Serenity stared at him.“What do you mean,That stupid?”
Sergi turned to her and his smile broadened.“The Bratva can freeze that trust as we gather documents to prove they used trust money to fund the Blue Crusaders.If we can prove that allegation, then we can work with the banks to drain the trust.And it will be completely legal under Russian law.”
“How could that be legal?”Briar asked.“You can’t stop a family from spending their own money anyway they like.”
Sergi shook his head.“Maybe here you can’t but in Russia, you can’t actively fund going against the government rules.And if we can prove that money funded the Crusaders we can take away any money left in the family accounts.That means we can freeze every member of that family’s accounts.It also means they are all complicit.They all knew this was a plan against the government and did nothing to stop it.”He paused then smiled.“And some members of that family are connected to very important members of very influential families in Russia.This is going to rip open and uncover secrets that everyone knows but doesn’t talk about.Once we start to reveal their accounts, they aren’t going to know what hit them.”
“Wow,” Nicky exclaimed.
With a hard look in his eyes, Sergi growled his orders, “Get Viktor back here, I want him to retrieve Pavel from whatever hovel he’s hiding in and I want him dragged here like the coward and infidel he’s always been.”
“What are you going to do?”Nikoli asked.
Sergi looked angry as he replied, “I’m going to get the truth then drag him into the Council’s chambers and let his own words condemn him in the eyes of the law he’s been working decades to destroy.I want him to face the very men he’s been working to get and to stand in front of a firing squad for treason.”He paused, then said, “But he won’t be standing there alone.”
At his statement, everyone nodded their heads and got to work.
Chapter Five
Ashort time later, Artem brought Viktor and his men in.They all joined the group.The few Ghosts with him were silent yet observant as they stood back against the wall.
Sergi dragged Briar into the conversation to tell them where Pavel had been seen.She described some of what she saw to Viktor, Deter and Grisha.
After this discussion, they all studied the files Viktor’s group had procured when they grabbed Anton and the information Serenity had found.
Sergi looked over at Viktor and shook his head.“This is one man I never expected to see again, at least not in the flesh.I held him in my arms the night we were ambushed and he died.I believed that he was dead for all these years and now I find it was a scam played out in front of me.I find I was merely a pawn in the game they were playing and now I know that Pavel was behind it from the very beginning.”
“This was a very well thought-out, long-term game.Everyone played their part but the fun is over now.”Viktor shook his head.“This is a sham I will enjoy putting down.”
“Da.”Sergi nodded.“Everyone is busy connecting the lines right now.But we need your men and the Ghosts to bring Pavel in.He might not be alone out there.He might have his own men waiting and watching from their hidey-hole.And we don’t know how many men he does have, so you have to be careful before you go in to grab him up.”He looked over at Briar.“Briar began watching him a few months back without knowing who he was.She is the one who told us about him and where we could find him.”
Briar shrugged.“There was just something off about the way he would come around and watch this hotel.I just followed him, that’s all.”She hesitated then said, “Then one day he saw Sergi coming into the hotel and he just froze.You could almost feel the rage radiating off him.That was the day I knew he was dangerous.I prayed Sergi was even more dangerous, but I didn’t know him at all back then.Then a few days later, I met you all.”
“And am I as dangerous?”Sergi teased her.
She cocked an eyebrow at him.
