Page 13 of His Order

I have one goal, and that is to make sure that Dmitri meets his demise. Blood for blood. That is the only thing on my mind. I am so lost in my own mind that I don’t hear the door open until I hear the creaking of it closing. I don’t need to look back to know who it is.

“Get the fuck out,” I say over the trickling of the water.

My breath hitches.

“We need to leave now, Anya. Right now!” His voice comes right by the glass of the door. “You have one minute.”

“Okay. I will be out in a minute.” For some reason, I feel like I’m fighting back tears as I blink furiously to keep them from falling.

I get dressed, and I am out the door ten minutes later. I meet Pavel by the front, and I don’t miss the way his eyes hungrily move over my body.

“Eyes up here.” I pat my hands on the skirt of my dress. Leave it to him to pick a dress that hugs my breasts and pushes them all the way up to my neck. At least the length goes past my knees. “Ready?”

“After you.” He opens the door for me, and I walk out with my head held high, trying to keep my emotions in check.

I can feel his gaze burning into my back as I walk away. It's a mixture of possessiveness and anger, and it makes my skin crawl.

“Where are we going?” I ask since he is suddenly being so secretive.

We walk into the elevator.For the first time in days, I feel like I am taking in real air. Regardless of how luxurious the penthouse was, it had been nothing more than a golden cage from which I needed to be released.

We go down in silence, his eyes now glued to his phone. He types on it ferociously and scowls.

“It would be nice if you talked to me, you know?”

My only answer is silence. The doors open, and I see we are in the parking garage.Before us, there is a sleek, black Range Rover. There is a man dressed in all black, and his gun is on full display outside the passenger seat. When he hears us walk up, he lifts his head from his phone.

I hold back a gasp at the striking nature of his eyes. They are this electric blue that leaves you stunned. His eyes move up and down my body, but not in the way that Pavel does. He looks at me like I’m nothing more than a pest insignificant. He tears his gaze from mine and then looks to Pavel.

“I see we are onto phase 2.” The man grunts under his breath. “So, this is her? Leo’s baby sister.”

At the mention of my brother’s name, I pause. I look the man up and down, sizing him up. “How do you know Leo?”

The man ignores me and looks at Pavel. “Bringing her out could be a liability. Dmitri already thinks she’s dead.”

What?

“Mikhail, I know what I’m doing. This is why we keep her in one of the safe houses where she will be away from everyone while she works on finding those files in the database.” Pavel presses his hand on the small of my back. “We’ve run out of time, and she needs to work fast.”

“I’m not going anywhere until someone tells me what the fuck is going on.” I try to move from his hold, but Pavel grabsonto me tighter. “Why are you trying to take down Dmitri, and who is he to you all? And why does Dmitri think I’m dead?”

“None of your business.” Mikhail spits without even looking my way. “If he sees her, then we are all going to shit. We killed that girl for nothing then and—…”

My stomach drops. “You did what? Okay, someone needs to start explaining this to me immediately.”

“Mikhail.” The thunder behind his tone is severe. “It’s nothing that you need to worry yourself with. We did what we needed to do in order to make this plan work.”

“This plan? Dmitri thinks I’m dead, and you what? Killed another woman and faked my death?”

“No.”

“Yes.” Mikhail contradicts Pavel. “Don’t lie to her, Pavel. The girl deserves to know the lengths we went to keep her alive. We killed a girl. Her name was Riley, and she—”

“Enough, Misha,” Pavel pushes Mikhail in the chest. “I will explain everything to you later, but for now, I need you to leave with Mikhail. He will take you to a safe house, and when I come back, I will answer all your questions. Okay?”

I want to fight him, but Mikhail quips again, breaking my train of thought.

“By the way, the longer you stay out in the open, the more likely we all end up dead. So, take all the time in the world you need, princess.” I don’t miss the bored tone in his voice, and I let out a huff of annoyance.

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