The Price of Mercy

AUTHOR'S POV

"You are finally awake?" Marcello dropped the cup of tea he had been sipping and looked at Nadia whose eyes were just opening.

"I... I am still alive?" Nadia whispered almost inaudibly.

"Of course, you are still alive. What do you think? That you died from the gunshot?" Marcello asked with a grin on his face.

Nadia shut her eyes for a few seconds, hearing Marcello shuffle around,