Page 58 of The Bratva's Knocked-Up Bride

Raf. It was him.

My grip on the wheel tightened as that enraged heat burned within me, hardly able to keep myself reigned in long enough to respond. “He was the rat?”

“That’s my assumption. From what I could tell, he was hiding out and waiting since work was let out. He didn’t target anyone but Sky.”

All the while, the reality of the situation fell onto me at once, everything else started to click into place. It all made sense immediately.

The spoofed text…was to pull me away from the office and from the live feed. Once Sky was alone, he swooped in and took her.

“Holy shit…” I muttered, voice low as I tried to wrap my head around it all.

Even if my hunch seemed irrational at first, I had been right all along. Raf was the spy disguised as a journalist.

He had been there every day, lingering in the background collecting information. He somehow managed to eavesdrop on enough seemingly private conversations to find weaknesses in the Levovs’ security…he surely got information on us all at the same time I was trying to do the same to him.

At that moment, every instance of him being nearby in the office, seemingly working but actually following through with a plan to farm information about us, the Levovs, and likely other crime families in the city.

Even earlier in the day, I had seen him in the photocopy room while I was telling Daniil about the pregnancy. He had been right there, surely listening.

And that was probably why he struck when he did. He heard me mention Sky and the baby, and he wasted no time taking advantage of the fact that he wasn’t supposed to hear.

He did his job, and he did it damn well.

Gritting my teeth to the point of aching, I said through the phone, “Damn it…he knew. He knew about the pregnancy…”

“The pregnancy?” Luk questioned, sounding confused. “Sky’s pregnant—”

“Yes,” I interrupted him, trying to wrap things up so we could get to helping her. “She’s pregnant with my child…which is why we need to get her back immediately.”

There was the slightest pause from Lukyan before his voice returned with more urgency once again. “Of course…I’m working on finding her right now.”

“Trace her cell phone if she still has it, run his plates…anything. Try it all,” I demanded of him, losing my patience despite his cooperation.

My whole body felt like it was on fire, needing more desperately than anything to track down her and Raf. To finally confront him and the damn Pesci family before they could hurt her further.

I needed her to be safe. I needed to get her back, even if I had waited too long to act.

“I don’t care what it takes. Get as many guys out there as physically possible.”

Through the call, I could hear Luk’s fingers tapping quickly against his keyboard. “I’m dispatching our units right now, and alerting the others. They’ll be en route as soon as possible to meet you.”

Taking in a shaken breath to try and keep my rage at bay, I knew I wouldn’t be able to wait much longer. Knowing Skywas out there but not being able to do anything about it yet was driving me insane. I needed to see her…to see that she and the baby were unharmed. I needed to be able to bring her back home and guard her with my own life.

I felt like a failure for ever letting it happen. For being fooled by the fake text and allowing myself to be pulled away.

I never should’ve left that office. I should’ve stayed and I should’ve taken her home without question. Sky should’ve been tucked away safely at home, resting and continuing to grow our child in the comfort of my place.

But because of my hastiness, she was taken by the bastards I had been after for weeks.

“Alright…I found a location ping. I’m sending it to you now.”

At his words, a notification came up on my dash display, and I immediately accepted it, popping the location into my GPS. From what I could tell, she was still in the city, tucked away somewhere hidden within the mess of businesses and apartments.

But that was all I needed. It didn’t matter what I had to do, I would get her back. I would burn it all down just to have her with me again.

At once, I threw the car back on the highway and continued towards the heart of the city.

“I’m on my way now…tell the others to wait until I get there.”

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