Using You by Ariel Arnold

Author:Ariel Arnold [Arnold, Ariel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: After Hours Publications
Published: 2016-12-22T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight: Ilya

Aleksandr already waited for me in his car impatiently, revving the engine as I slid inside. The short moment I had taken to speak to Nana was too long in this situation. “Finally,” Aleksandr grumbled as he pulled out of the parking garage, swerving into traffic crazily. If I hadn’t walked here, feeling like the fresh air, I wouldn’t need Aleksandr to drive me to my destination now.

“Did he say anything else besides ‘get here’?” he asked me for what felt like the thirtieth time in the last twenty minutes.

“No, he didn’t,” I answered simply as I tried to think of all the possible outcomes of the unknown situation we were about to walk into. Nikolai had called and only had the time to give me a location and to be there before he was abruptly cut off. When I tried to call back, the phone was going straight to voice mail. Without telling Amanda and Yazmeen what was going on, me and Aleksandr rushed out. I mulled over what could be going on. Either Nikolai was captured by enemies and had enough time to make a quick call before being discovered, in which case he would be dead by now, or he’d been picked up by New York’s finest. I couldn’t imagine any other scenario for this situation. But if Nikolai was really dead, if he was gone, the streets of New York better be prepared for a bloody war. We’d already lost too much on my watch.

Aleksandr stopped his car outside of a seemingly abandoned apartment. “I don’t see his car anywhere,” Alek said, sounding worried as he glanced all around. I was scanning the area for possible danger, so I didn’t bother to answer. Alek was right. Nikolai’s car was nowhere in sight, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t still here. Pushing the door open, I looked around at the deserted streets. It was a bad neighborhood crowded with rundown apartment buildings, dirty sidewalks, and local gang members littered all over. This is HBD territory. Ignoring the looks we were getting from the small number of hoods standing across the street, I began walking around the side of the abandoned building. Aleksandr was close on my heels by my side as we made it to the back. There, crouching near a bashed-in window that looked like it led to the basement of the building was Nikolai. I breathed a sigh of release and simultaneously growled. “What the hell, Prakenski!”

“Wait, which one?” Alek asked, trying to be funny, which only irritated me more. These damn Prakenski men. And it’s not just these two, it’s all of them. They’re all like this: reckless, headstrong, impulsive. In short, stupidly determined to believe that they are invincible. I share some of that Prakenski blood, but obviously, it’s not enough for me to share their more undesirable traits.

“What are you yelling about and why is Alek here?” he asked, watching us approach him in confusion.

“You said get here immediately and

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