Chapter 638

• Her eyes locked on Trish's and the woman gestured to hand the child back to her mother. Liliya's chest tightened as she flashed back to the moment she'd shot the Colonel in cold blood. She hadn't hesitated even though she was holding her daughter in her other arm. She recalled Rose's terror from the loud noise. How could she have done that before her child's eyes? She shook her head to Trish then looked back inside the briefcase as she blinked away her tears.
• In the doorway, Ben waved to Nikolai to hurry and the older man entered with a massive sniper rifle in his hands. Ben stepped outside to look for Dan who was the last of their group to show.
• He finally spotted the man sprinting for the helicopter. Ben waved at him to hurry. Just as Dan's foot touched the cement of the helipad, one of the Russian soldiers lying on the ground leapt up and grabbed him from behind. The soldier had a wicked blade in his hand and was frantically trying to drive it into Dan's throat. The attack caught Dan unprepared, and he barely managed to block it. The tip of the knife began to draw blood.