“That’s a question you’ll have to ask her. But I think it has something to do with purpose.”
“Losing Pavel nearly broke her,” he explains. “She became a shell of the person she was. There wasa moment there when we thought we were going to lose her.”
He doesn’t elaborate on what he means, and I don’t ask. I still feel like I’m running to keep up withthis insane revelation.
“I set up a plan to get back at Belov. I wanted to destroy the Mikhailovs and avenge Pavel’s death andthe deaths of his Vors. Then Ariel made a suggestion. It took years of preparation and training,” Leosays. “It took strength beyond anything I’ve ever seen. But she was determined. Right from the start,her only goal was avenging Pavel’s death. She lived for nothing else. It’s what gave her the strength tokeep going.”
