Chapter 97India's POV The names Roman and Rory were a desperate, rhythmic drumbeat inside my skull, each beat a spike of pure, crystalline fear. The sheer, impossible reality of Fabiano’s terse report had landed like a mortar shell in the fragile sanctuary I had built around my heart.Hostages. Abducted. Mikhail’s signature. The violation of Roman’s dignity, of his power, was an unbearable source of fear.I was pressed into the thin, leather seat of the armored sedan, my hands clasped so tightly my knuckles were white. We were speeding through the dark, unrecognizable landscape, and I could barely breathe past the suffocating dread in my throat.“Fabiano,” I began, my voice a reedy whisper. “What exactly happened? The plan…Roman said… I thought it was flawless. The final move.”Fabiano, seated in the front, turned his head just enough for me to see his grim profile.“It failed, India. Catastrophically,” he stated, his voice flat and devoid of inflection.“How?” I demanded, gras
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