Chapter 29: The Chase
Pavlov gave Hayden a push, bunching his right hand into a firm fist. He made contact with the young man’s right shoulder. Hayden didn’t fall to the floor though as Pavlov had wanted him to. The young man seemed athletic and caught his balance by jumping a foot forward. A short gasp of surprise escaped Hayden’s mouth.
“What are you doing, Stefan?”
Hayden honestly didn’t have to ask such a question since he knew exactly what the Russian spy was doing. Pavlov was trying to murder him, just as he had probably butchered and disposed of the trio of missing boys from nearby cities. Hayden wasn’t a stupid kid in his late teens and comprehended danger within those uncertain seconds with the stranger. Death was near, he felt. A sense of evil was present and he was to be its
