“Thank you. Let him know he’s lucked into a free week of vacation and escort him off the grounds. I’ll deal with him one-on-one once this is put to bed.”
“Will do.” He was gone again as quickly as he came, not one to waste words or effort. We needed a couple dozen more of him. Most of Kosta’s men were good; there was no doubt about that. But many of them were older than Kane, and several of them hadn’t fully transferred their loyalty yet. Sure, they would do their jobs. But grudging obedience wasn’t even close to respect. I was making sure we had people I had personally vetted in every key role. The others, Kane would win over with time.
Andrei had taken one more checkpoint off my list. Which was a good thing, because I had a lot left to do and less than an hour before go time to do it i
