AlisaZakh released him as though his fingers burned. Yusef slumped down, crashing to the floor littered with glass. Still, he spoke on his deathbed, confessing, "Mikhail shot your father, boy. Because he wanted it all."A few more labored breaths left Yusef's mouth, and with a gut-wrenching sob, he exhaled one last time. Blood stained the rug as his life drained from him with a steady, pulsing push.I'd never witnessed someone's death. I knew it happened every day in our world. Violence was a way of life for the bratva, but until this moment, I'd been sheltered. I'd never been asked to handle anything that would lead to such gore and killing. The threat was always there. Every day and night, the danger of losing lives lurked so close to each and every one of us.Until this moment, with Yusef bleeding out on Zakh's rug, I'd never witnessed it firsthand. I didn't stare at him. I didn't allow myself a chance to take in a single detail of the soldier's lifeless body. Instead, I latched m
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