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me, hell i
ways felt at
from my face, coughing u
he upturned couch. More bullets tear t
voice booms throughout the room as he leaps over the ro
his gun raised, letting bullets fly as he
orn-rimmed glasses like a fucking librarian and he's biting
-command, Fyodor, watches Radovan with th
something to get h
jump up without thinking, aiming my pistol but knowing I could easily hit Radovan. Whatever hap
s over the sound of
ek. The Italian nearly has his pistol pressed against Radovan's chin. He's a reedy thing, i
yodor yel
ssing him into the air, and quickly turn to put a b
over my head. Another snap
t me as though seeing whatever god he prays to. I toss his body aside and spin to take care of the man who was
growl, as we duck d
e took them by surprise, but even Italian rats
had any. But
yes g
ch o
doorway with the heavy machine gun. He props the barre
ur the room in a single hailstorm of metal death. Som
se my
abs my ankle. I look down to find the crushed windpipe man gr
s head, the man by the machine g
world
c fire roars overhead. We roll over and scramble toward the closest cover-another
pathetic cry, but the air is too heavy with warfare to know for s
ner of the bar o
are waiti
ne manning the machine gun that con
comes sliding over the bar, oblivious to his shoulder wound. His
spins to a
g to my feet and thr
n squeeze the trigger. I twist the gun, aim it at his gut, headbutt h
like a defla
ter and I'd be dead, just another Bratva boss lost to history, but then F
nt. It's not the first time m
ke a Russian aristocrat than a mo
at." I nod
from his shoulder a
machine gunner right between the eyes. He lands on his wea
that, the he
our rearview mirror, the flames blazing int
a towel against his shoulder. "Just a vodka o
is city. Perhaps a few cousins remain, but if they rear their pathetic heads, we will t
s on me, as they often have been these past mont
he finest in Russian art. Some of them are originals. The room is already full of women in bikinis carrying golden
he senior men sit, though lately Fyodor has taken to sit
the favor of the me
the left side of his face. "I cannot disagree," he say
gruffly. "I don'
ds. "So drink. Tod
ke shots of vodka. It sears down my
R, the nigh
taurant with girls from the harem. Others pour ba
unk they forget wh
loudly, slamming his hand on the table. "Like we
lsing of my temples. Damir knows how I
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