《Kisses of a HitWoman》全部章節：第 51 章 - 第 53 章

"No," Elena said. She was already moving toward Marco, but Katarina grabbed her arm. "We're not doing this. We're not leaving you behind.""You don't have a choice," Marco said. His voice was steady but there was something underneath. Something that sounded like relief. Like he'd been waiting his entire life to make exactly this decision. "I've been bleeding out since the second floor. You know it. I know it. And Vera knows it because Vera's been calculating my survival probability this entire time and coming up with the same number every time.""Zero," Vera said quietly. She wasn't looking at Marco. Was focused on the cryogenic chamber, which was flickering more rapidly now. "Your survival probability has been zero for at least twenty minutes.""Then I'm not sacrificing anything," Marco said. He was smiling, and Elena realized he'd spent thirty years reading people and he was finally being honest about what he saw. "I'm just deciding how my zero gets used."The ceiling crack was spre

The lateral corridor was narrower than Elena expected.And it was flooded.Not dramatically. Not a wall of water that would sweep them away. Just enough standing water to suggest that somewhere above them, the facility's infrastructure had failed. That pipes had ruptured. That the mountain was reclaiming what Dimitri had tried to control."How deep?" Nikolai asked. His arms were still supporting the chamber, and Elena could see the muscles in his shoulders trembling with sustained effort. The twin who'd learned to be human was now being tested in ways that went beyond physical strain."Six inches," Vera said. She'd moved ahead to assess the corridor. "Maybe eight in some places. The water's temperature is cold but not freezing. The chamber can handle water exposure for limited duration.""How limited?" Elena asked."Ten minutes before the seals start compromising," Vera said flatly. She turned back to face them, and Elena could see something shifting in her daughter's expression. Cou