Three days after Yuki delivered her verdict—exile for Igor and Alisa—the official order for Igor's new assignment finally arrived.
The location was on the outskirts, a lawless zone where gang conflicts occurred regularly. Security there was far worse than in Moscow. Under normal circumstances, Igor would have avoided such a place at all costs, especially as someone responsible for protecting Alisa. Yet after everything he had done, this punishment was the most merciful sentence Yuki could have given him.
Like her brother, Alisa accepted the decision without protest.
Still, there was one thing that had weighed heavily on her chest since that day, something she had never voiced aloud.
She wanted to say goodbye to Alexei.
