I thrust my head back, headbutting his forehead. Mikhail’s hold falters and I use the opportunity and lunge at Sergei. He gets my head with his fist, but I throw my elbow into his stomach. I dodge, avoiding his next punch, and take a swing at his face just as Mikhail rushes me from behind, pinning me against the wall beside the door.
“You can’t f*****g keep a person from their family!” he roars next to my ear and bangs my head against the wall.
“He’ll take her away!”
“He can’t take her away if she doesn’t want to go,” Mikhail says. “But if she wants to, you don’t have the right to make her stay.”
“I know.” I close my eyes and slump against the wall, defeated.
“Let him go, Mikhail. You can leave,” Roman says from somewhere behind me. “You, too, Sergei.”
I hear the door opening a
