Page 14 of Inked in Devotion

Fine, maybe he was right, but that gave me an opportunity to finally give my attention to Chloe. Did she recognize me? The way she was hiding behind Lucy and still glaring at me told me she did.

I addressed Kirill in Russian. “What are we going to do with her?”

“Nothing. Return her to the De Luccis.”

“She’s the King heiress. Maybe we could use her as leverage.”

“I don’t need another headache. Did you know this one held me at gunpoint with a shotgun?”

I raised a brow. “Really?”

“It might be a good idea to divest her of the weapon, hmm?”

“My pleasure.”

I prowled toward Chloe, startling her. “Give up the gun, princess.”

“Don’t call me princess,” she snapped, evading my reach.

I raised a brow. “Don’t cower.”

“I didn’t cower when I shot Jeremiah!”

“It’s my gun.” Lucy pried the weapon away from Chloe.

“Kolya!” Kirill snapped. “I don’t need more problems. Take care of her. I need a chat with my wife.”

Chloe appeared terrified, and it pissed me off.

“I’m not leaving with him,” she announced.

“You think you have a choice?” The corner of my mouth pulled up.

“All right,” Lucy censured, massaging her temple. “Enough with the high-handedness.”

Kirill glared at his wife. “Looks like I need to be stricter with you.”

“We got Aralina back—” Lucy defended feebly.

I clasped Chloe’s arm, eager to have her alone and get reacquainted, but she shook me off. “I said…I’m not leaving with you!”

“Text Trevor…he should be with Dom,” Lucy told Chloe.

“Trevor again,” Kirill muttered. Something about that guy irritated Kirill.

“What’s your beef with him?” Lucy asked.

“Yeah, comrade, he helped us piece this together,” I said.

“He did?” Lucy smiled. But the way Kirill’s face darkened at his wife’s smile was giving me an inkling about his annoyance at the guy.

Chloe looked up from her phone. “Trevor said he’s about to come get me. I’ll⁠—”

“I’ll take you,” I said. Trevor seemed like a savior every time the women needed something.

“I’m not sure—” Lucy started.

“Leave them,” Kirill snapped. “I’m not having you rush off to Trevor when I was the one who was out of my mind with worry.”