He silenced Keisha with a look.
“Trouble.They found us.”
He peered around the corner.Mikalai hadn’t seen him.The enforcer flicked his cigarette, rolling his shoulders, ready.But if he was this close, somehow they’d managed to track them.
Then Mikalai tapped his thumb against his thigh.Three short, two long.Extraction signal.Sergei’s pulse hammered.A grab team was nearby.
Sergei looked behind them to see if there was a way out.It was his luck that he’d chosen one that opened out to the other end of the street.The problem was he didn’t know what waited on the other side.
That signal hadn’t been for him.It meant someone else was close enough to see it.
“Can you climb?”
Keisha looked at him, puzzled.“Why?”
“They are ready for an extraction.It won’t be pretty.Climbing is our best option.We can hide out on the roof, but it also gives me a better viewpoint.I need to check it out first.”
“You think someone is up there waiting?”
He studied her for several seconds.“I don’t know, but it’s a chance we have to take.”
Before she could respond, he heard the sound of footsteps.He lunged, grabbing her and Tiana, pulling them several feet until they reached a large dumpster.He pushed them against the brick wall before shielding them.
“Ow,” Tiana complained.
“Quiet,” he snapped.“They’ll kill us.”
Silence ensued, his urgency sinking in.The alley reeked of piss and garbage.He waited, knife ready.They trembled behind him.
The sound of footsteps faded as whoever it was continued past the alley.
“Stay here,” Sergei ordered.“I’m going to check out the roof.
As Sergei gripped the first rung of the nearby ladder, he hoped he wasn’t taking a risk that would come back to hunt him.
Chapter 9
