ARESWe stared at each other across ten years of loyalty and following my orders without question. "Fine," Ilias said finally. "But when this blows up in your face—and it will blow up spectacularly—I'm going to say I told you so." "Deal." He left to handle things and I stayed with Ivy, touching her face and finding her skin still too cold, still too pale. "I'm getting you out of here," I whispered even though she couldn't hear me. "Somewhere safe. Somewhere no one can touch you ever again." She didn't respond. Didn't move. Just kept breathing in that shallow, fragile way that made my chest tight. I pulled out my phone and started making calls. My doctor in Moscow first. "I need you ready tonight. Head trauma case. Arriving in approximately ten hours." Then my pilot. "Fuel the jet. We leave in ninety minutes." Finally Mikhail in Russia. "Prepare the east wing. Full medical setup. Everything Dr. Petrov needs for brain trauma recovery." Then I went to get Lucas. The kid was in
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