CHAPTER 58

Lola was about to complain and argue some more but Russel cut her off. “You are not going. End of story,” he told her. His jaw set firmly as he stared down at her. The body language meant, in no uncertain terms, that he would not back down. It didn’t matter what she had to say. There was no argument she could offer up that would make him change his mind. “You. Can’t. Stop. Me.” Lola replied. “The hell I can’t,” he snapped. “I’ve spent months protecting you from every threat coming at you and now you want to piss all of that away? This isn’t some easy, breezy walk in the park, Lola. This is going into enemy lands. This is a fight I'm not even sure I can walk away from. I won’t let you anywhere near it.” “You.” She took one step closer to him. Out of the corner of her eye, she watched his brother taking everything in but not saying a word. “Can’t.” She pushed into him with her whole body even though it barely moved him. “Stop.” Again, she pushed into him, daring him to do something.