America X Russia Novels & Stories

She’s right. The Russians don’t have any reason to attack us as an organization or attack me in particular. I just signed a deal with them not two months ago that set us both up nicely for a lucrative set of exchanges around a variety of well-made faux leather goods that keep plenty of money flowing to us from the US, where the demand is high, and people are both rich and stupid. Unless, of course, the question she posed is right. Who do they owe a favor, and who owes a favor to them?

he said, his voice calm, “The United States will whine, as they always do, but the rest of the world? They’ll secretly rejoice. Don’t you see? This fallout only strengthens our position globally. Everyone wants a piece of Virtue Financial International now.” Catherine wasn’t convinced just yet. “But aligning with nations like Russia—it’s going to raise eyebrows. The U.S. will weaponize this in their narrative against us.”. (Catherine Kent) Mies leaned back in his chair, the faint sound of ice clinking in a glass accompanying his next words.