Chapter 47

• Aleksei was replying to the person on the other end. “They knew we were running a skeleton crew today. How many?”
• I turned to Aleksei and listened but I couldn’t hear the voice on the other end.
• “How many hostages?” He nodded. “Is pakkun there?” A pause. “Shit. Alright.” Aleksei ran a hand through his hair. “No. No, I don’t think so. That would be stupid. Just reroute Marek to the Genova building. I’ll have another crew handle the Capital building. Yes. No. Yes. Yes, zasranets, thank you for that unhelpful bit of information.”