Chapter 66
The gunshot echoed off the walls. Adrian crumpled. She screamed.
But something was wrong. Something didn't add up.
Adrian hit the floor hard, but he wasn't bleeding. Not the way he should be. Not the way she'd seen gunshot wounds bleed before.
Then she saw it. The slight bulge under his shirt. The way the impact had knocked him down but not torn through him.
Body armor.
Konstantin saw it too. His eyes widened, fury replacing triumph.
"You..." he started.
But before he could finish, the door exploded inward.
Mikhail burst through, bloody and broken free from whatever restraints had held him. He threw himself at Konstantin, knocking the old man sideways. Guards surged forward, weapons raised.
Adrian rolled to his side, pulled a knife from his boot, slashed at his binding
