CHECKMATE, DARLING
"Not a second later."
Yuri looked at us both for a long, quiet moment, his weathered face etched with deep respect. "Ten years ago, if someone told me I’d be helping Alexander Cross’s son and Mira Alonso launch a military raid on the most dangerous secret society in Europe, I would have called them insane."
"We are insane, Yuri," I said, picking up a silenced sidearm and sliding it into my tactical holster with a sharp, metallic click. "That’s why we’re going to win."