Chapter 55

• Nico could feel the steady drip of his blood pouring out of the gunshot graze in his leg. He didn’t comprehend what was happening. He just knew that Dmitriy took Jessica.
• He slouched over in a chair, a filthy dishrag held to his leg to staunch the gushing. His eyelids felt very heavy, and his head hurt. He promised himself that he would call Sergei in just a minute.
• He startled awake to Derek slapping his face and Sergei sterilizing a needle.