19
MYRION’S REVENGE
They huddled in their cabin, waiting for someone to find them. Pasha shook and rubbed his hands together. They were both sure some city watch or police patrol would come to haul them away, or for Ves to return and throw them off his boat for endangering him and his crew. But Ves and the sailors remained in the city, leaving the siblings alone with their fear.
“I killed her,” Pasha whispered after hours of silence. He’d been unresponsive until then. Anna had resigned herself to just sit next to him on his bed, hand on his shoulder. She felt awkward, trying to comfort him.
“She knew who we were,” Anna repeated his words to him. Sound without meaning.
Pasha shook his head and let out a shuddering sigh. “I’ve never killed anyone before.”
“I know.”
“I didn’t know it w
