Her Russian Beast: 50 Loving States, New Mexico
“It came in the early hours of the morning, startling him from a deep sleep.
“I am sorry to wake you,” his cousin had said in careful Russian. “But I must throw a party for your father.”
Code for kill. His cousin had given him a courtesy call to tell him he planned to have Sergei executed. Later he would find out the very good reason Alexei decided to do this, but at the time, it wouldn’t have been wise to ask over an insecure line.
“I understand,” he’d said, not really needing to know the reasons why.
“I have a man ready to host a party for Uncle Sergei, but our way is to let the son host, so I am calling you…”
One of the stranger Rustanov traditions. Every once in a while it became necessary to kill a member of your own family. But in a morbid bid to honor, the option of killing the family member was always given to the killee’s son.
Sergei had described this time-honored tradition to Nikolai with pride.
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