Chapter 85 Katerina

• Furious at how powerless we are, I turn away, rushing through the door to the basement where Ruslan is. I shut the door quickly behind me, wanting to shield myself from the hell that my mother is about to suffer. Anger courses through me, and I wish desperately that I had something—anything—that I could use to hurt Yevgeniy.
• "Katerina!" Ruslan shouts excitedly when he sees me. He's sitting on the floor in front of a TV as big as a picture window. In his small hands is a PS5 controller. "Are you here to play with me?"
• Settling on my knees next to him, I return his eager smile with the best one I can manage, even as my heart shatters. My insides are still twisting, my brain still focused on what that monster is about to do to my mother. Ruslan has no clue what is going on above us.