“f**k,” I mutter as I pull out my phone. Sure enough, there are three missed calls from Dominik that had gone unnoticed because of my preoccupation with the red-faced temptation in front of me. I sweep out of the room as I dial him back. Dr. Grigory is chatting with a few young nurses in the hallway, but they disperse quickly when they see me come out of the room. “I’ve been trying to get in touch with you,” Dominik intones the moment he picks up. “I was indisposed. What’s happening?” “I know where Boris and Artur are hiding.” I leave Nikolai behind with Alyssa. Pain in the ass though he may be, he’s the only person I trust to protect her the way that I would. To his credit, he doesn’t even seem disappointed to be left out of the impending fight. He takes it on the chin with a somber

