I get to my feet, feeling the panic start to rise. “Eric, I… I have to see her… She needs me. She needs her mother.”
“I know,” he says, standing up along with me. “But—”
“What if I choose to leave the program?”
“I’m afraid that option has been taken off the table.”
“Because you need protection, Cami. Now more than ever.”
“The agency was willing to release me before,” I remind him.
“Because you were marrying a man powerful enough to be able to protect you with his own resources.”
“Don’t even get me started on that. The agency had no idea that the man I was involved with was Maxim f*****g Vorobev! Now, I’m just supposed to trust their sterling judgment?”
“The Bratva has resources, Cami. Maxim was able to conceal his identity from everyone, not just you.”
I roll my eyes. I know I’m a
