Dimitri
I stood by the window, staring out into the rain-soaked darkness, waiting.
My men had been searching for six hours. Six hours since Alexei took her.
The door to my office burst open. Ivan and three other guards entered with their heads bowed. Their faces told me everything before they even spoke.
"Well?" My voice was cold. "Where is she?"
"Sir, we... we could not find any trace," Ivan said carefully. "We checked all of Alexei's known properties, his apartment, his clubs, his warehouses. We found nothing. It is like they vanished."
"Vanished?" I repeated slowly. "People do not just vanish, Ivan. Not in Moscow. Not in our world."
"We checked the traffic cameras, sir. We tracked his car leaving the estate, but then..." Ivan swallowed hard, his voice started trem
