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to reign in his rage.
    “Caroline saw her last night; Sabine wants her for something, too. I’ve got her and Jilly on lockdown in the hotel for now. No one goes anywhere by themselves. We’ll find Katya, Nik, I promise you we will. I want you to come with me to the hotel; we need to talk with Jill and Caroline about this.”
    “I agree. We should all discuss the situation and our plan of attack.” They both stood up. Nikolai punched a number into his phone and barked out some instructions in Russian. “Ok, we can go now. We’ll take my car. I don’t want to walk out in the open.” Nikolai led William through a series of hallways. They finally emerged in a garage and got into a black SUV. Nikolai told his driver where they were going and they were off.
     

     
    Jilly was on the phone when William and Nikolai came in. She smiled at them, her eyes widening in surprise when she saw Nikoali. She held up a finger and continued her conversation for a few more minutes.
    It had been months since Jilly had seen Nikolai and his wife, Katya. They had come to Boston to fight alongside Jilly, William and Caroline when Mary made her power play. They had bonded quickly; training for battle had a way of doing that.
    “Sorry, I had to check in with the shop. I left them a bit short-handed and I wanted to see if they got everything squared away.” Caroline wandered out from her room when she heard the door and they all congregated in the sitting room. Jilly went over and hugged Nikolai. “Nik, it’s good to see you.” Caroline hugged him as well and both girls sat down. William filled them in on the situation. Jilly’s brows furrowed with worry as she listened to William speak.
    “So now we have two problems: finding Katya and figuring out what Sabine wants with Caroline. I think you should be seen out; she’ll probably try to make a move if she sees you out of the hotel, Caroline. Do you feel comfortable with being the bait?” William asked.
    “I guess so. I won’t have to be alone, will I?” Caroline’s face betrayed her concern.
    “No, we can be close to you but not directly with you. I don’t want to tip her off,” William said. Caroline paced around the room for a few minutes before making her decision.
    “Ok, I’ll do it. When are we going to go?”
    “I think we’ll wait until tomorrow. We’ll need to plan everything out,” William replied. Caroline’s phone started ringing in the other room and she ran to get it.
    “Do you think this is really a good idea?” Jilly asked as soon as her sister was out of earshot.
    “It’s really our only idea; so it’s going to have to work,” William said with a shrug. Jilly was left feeling more than a little apprehensive.
     

     
    Caroline sat on the bed talking to Jack on the phone.“So, have you made your decision, then?” she asked curtly, not wanting to give him an inch.
    “I want to talk again. Can you meet me for dinner?”
    “I don’t know, Jack, what is talking again really going to do? It’s just going to make it worse for both of us.”
    “Please, Caroline, just one more time. I just want to talk, nothing else.”
    “Let me call you back. I need to think about it,” Caroline said apprehensively.
    “Ok, call me anytime. I’ll have my phone with me all day.”
    After Jack hung up, Caroline thought about the situation with Sabine and wondered if Jack could fit into their plans. She called for Jilly, who appeared a few seconds later.
    “What’s up?” Jilly asked.
    “So, Jack just called. He wants to meet up for dinner so we can talk. I don’t really want to talk with him, but this could be good for our plan, right?”
    “I don’t want to make you talk with him just so we can trap Sabine, Caroline. We can figure something else out.”
    “Jill, this fits perfectly with the plan. Plus, I can hopefully get the divorce papers signed while I’m at it.”
    “I don’t know. Let me go talk to Will and I’ll get back to you.” Jilly stood up