Sold to the Bratva King novel · Chapter 30 of 32
Chapter 30: The First Tattoo
"Yes," I said. "I'll choose you there."
He picked up my cold coffee from the stairs, drank it himself, and made a face.
"Four sugars," I said. "It's for the man in the sedan."
"He can buy his own."
Zoya's new studio was on the ground floor of an old brick building across the channel from the warehouse.
Big windows on the water. Her neon hand glowing pink in the front one. Six chairs instead of two.
On Saturday night it was so full people were standing in the doorway.
The dockworkers came straight from the second shift, in their work jackets.
My crew came. The two sisters in matching sequined tops. My housekeeper. My landlord's grandson, blushing at every tattooed woman in the room.
My landlord came in his cardigan and stood by the door.
The widow came on the arm of the nurse from the Brigham.
Matvei's driver came carrying the first ficus, which Zoya had demanded for the window.
The tiny old woman from the restaurant in Brighton came with three trays of pelmeni and her orange cat tattoo on show.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–16 of Sold to the Bratva King are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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