“ARE YOU SURE?” KIROV ASKED, AS HE STEERED THE EMKA THROUGH the gates of Vodovenko.
“They are calling it a suicide,” said Pekkala. “But that’s not what it was.”
“We should get out of Sverdlovsk,” Anton warned. “We should leave now. We shouldn’t even go back to collect our stuff.”
“No,” replied Pekkala. “We will proceed with the investigation. We are getting closer now. The killer can’t be far away.”
“But shouldn’t we at least find a more secure location than the Ipatiev house?” asked Kirov.
“We need him to think we are vulnerable,” Pekkala answered. “If whoever killed the Romanovs knows we are closing in on him, then he knows he can no longer hide. It will be only a matter of time before he comes looking for us.”