After Pavel leaves, I linger and brood. There’s not enough hours for me to untangle all the complications having Aleksey on the wrong side means, so instead, I devise my own plan for dealing with Totti. An organized attack on everything they own that we can reach. Businesses, property, personnel. We’ll be covert and attack the port first. Patrols there are sporadic and we own the harbormaster and enough dockworkers so the dock is our best choice. We can attack from both sides—land and sea. I play out the possible scenarios. We might lose a few men, but they will die bravely, with honor, the kind of death all Bratva men hope for. By the time I’ve narrowed down the details, decided which men will be placed at every location, the room is filling again. I glance at Kostya. “Have you found

