Ruthless Creatures by J.T. Geissinger

“Babe, you didn’t do anything to get put in jail for. Now
answer the damn question.”
“The answer’s no, psychopath!”
She sighs in disappointment. “Well, at least you’re okay.
We got lucky getting out of that restaurant alive.”
“What happened, anyway? I missed how the shooting
started.”
“Stavros saw some guys over at the bar who were looking
at him sideways. He said something to Alex and Nick, the
other guys approached the table, there was a little bit of
conversation, then Alex and Nick just jumped up and opened
fire.”
So they started it. Interesting. “What did they say to each
other?”
“Who the hell knows? It was all in Russian and Irish.
Whatever it was, it obviously wasn’t good.”
“Did Stavros tell you anything?”
She chuckles. “Babe, I know better than to ask. The less
we know, the better.”
She sounds exactly like Kage. I make a face at the phone.
“When are you coming back?”
“I’m not sure. But from what I’ve overheard, Stavros and
his crew will wait for contact with Kage before they do
anything. Apparently, sis, your man is the shit. Second only to
the Grand Poobah of the Russian mafia himself.”
Maxim Mogdonovich. The man Kage said was in prison…
leaving him to run the daily business.
My boyfriend is the acting head of an international
criminal syndicate.
My mother would be so proud.
My phone beeps, indicating another incoming call. When I
look to see who it is, my heart starts to pound. I tell Sloane I’ll
have to call her back.