Dinastiya Tested // 3rd Book of the Takaryev Trilogy

Chapter 56

"Thaddeus?" 

Thaddeus weakly sat up in his bed. Hilarion was sitting in a chair across from him. "Yes?"

"The president is dead." 

The four words were nothing less than a shock to Thaddeus's system. "W-what? How?" 

"Suicide by a cyanide pill, they say," Hilarion tried not to grin at the news. "Not even twenty-four hours since some Kremlin worker outed him as being insane." 

"Is it my fault?" Thaddeus queried. His heart was pounding almost feverishly. 

"No, my boy." Hilarion answered reassuringly. 

"What if they find me?" 

"They won't."