"What was your boss doing at my lab?" Uncle Aaron repeated himself, his patience running thin. "I don't know about the lab. But I can tell you what I do know," Nikolai rasped, his voice sounding low and hoarse. "Tell me," Uncle Aaron calmly stated. His expression remained blank as he questioned Nikolai; he kept his composure. "Kian did not just sell his sister to us for money. He told us about a drug his father was working on. He wanted us to find the formula so he could buy his way into the Russian council." My insides burned with humiliation, though I didn't let it show. Uncle Aaron pressed a gun against Nikolai's skull. He pulled the trigger without warning. I froze up at the sight of Nikolai's unmoving form. Gunn pulled me away from the body, leading me outside. "Let's get so

