Alexei Shostakov Novels & Stories

“His name is Alpha Arthur. And as I am speaking to you right now, he will be dead in a few hours’ time and that is when we strike. This is top secret. No one else must learn of this until the mission is successful.” “Why is he dying?” Fabiano asked, still confused about the whole thing Lucas just told them. “Yes, why? This sound like some bullshit, lame story…” Lauretha added. “Ah, I guess I forgot the juicy part of the story…” Lucas said and gulped some wine before he continued.

“He means that the cameras would catch what your eyes couldn’t. That is, of course, considering that we are going to be talking ultraviolet light cameras…” “Alvize,” Elena said, making me frown in confusion as I heard the panic in her voice. The ground beneath our feet shook a bit and the word, Konstantin burned itself on the wall behind us, making the two of us frown. “He’s here,” I said, looking at the name. Those who were sitting stood up, and those who were standing frowned as Drake shook his head. “Fucks sake, he is…”

A woman asked, Nikolay’s wife, Anika, asked, shaking her head at Sienna as she raised an eyebrow. “Italy, Rome to be more specific, and you?” Sienna answered, making sure to keep a cold and yet calm tone, letting the woman know that she was not hostile. Anika was known for her dark reputation amongst men, and though Sienna was familiar with most of the Capos or Pakhans, her father knew when not to bring her if the situation was too dangerous for her presence, the one thing that I did respect about the man. “Russia, Moscow.” She said, nodding at me. “I don’t think that Arturo was in a relationship, we would have seen you…”

He replied. "I wonder if my dad is looking down at me," I wondered, then faced Alessandro, who I could barely see in the dark, but I saw a slight glint in his eye from the light of the alarm clock beside me. "He's proud of you, love," He whispered in a sleepy voice. "If you don't mind me asking, how did your father die?" I sighed. "He was shot by Russians, apparently some dude named Ivan Petrov. I've been trying to locate him for some time now but he kept moving from place to place so I gave up and just dealt with it, I guess"