They met Pavel in the lobby. He saluted, then ushered them to the subway station. "I will escort you to the airport and your plane. Someone will meet you in Obigarm, though I cannot say who. You may have heard that their Birlik was attacked? Many of their staff were killed."

Birlik. The word conjured memories of a devastated building and a bloody battle. "You don't mean the Birlik in Uzbekistan?"

Pavel nodded. "The human borders and vampire borders are not always the ...