Her body hits the floor with a hard thud. I look up expecting to see Yulian, but instead, I see the only man I truly believe can end this. His eyes meet mine for only a moment before he turns to Marina. He gathers her up by her hair, and she screams as he forces her to her feet. “What are you doing here?” I gasp. “You’re supposed to be rescuing Chris.” “We secured Chris about a minute ago. I split up the convoy so we could kill two birds with one stone.” Marina is clawing at Anton’s hand, trying to get him to loosen his hold on her hair, but he’s immovable. “You’re done, Marina,” he growls. “Quit.” He shoves her backwards hard. She hits the back wall and slides down to the ground. Her eyes turn to me immediately, but Anton steps between us. “You’re not going to f*****g touch her eve

