"We need to assess the damage to our people. All of the assassins died? Not one escaped?" "Hans, the American couple, and the man who attacked Raven all died." Eric counted them off. "They were the only ones present. No mortal could have survived the intensity of the storm, or the killing rage in the animals. If there had been an unseen observer, Mikhail or the beasts would have known." Gregori stirred tiredly, his enormous strength beginning to fade with his continuing efforts. "There was no other." He said it imperiously, as if no one would think to question him, and of course they wouldn't."