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"Yes," one of them says, just as another says, "No."
The room falls silent. I meet Ollie’s eyes and slowly shake my head from side to side.
“Thank you. Could you please give us a minute?” I ask the paramedics, “Please wait in the other room.” The paramedics retreat at my request, clearly not wanting to incur the wrath of the Romanov men in the room.
Shit. We need her seen immediately, but I can’t send her away with people I can’t trust. None of us are capable of helping her though. We don’t have the right tools or the right skills. My belly aches.
"Nikko," Mikhail says quietly. "Why don’t you go back over the security footage of the ambulance arriving here?"
He turns to Ollie. "Ollie, why don’t you go investigate that ambulance."
"We need to get her seen immediately," Lev insists, his voice tense. “What the fuck? You guys are overreacting."
But I meet Ollie’s eyes across the room and shake my head again. We aren’t overreacting. They’re lying.
"What’s happening?" Isabella asks, her voice trembling. "What’s going on?"
“We just want to make sure you’re safe," I say placidly, trying to keep my voice steady." Just trust me."
Maybe Ollie isn’t always overreacting. Maybe we really are in grave danger.
I give Isabella a curious look. "What have you eaten or had to drink in the past couple of days?" I ask her.
She lists off a few normal things. "Why?" she asks, fear creeping into her voice. "Do you think I was poisoned?"
"I don’t know if I trust anything right now, Isabella," I say quietly. Yes, someone could’ve given her something that caused cramping and bleeding; it’s definitely possible…
Maybe Carlos has found the damn drone and knows he’s been fooled.
Maybe this was Carlos’s plan all along—make someone sick, call paramedics, infiltrate. How else would they get in here? They can’t get into this fortress.
"Everything checks out," Lev says a few minutes later. "There’s nothing suspicious out here."
But I don’t know… He wants his wife safe, but is he overlooking the obvious? I look at Ollie again.
"Wait until Nikko gets back from checking everything.”
“I heard the sirens. Then, for a few seconds, nothing else happened. They didn’t come any closer. There was a pause before the paramedics got here," I say softly. "Something could’ve happened then."
I beckon the paramedics back into the room. I turn to the paramedic standing in front of me, a tall, thin woman with blonde hair in a severe bun. "Is there anything you need to tell us?" I ask, watching her closely.
"No," she says too quickly, her voice strained. “We need to get her to the hospital, ma’am.”
Hmm. I can’t quite read her. She’s iffy.
I turn to the next paramedic, a young man who looks like he’s barely holding it together.
“Is something wrong with you?”
His eyes widen. "No, not at all," he stammers.
He’s lying. I know the signs immediately. I stand up, feeling as if I’m throwing him under the bus, but I can’t ignore what I see. "He’s lying," I say softly to Ollie.
Ollie moves like a shadow, silent and deadly, gripping the paramedic’s neck with a vice-like force that says more than words ever could. Isabella screams, and Lev rushes to hold her.
Ollie pulls out his knife, and for a moment, I think he’s going to slice the man’s throat right here. Nobody breathes as Ollie slashes at the man’s clothes, tearing off his shirt to reveal a tattoo I recognize all too well.
"Cartel,” I say, shaking my head. “Oh my God.How?"
