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Irinia’s eyes went wide an instant before the bullet hit her.Her head flew back into the post, and blood and brain matter splattered the floor.

Mila’s body weakened.Not with remorse.

With relief.

All the tension evaporated from her shoulders.She choked on a cry and dropped the gun.The metal clattered on the ground as she covered her lips.

Ghost scooped her into his hold again.Rami took the gun and wiped it down.

As Ghost strode across the barn toward the door, Mila glanced over his shoulder, imprinting the sight of Irinia’s lifeless body in her mind forever.

Her nightmare was over.

CHAPTER 29

The more Milacame back to reality, the more her ankle throbbed.She sat in the back of a truck with Ghost.Rami drove and Zain rode in the front seat.Ghost had given her a hoodie, but she’d probably never get rid of the chill wrapped around her bones.

“Zain, do you have an ibuprofen for her ankle?”Ghost asked, breaking the silence.

Her foot was propped on the seat, and she leaned against Ghost, who sat to her left.She hadn’t realized how swollen it was until now.The angry bruising promised weeks in a cast.

But she was alive.

Thanks to Ghost.

“Should be in my bag,” Zain said.

Ghost reached into the backpack at his feet and pulled out the medicine and a bottle of water.He shook out two capsules.“Here.”

She accepted the pills and tossed them back with a gulp of water.Then she took a few more big sips.

Ghost screwed the cap back on and set it in the cupholder beside him.“You doing okay?”he asked.

She rested her head against his shoulder.“I think so.Just processing everything.”

He caressed his knuckles down her arm, and she snuggled closer.

Her mind churned.She’d murdered many people, but killing Irinia had been different.

She’d held a gun to her head and fired point-blank.And there was now a barn full of dead bodies and her DNA.

“What about the police?”Mila’s voice quaked.

Ghost’s hand covered her knee.“What about them?”

“We killed a lot of people.Won’t we have to give statements and speak with them?”

He grunted.“That’s not for you to worry about.Backcountry will handle it.We have a top-notch cleanup crew—”

“On their way there now,” Rami said.

“There won’t be a trace anyone was there.”

“One thing,” Zain said, spinning in his seat to face Ghost.“That place was a rental.The owner might have questions about who was paying the bill.”

“Toth’s got it covered,” Rami said.“Pretty sure he said he’d pay twice the amount in the rental agreement.”

Mila raised her eyebrows.“And if someone comes looking for Boris and Irinia?”