Her eyes locked on Trish's and the woman gestured to hand the child back to her mother. Liliya's chest tightened as she flashed back to the moment she'd shot the Colonel in cold blood. She hadn't hesitated even though she was holding her daughter in her other arm. She recalled Rose's terror from the loud noise. How could she have done that before her child's eyes? She shook her head to Trish then looked back inside the briefcase as she blinked away her tears.

In the doorway, Ben waved to Nikolai to hurry and the older man entered with a massive sniper rifle in his hands. Ben stepped outside to...