52
Nikolai
I count thirty-three invaders before I open fire, aiming at what I suspect to be the gaps in their full-body armor. I have to give Alexei credit—this is a military-grade operation, complete with a full-blown, well-equipped army.
They came prepared for war, and war is what I intend to give them.
I don’t think about Chloe, Alina, and my son hidden in the safe room underneath the house, don’t focus on what will happen to them if I fail. I can’t, not if I’m to succeed. In front of me is a far bigger than anticipated force; as prepared as we were for an attack, it wasn’t for one of this ferocity or scale.
I underestimated how much the Leonovs want Slava back, what Alexei is willing to do to take my son—his nephew—from me. Unless… Slava isn’t the only member of my family he’s aft
