Hunter and Rocco sat down and then a man leaned down to whisper something to Ivan.
“Ah, please, have them join us.”
Cap, Sinner, Craig, and Storm all joined us at the table, looking a little confused by the whole situation.
“You come prepared to fight for your woman, I see.”
“Well, she does tend to get herself in trouble,” I muttered.
“Yes, I see that.”
“So, if you thought I was Nicholas, why were you trying to capture my woman?”
“Nicholas killed one of my advisors. He’s been working with his English relatives when he should be working for Mother Russia.”
“And you planned to persuade him otherwise.”
“Persuade is such a loose term.” I nodded in understanding. “So, now that we have this little mess cleared up, I suppose you want your wife back.”
“Yes.”
He nodded to one of his men and poured more vodka. “Na zdarovie,” he said, raising his glass in the air. The rest of us followed suit and drank our vodka.
“I’m just going to need one simple favor before I hand your wife back to you.”
“What kind of favor?”
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