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First Blood

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by Aleksandr Voinov


  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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