Winter's Secret by Mary Stone

Author:Mary Stone
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-09T16:00:00+00:00

I could hardly believe what I’d just witnessed. That idiot Sergei had landed a heavy blow just above Misha’s nose.

As soon as I spotted the whites of Misha’s eyes as his lids fluttered closed, I knew Sergei had fucked up.

The thump of the Russian’s knuckles paled in comparison to the sickening crack of Misha’s skull smashing into the edge of a jagged rock. The glare of the streetlights glinted off the droplets of blood that spattered the concrete, and I knew.

The stone had rolled down from the sloping incline that led up to the interstate overpass. There were many more scattered around the edge of the asphalt, but Sergei hadn’t bothered to consider the implications.

Sergei’s gray eyes flicked from Misha’s still form to his boss and then, finally, to me.

“What the hell are you looking at me for?” I threw every ounce of vitriol I could manage into the question. “Check his pulse!”

I already knew it. It was just my luck when I had to deal with these sons of bitches.

They’d fucking killed him.

“You heard him, Sergei.” The enforcer’s voice was barely more than a growl. Alek, or at least that’s what the man called himself. I didn’t know his real name, and I didn’t want to.

Even from the distance, I could see the tremble in Sergei’s hand as he reached down to Misha’s neck.

“Chyort voz’mi!” Sergei stammered. “Shit! He’s dead!”

I found it exceedingly difficult not to reach for my gun.

Now, instead of the beating intended to warn Misha to stop prying, Sergei had killed the man. And now, instead of letting the Russians load their beat-up compatriot into their car to cart him off to only god knew where, I had to help these assholes clean up a crime scene.

Just as I opened my mouth to bark a series of orders at the moron, I heard it. The sound was distant, but it grew nearer with each passing second.

Alek’s eyes widened in surprise. “Shit,” he spat. “We need to leave. Now.”

I had no idea how the police had caught on to our location, had no idea why they’d even give a shit, but I’d figure it out from somewhere else.

It was time to go.

“So much for an easy cleanup,” I muttered to myself.

Nothing with the Russians was ever easy.

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