Chapter One Hundred and Forty

Dimitri

I watched the guard drag Irina away. Every fiber of my being screamed to follow. To kill him. To save her. But Nikolai was dying. Twenty minutes was all we had.

My hands clenched into fists. My jaw tightened so hard I felt pain. Irina's face as they took her. The fear in her eyes. All burned into my memory.

"Alexei, go!" I shouted. "Get the medic! Tell him nightshade and arsenic! Activated charcoal and atropine!"

Alexei ran. His footsteps echoed down the hall.

I turned to Viktor. My voice was hard. "Track them. Use every resource we have. I want to know where...