Blaise Taylor I peered from around the large black hood that covered my whole head. I waited in the shadows, twirling my knife around and around my fingers, waiting. The air was crisp and cold but it didn't bother me. Not since I became numb. "я собираюсь выпить, увидимся позже." {I'm going to get a drink; I'll see you later.} The deep Russian voice poured into the silent streets of Iceland. I had been waiting for him. Sergey Ivanov. He boldly stepped down the dark alleyway, unbeknownst to him that I was awaiting his arrival. His smug face made my veins run cold with fury as all I could do was grasp my knife tighter. I soundlessly jumped from the dark, my one hand clenching his hand while the other held a sharp knife to his throat. He mumbled a few sounds, in an attempt to

