“Vaska and Yuri sent in their daily report. The old man was just seen meeting with the Halcones.”
“The f*****g Halcones? He must be desperate.”
“It might be a desperate move,” Shura agrees. “But it could also prove to be an effective one. The Halcones have no code of honor. That makes them deadly.”
“Spare me. I know the kind of scum they are. Let them come.”
I brush past him. On any other day, this information would have demanded my full attention. Right now, it feels like a fly buzzing stubbornly around my ear.
The smell of gunpowder and bleach stings my nostrils as I pass the living room, but I keep moving.
“Andrey!” Shura grunts, rushing to keep pace with me. “I know you’ve got a lot on your mind right now, but we can’t just ignore this. The Halcones are a dangerous new piece on t
