I found myself back at Goddess Divine. It felt like a lifetime ago that I’d stumbled my way, nearly dead, to this one spot. The only sure spot I knew the Russians had taken over this close to the neutral border. Marek wasn’t happy as he led me in, especially since it was two in the morning, but he got a call we couldn’t ignore.

The bouncer let us through without a word from Marek, and we stepped into the loud but dark club. I slowed, falling behind as I glanced into the main area of the ...