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“Oh?”
“Lev Zakharov is in town. And he’s hired Cujo.”
“What for?”
“No one’s saying it openly. But I think you can guess.”
I certainly can. Cujo has been breaking knees and slitting throats a long time. He’s one of the best, and he doesn’t come cheap. I wish Zakharov had picked a different time to be extravagant.
“Thanks for letting me know.”
“Watch your back, my friend.”
I hang up the call, wondering if I should say anything to Sabrina. This isn’t going to help her stress levels. On the other hand, it’s dangerous for her not to know that Lev is here in Moscow, hunting me down with the help of the city’s premium enforcer.
In the end, I gather all the Wolfpack together and tell them to be on their guard.
“No one goes anywhere alone. Keep your mouths shut and watch your back. Especially you, Andrei.”
“I haven’t told anybody what Jasper did!” Andrei cries, offended.
“Nobody?”Vlad says, suspicious. “Not in some comment on Reddit? Not a whisper to your favorite stripper?”
“No fucking way! I’m offended you would even ask.”
“You did spoil Vlad’s birthday surprise,” Sabrina remarks.
“And you told Adrik who dented his bike,” Hakim says.
“And you called Eban Franko’s wife by his mistress’ name,” Vlad adds.
“Those were different!” Andrei protests. “This is way more serious.”
“Franko’s wife tried to cut his balls off. That was pretty serious to him,” Chief says.
Jasper has been sitting quietly this whole time, his skin green-tinged and sickly-looking. He’s got a bandage along his jaw from the most recent addition to his tattoos.
“Never mind,” I say, to make them stop. “Just remember what I said. Stay together. Don’t go near thekachki.”
“You got it, boss,” Andrei says virtuously.
I glance over at Sabrina. She looks about as cheerful as Jasper.
“You too,” I say to her gently. “Don’t go anywhere alone.”
“I never do anyway.” She shrugs. “Hakim and I are headed to the lab right now.”
“Why don’t you take Jasper with you? Just in case.”
“Sure,” Sabrina says, without even a grimace or a word of argument. “He can keep an eye out while we’re working.”
* * *
31
SABRINA
Hakim and I work for several hours, using up all our remaining supplies. We’re gonna need more raw materials, fast. Hakim and I couldn’t make enough to fill even the orders we promised to the Markovs, let alone everyone else.
