Chapter 330 - Raphael

With my heart as full as I ever remember it being, I looked at my brother. "I still don't want to tell Nik though. Not anyone back home. Not until we finish this." There was a possibility that I didn't come out of this. Didn't actually make it home.

Mas stared at me for a long, quiet moment, but then he nodded.

Ivan cleared his throat. "I know I not involved, but this much better than dying with Petters. They scum. You not."

My mouth dropped open. I closed it. "How the hell did you know what I planned to do?"

Ivan snorted. Rolled his eyes. "I not stupid. You try to die a lot." He widened his eyes. "A lot, a lot."

My cheeks heated as I remembered my first month with Ivan. I'd done everything I could to make him kill me. Then, when that hadn't worked, trying to get myself killed by other assholes where I could find them.

"Oh really?" Nia asked, her voice a particular texture of silk that boded poorly for my release tonight.

Ivan laughed. "He not dead. But close." He he