Chapter Twenty-Seven
PRESENT DAY, LOCATION UNKNOWN
Opening the door to the cabin, Alexei shepherds me inside, his hand still on my elbow. In the two minutes it took us to walk down here, the storm has arrived in earnest, the torrential rain lashing at the circular windows as lightning flashes twice in a row. Claps of thunder follow a second later, making me jump again even though I expected them—a sign of just how on edge I am.
This is it.
No more running, no more hiding, no more delays.
After more than a decade, my day of reckoning is at hand.
Alexei turns me to face him before letting go of my arm. With the sun hidden behind the thick clouds, the cabin is cloaked in shadows, the daylight filtering in through the windows too weak to dispel them. Too gray to chase away the darkness p
