Chapter 60
The truth came three days later, in the middle of the night. Alexei showed up at the penthouse alone, looking haggard and desperate.
"We need to talk," he said when Adrian opened the door. "All of us. Now."
They assembled in the living room. Viktor and Nadia emerged from the guest room, weapons drawn until they saw it was Alexei. She came out in her robe, five months pregnant now, the baby bump impossible to hide.
"This better be important," Adrian said. "It's three in the morning."
"Konstantin isn't dead," Alexei said bluntly. "Or rather, he is now. But he wasn't when we thought he was. And before he actually died, he told me something. Something I should have realized weeks ago."
"Slow down," she said. "What are you talking about?"
"The man in the hospital bed, the one
