Pulled out the second syringe—Ania’s contingency. She’d planned for unforeseen complications. She always did.
When the girl whimpered like the animal she would become, I rewarded her—pressed the cold barrel deeper into her mouth.
My phone vibrated. Mission.
The reminder cut through the heat like a scalpel.
I’d nearly lost myself in her fear. In the way she trembled. Whimpered. It would’ve been so easy to keep going. Just a little more pressure, a little more obedience. But this wasn’t the time. Not yet.
I had a fucking politician to bag
“Sleep,suka,” I said, pulling the cap and sticking the needle in her neck.
She swayed. I withdrew the gun and caught her before she hit the floor. I recapped the needle and tossed it into the bath.
Clean-up would come later.
I opened the door as Abrasha arrived with the trolley.
“What took so long?” he asked.
“Complication. Get Petrov in. We’ve got a second body in the bathroom.”
He blinked.“What? Who? Didn’t the Pakhan’s wife say he was travelling alone?”
“She did. It’s a maid,” I muttered, scanning the room for the first cap until I found it under the bed.
It was almost funny—laying the piss-soaked maid on top of Petrov. She was smaller, easier to conceal. We pulled extra bedding to cover them both. Abrasha swapped his jacket for a porter’s and took the service lift. I used the front.
By the time we zip-tied them in the van, I was already rewriting my plans.
Not for Petrov. His fate was sealed.
For her.
Mysuka.
All the pain. All the humiliation. It would be hers.
I pulled out my phone as Sergei drove, sent the all-clear to Ania, and then opened a browser to start compiling the list of tools I’d need to make my new dog feel at home.
The Pakhan had his Bunny.
Why shouldn’t I have a bitch?
Sergei drove faster.
I smiled.
Chapter 3
Viktor
The restless energy in me wanted to get to work, but I needed to speak to the Pakhan first. The Bratva always came first. I waited until theKrolikleft and cleared my throat. The Pakhan looked away from the papers in his hand.
“There was a small problem last night,” I said.
“I heard,” the Pakhan replied, though his expression was unreadable.