Chapter One Hundred and Ninety- One
The lump in her throat swelled and she forced it down. "No, sir," she whispered.
A beat.
"What do you mean, no?" he roared. "You have been preparing for this day all your life and you tell me no?"
"Demir got caught," she said, giving him the only answer that could justify their failure, hoping it would buy her a second before the word incompetent landed, even though she knew it was already forming on his tongue.
"What do you mean he got caught? How has he been incompetent twice in a row?" Marco snapped. "Is he trying to say Ahmet is stronger and wiser than he is? Where is Demir now? Tell him not to show his face until I calm down. I hope Cole at least managed to kill Markus!"
Asli drew in a breath. "Markus is alive, sir."
The explosion came immediately.
