Chapter 28

Keira was bone tired, even the coffee wasn't keeping her eyes open. Her head kept drooping forward despite her best efforts to stay alert.

"You need to sleep," Alexei said, watching her struggle.

"I'm fine," she mumbled, but her eyelids were growing heavier by the second.

"There's a bedroom in the back." He gestured toward the rear of the plane. "Go lie down."

"I don't need—" She started to protest, but another wave of exhaustion hit her mid-sentence, and she needed to cover her mouth to yawn. "Sorry."

"Keira." His tone left no room for argument. "You haven't slept properly in days. Go."

She wanted to disagree, to prove she could handle whatever came next without showing weakness. But her body had other plans. Her eyelids started to close despite her best efforts to keep them open.

The next thing she was aware of was strong arms lifting her, cradling her against a warm chest. Her eyes fluttered open to find Alexei carrying her toward the back of th