Aleksei was replying to the person on the other end. “They knew we were running a skeleton crew today. How many?”

I turned to Aleksei and listened, but I couldn’t hear the voice on the other end.

“How many hostages?” He nodded. “Is Pakhan there?” A pause. “Shit. Alright.” Aleksei ran a hand through his hair. “No. No, I don’t think so. That would be stupid. Just reroute Marek to the Genova building. I’ll have another crew handle the Capitol building. Yes. No. Yes. Yes, ...