They say that the smell of fear alone can provoke any predator...

What about the smell of remorse? Is there such a thing? So that he sucked in his nose and immediately became kinder, at once forgave everything and had mercy. Because I really need it! Simply necessary! This very minute!

Smolov sat in his chair: elbows on the armrests, torso tilted forward as if he was ready at any moment to jump on me with the grace of a panther. Tense muscles showed through a thin snow-white shirt, and for a minute I could not take my eyes off the stretched fabric. The tie, for the first time in...