The man on the pavement had a cold, unbothered expression on his face. He adjusted the flap of his dark suit jacket, his eyes locked onto the window where I stood. He reached into his pocket, pulled out a phone, and tapped the screen.A second later, my phone buzzed in my hand again.You have two minutes. If you try to call anyone, we go up the stairs."Yara, you are freaking me out," Tessa said. She walked over to the window, trying to peer over my shoulder. "Who is that guy? Why is he looking up here? And where did your driver go?""Tessa, stay away from the window," I said. My voice was sharp, sharper than I intended, but the adrenaline was already flooding my veins.I backed away from the glass, my mind racing. Pavel was gone. That meant they had either gotten rid of him quietly or forced him to move, neither of which boded well for us. If I called Kieran, the man downstairs would see me on the phone. If I ran down the back fire escape, they probably had someone covering the alle
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