friend.”
“My arrow is fixed.” Sasha lifted his hand and ten Dolohov men stepped out of the shadows. “We have come together tonight to judge you, Jacob Dolohov.”
Though Jacob had been expecting it, the sight of his own men aligned against him still raised the hackles of his primal self. These were his men. He had fought and scraped and bled for them over the years. To see them side with Sasha was a bitter pill to swallow even though these had been his orders.
“All of you?” Jacob shouted. “All of you are here to judge me? Me? ”
“The meeting with the importer for your cars was just a ruse to get you here, Jacob.” Sasha raised his voice so that it would carry, even beyond the walls. “I claim the support of our men and the leadership of this family!”
The hairs on the back of Jacob’s neck lifted as he heard the warehouse door fly open. Not even knowing what was to come could prepare him for the shock of seeing Maggie standing in the doorway.
Maggie’s heart was hammering in her chest. She could barely breathe. Never in her life had she been so afraid for an outcome. Worse, seeing Sasha and the other Dolohovs aligned against Jacob was horrible even though she knew it was supposed to happen.
“What are you doing here?” Jacob started to move toward her, but Sasha pulled a gun from a shoulder holster.
“Ah, ah,” Sasha warned. “Stay away from the traitorous bitch.”
Maggie bristled at the insult, plan or no plan. “Who’s the traitor now?” she snarled at Sasha. “I heard you talking to Vasily earlier. That’s why I came.” Maggie held her hands out to Jacob. “I’m not what he says, Jacob.”
“What do you mean?” Jacob asked slowly. “You told me what the FBI wanted you to do. You told me that they accepted you had no information on our organization. You said they let you go!”
“They did,” Maggie agreed. “But I had to agree to spy for them.”
The hurt on Jacob’s face looked so very real it made her heart clench. “What?”
“It was only for three weeks!” Maggie said frantically. “Then it would be done. I was in jail , Jacob! I’m pregnant! I can’t spend months in jail in my condition. I would have had to deliver my baby in jail.”
“Our baby,” Jacob corrected.
“I suppose its possible.” Maggie hated this part. She knew with all her heart that the baby she carried was Jacob’s. There had been no one else. Yet for this plan to work, she had to make the FBI believe she was trying to separate herself from Jacob as she’d claimed she wanted to do. She took a deep breath. “We could always do a DNA test, but you already said you have no interest in marrying me.”
“But this is my son!” Jacob shouted. “ My son!”
“This is no life for a child,” she protested. “No matter who he is.”
“This is because I refused to marry you.” Jacob threw up his hands and paced wild circles in the office. “You were hunting for a man to take care of you just like every other woman in history. Children are nothing but a plan to trap a man into marriage!”
Maggie gave a derisive sniff. “Please. The only reason I wanted to marry you was so the FBI would have to leave me alone. Wives can’t testify against their husbands.”
“Bitch!” Jacob curled his lip and pointed a finger.
The laughter of Sasha and the other men grated on Maggie’s nerves. Then Sasha waved his gun in the air. “As entertaining as this lovers’ quarrel is, I believe we have business to conclude, Jacob Dolohov.”
“You think to take everything from me?” Jacob glared at them all. “This lying whore would take my son. And you, Sasha, my brother in arms, you would take my men and my position.”
Sasha’s nonchalant shrug was eerily genuine. Maggie started to wonder how much of this was planned and how much was real. There was no way to know now that the ball had started rolling. Yet she couldn’t forget how many times she had wondered if Sasha was jealous of
“My arrow is fixed.” Sasha lifted his hand and ten Dolohov men stepped out of the shadows. “We have come together tonight to judge you, Jacob Dolohov.”
Though Jacob had been expecting it, the sight of his own men aligned against him still raised the hackles of his primal self. These were his men. He had fought and scraped and bled for them over the years. To see them side with Sasha was a bitter pill to swallow even though these had been his orders.
“All of you?” Jacob shouted. “All of you are here to judge me? Me? ”
“The meeting with the importer for your cars was just a ruse to get you here, Jacob.” Sasha raised his voice so that it would carry, even beyond the walls. “I claim the support of our men and the leadership of this family!”
The hairs on the back of Jacob’s neck lifted as he heard the warehouse door fly open. Not even knowing what was to come could prepare him for the shock of seeing Maggie standing in the doorway.
Maggie’s heart was hammering in her chest. She could barely breathe. Never in her life had she been so afraid for an outcome. Worse, seeing Sasha and the other Dolohovs aligned against Jacob was horrible even though she knew it was supposed to happen.
“What are you doing here?” Jacob started to move toward her, but Sasha pulled a gun from a shoulder holster.
“Ah, ah,” Sasha warned. “Stay away from the traitorous bitch.”
Maggie bristled at the insult, plan or no plan. “Who’s the traitor now?” she snarled at Sasha. “I heard you talking to Vasily earlier. That’s why I came.” Maggie held her hands out to Jacob. “I’m not what he says, Jacob.”
“What do you mean?” Jacob asked slowly. “You told me what the FBI wanted you to do. You told me that they accepted you had no information on our organization. You said they let you go!”
“They did,” Maggie agreed. “But I had to agree to spy for them.”
The hurt on Jacob’s face looked so very real it made her heart clench. “What?”
“It was only for three weeks!” Maggie said frantically. “Then it would be done. I was in jail , Jacob! I’m pregnant! I can’t spend months in jail in my condition. I would have had to deliver my baby in jail.”
“Our baby,” Jacob corrected.
“I suppose its possible.” Maggie hated this part. She knew with all her heart that the baby she carried was Jacob’s. There had been no one else. Yet for this plan to work, she had to make the FBI believe she was trying to separate herself from Jacob as she’d claimed she wanted to do. She took a deep breath. “We could always do a DNA test, but you already said you have no interest in marrying me.”
“But this is my son!” Jacob shouted. “ My son!”
“This is no life for a child,” she protested. “No matter who he is.”
“This is because I refused to marry you.” Jacob threw up his hands and paced wild circles in the office. “You were hunting for a man to take care of you just like every other woman in history. Children are nothing but a plan to trap a man into marriage!”
Maggie gave a derisive sniff. “Please. The only reason I wanted to marry you was so the FBI would have to leave me alone. Wives can’t testify against their husbands.”
“Bitch!” Jacob curled his lip and pointed a finger.
The laughter of Sasha and the other men grated on Maggie’s nerves. Then Sasha waved his gun in the air. “As entertaining as this lovers’ quarrel is, I believe we have business to conclude, Jacob Dolohov.”
“You think to take everything from me?” Jacob glared at them all. “This lying whore would take my son. And you, Sasha, my brother in arms, you would take my men and my position.”
Sasha’s nonchalant shrug was eerily genuine. Maggie started to wonder how much of this was planned and how much was real. There was no way to know now that the ball had started rolling. Yet she couldn’t forget how many times she had wondered if Sasha was jealous of
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