VIKTOR'S POV
The assault on the Lake Baikal compound is flawless.
We hit the outer wall at 0300 with military precision...breaching the teams on all four sides simultaneously, the communication channels jam, and snipers covers every elevated position. Forty of my best men are moving like a single organism through the darkness.
There's no casualties in the initial breach. There is no alarms raise. Nothing to indicate we'd been seen or anticipated.
I moved with the first team through the shattered outer gate, with our weapon up, our every sense trained on the compound ahead. It is a substantial property... with a main house, three outbuildings, and a vehicle depot. Satellite imagery had shown regular activity here for the past three weeks with vehicles coming and going and heat signature
