12/08/2025
The engine’s growl was closer now—headlights slicing through the pines, sweeping across the snow like searching eyes.
Mweya dropped to one knee in the shadows, signaling with two fingers. Marko melted into a snowbank, Bohdan’s rifle barrel shifted slightly in the dark.
Through the earpiece, Bohdan’s voice was a thin, cold whisper:
“Vehicle. Black Volga. Two armed, front seat. Not FSB uniforms—possibly private security.”
Mweya calculated fast. Orlov’s dacha was only twenty meters ahead, its south balcony spilling pale light onto the snow. Inside, the general was still hunched over his maps. The Volga meant unplanned company—and no clean escape if they got too close.
Change of plan.
Mweya slid forward, pressing his back against the cold wood of the balcony steps. From his coat, he withdrew the suppressed pistol, checking the chamber by touch.
Bohdan counted down over comms:
“Three… two… one…”
The first pfft cracked through the winter air—one of the balcony guards dropped silently, a red bloom in the snow. The second spun, rifle half-raised, before Marko’s shot caught him under the jaw. The balcony was theirs.
Mweya moved.
In one fluid motion, he pushed open the door, stepping into the warm, dim-lit room. The smell of to***co and stale cognac clung to the air. Orlov’s head snapped up, eyes wide at the sudden intrusion—recognition flashing for a split second.
“Kto—” he began, but the word died in a muffled thunk it
One round to the heart, another to the head. The maps on his desk fluttered as he slumped forward, blood pooling across Europe.
Outside, the Volga braked hard, doors flying open. Two silhouettes emerged, pistols drawn. Mweya didn’t wait—he vaulted the balcony rail, landing in the snow below as Bohdan stitched both men with precise shots before they could fire.
The night swallowed them.
Three minutes later, the team was in a stolen maintenance van, heaters blasting, rifles hidden beneath tarps. Behind them, Moscow’s sirens began to wail, but the hunters were already gone—heading for their next name on the list.
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next target Putin himself, with Mweya infiltrating the Kremlin under full lockdown.