onvinced the men under him to follow along, but it will be an uphill battle negotiating with

sides. "I should have pushed back harder the first time they came

ess. Men like Zotov will always

ratva has done under my leadership, drawing a hard line

w dolla

nt lives bei

comprehend a damn thing

im." I swipe my car keys off the fl

Dima. We

O

ce to finish his sentence before

out my gun. Next to me, Gennady throws hi

shake, and car alarms all do

that?" I jump up an

d in the middle of the room, though

ing out of their houses to figure out w

the stree

g up into the air and fire is licking at the charred metal remnants. Even the tires are c

nd me and look over my shou

finish for h

u

soon as I see the ragdoll corpse sprawled at the side of what was once an

with a bomb. Unfortunately for him, th

crystal clear: I'm under attack from my own men

one and his car keys. "It's regrouping. You need to get out of

ks like I'm running.

at! Wonderful! Let them think you're running. Hopefully, that means they'll let their

but Gennady is right. This tiny detou

cy... then plant a knife right

g back very fucking soon. And when I do return, I'm returning wi

s less suspicious than a pair of us. I'll be here gathe

escape in the back of his place to

ck, thankfully, which means it wasn't destroyed in t

I really lo

I see squad cars squealing onto the scene

last bloodied fragments of the poor idiot wh

cking r

traitor

I

hen I notice a black SUV o

?" he jokes as s

er stops with him. Think

essing Zotov may have hacked into t

ccepting the loss. "Alright, that's fine. Probably for

nning," I c

ust "tactical redeployment" or some other bullshit made-u

the city for a few days, regroup, and come back to

ards where I came from. I use the opportunity to turn down a side str

, I take o

let, and my gun. But it will be enough. When I get

he first place, I need a car. T

ugh the city. I hear the rush of highway traffic and I know I'm close. If I have to steal a c

store. I come to a stop on the intersection of the frontage road. Distantly,

just need t

there.