It was hard enough trying to deal with the fact that my entire fucking family was there. If Tatiana was too—

“She’s not here,” Illayana said, but her words didn’t put me at ease. “They only wanted me.”

“You don’t know that.” All the other cells I could see were empty. The only people in this room were us. Talon must have moved all the other prisoners out when he’d taken us down there.

“I do. She was banging on the van trying to get me out when we took off. They left her there. Trust me, it was only me they wanted.”

“Trust you?” I hissed, moving to the right to grab the set of bars between Aleksandr and I, glaring at her. “You think I don’t know that it wasyouridea to go for a jog? She wouldn’t have done it unlessyouconvinced her to do it. She promised me—”

“Are you seriously coming at me right now?” Illayana screeched incredulously. “Look around, you idiot. She isn’t here. She’s fine. Get off my fucking back.”

I growled, shaking the bars. “You’re so lucky you’re over there, otherwise I’d fucking throttle you.”

“Okay, everyone, let’s all just calm down—”

“Shut up, Lukyan!” Illayana and I yelled.

Lukyan gasped, then scowled angrily. “No!Youguys shut up! I’m sick of all of you always telling me to shut up.”

Illayana kicked the bars that separated her and Lukyan. “It’s because no one wants to hear what you have to say!”

Lukyan lunged, his hands reaching for her neck through the bars. Illayana managed to jump back just in time. “Come over here and say that to my face!”

“What if Tatiana is lying on the side of the road, injured? How could you be so fucking stupid—”

“Don’t call me, stupid!” Illayana snapped.

“Why not?” Lukyan cut in. “You are.”

We all started screaming at each other. Me at Illayana. Illayana at Lukyan. Lukyan at Illayanaandme. All three of us yelled over one another, not letting anyone get a word in. We switched between English and Russian as the fight started to mutate, issues from the past rushing to the surface that had absolutely nothing to do with what we were arguing about, but just added fuel to the fire.

“I know it was you who ate that last brownie!” Lukyan screamed at Illayana.

“You know what? I did! And it was fucking delicious!” Illayana screamed back. Her gaze snapped to me. “Andyou!Are there any other friends of mine who you’d like to fuck?!”

I threw my hands up in the air. “What friends?! You only have one, because people can’t stand you,” I hissed.

Illayana gasped in outrage. “You—” She looked at Aleksandr. “You just gonna stand there and let him talk to me like that?”

“This doesn’t involve me,” he grunted.

“Oh, don’t go running to Aleksandr to save you,” I said, shaking my head. “Fight your own battles.”

“You wait until I get out of here,” she growled. “I’m going to fuck you up—”

“Right. Because that worked out so well the last time, huh? Tell me, how’s your arm?”

Lukyan laughed, pointing at Illayana. “Ha, ha, he kicked your ass.”

“I’m gonna kickyourass!”

“TIKHIY!” QUIET!my father roared.

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