let Chris turn to face him. “I have forty-eight hours before I leave here
and start my new assignment.”
Chris nodded. “Me too.”
“Germany,” they said in unison.
Nikita smiled, and Chris felt more alive than he ever had.
“I just got off the phone with Moscow. I'm going to Wiesbaden
for an extended exchange. I'll be consulting with the
Bundeskriminalamt on the trafficking issue.”
Russian envoy to the German FBI. Impressive. Chris trailed his
fingertips along the side of Nikita's face. “I'll be in Berlin until they
decide being Stefan Wudarczek's yes man has punished me enough for
my insubordination. I'll be using my considerable manly charms to dig
up intel on the new players who slip into Shkadov's shoes.”
Nikita took hold of Chris's hand. “So you'll get a nice flat for
those long weekends of ours.”
“I can do that. Maybe Johnny and Andrei can pop over now and
again.”
“It could be interesting, Krisushka.”
“Krisushka?”
“If you're my pet, you need a pet name, yes?”
“I dunno, Nicky. It sounds too limp wristed for my taste.”
Nikita gave him the mean motherfucker look that was more
playful than menacing. “Being properly submissive has certain
rewards.”
“Padded handcuffs? Plastic chains?”
Nikita's look lost its playful edge.
“Sorry,” Chris said softly.
Nikita tugged him close, flicked his tongue across Chris's ear.
“Let me call you Krisushka, and I may let you fuck me more often.”
“Then Krisushka it is.”
About the Authors
ALEKSANDR VOINOV is an emigrant German author living near
London where he makes his living as a financial journalist, freelance
editor, and creative writing teacher. He has published five novels and
many short stories in his native language. His genres range from horror,
science fiction, cyberpunk, and fantasy to contemporary, thriller, and
historical erotic gay novels.
In his spare time, he goes weightlifting, explores historical sites, or
meets other writers. He single-handedly sustains three London
bookstores with his ever-changing research projects and interests. His
current interests include bonsais, tailored suits, chess competitions,
World War II, Afghan history, Roman emperors, and Russian oligarchs.
He loves traveling, action movies, and spy novels and ponders taking
up boxing.
Visit Aleksandr's web site at http://www.aleksandrvoinov.com and his
blog at http://www.aleksandrvoinov.blogspot.com.
BARBARA SHERIDAN has been published for over ten years and has
over two dozen books currently available in both electronic and print
form. Barbara has been inspired by everything from the original Dark
Shadows and cheesy S/F and horror flicks to loads of old TV westerns,
cowboy movies, and hot Asian musicians and actors.
Visit Barbara's web sites at http://www.barbarasheridan.com and
http://www.dragonsdisciple.com; her blog at http://b-sheridan.live
journal.com/; and her Yahoo!Group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/
BarbaraSheridan/. Follow Barbara at http://twitter.com/Barbara
Sheridan.
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