I wipe the corner of my lip with the back of my hand. “That’s not important right now. If we don’t get him out of here soon, he’ll be in mortal danger.”
“Haven’t you heard what the doctor said? We can’t move him out of the ICU before he wakes up.”
I know that, I do. But the threat of an attack from my uncle is imminent at this point. I can’t hurt the only father figure I have or indirectly cause harm to Mike and even Babushka.
She might have disowned me, but the three of them are all I have left.
But at the same time, allowing anyone to hurt Kirill is out of the question.
“What happened, Lipovsky?” Viktor insists.
“He’ll tell you when he wakes up.”
“Bullshit.” He grabs me by the arm and shakes me until he nearly dislodges all my cells. “What’s the deal with you, little fucker? You’r
