Chapter 126
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Nikolai
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I carried Sylvia’s unconscious form toward the main entrance, her body disturbingly light in my arms. She’d lost at least twenty pounds since I’d last held her, and the sharp angles of her shoulder blades pressed against my chest like broken wings.
Rico was waiting by the front door with three of his men, all of them looking grim. The compound’s surviving guards were zip-tied and lined up against the wall like a police lineup, most of them sporting fresh injuries from their ‘conversation’ with Rico’s team.
“Status report,” I said, adjusting Sylvia’s weight as her head lolled against my shoulder.
“Five guards total,” Rico said, gesturing to the beaten men. “Two are permanently out of commission, three are having a very bad night but they’ll live. Found four staff members—most of them domestic workers who claim they never saw anything suspicious.”
I looked at the terrified women huddled near the kitchen entrance. Three middle-aged women in uniforms, cl
