-vixen- Elena Koshka -competition Between Siste... ✪

The Bazaar was a labyrinth of stolen art, encrypted drives, and human desperation. Elena moved like her namesake, a flash of crimson through the gray crowds. She bypassed the laser grid on the courier’s penthouse by remembering Orion’s old lesson: The obvious path is a trap. She went up through the ventilation, silent as a whisper.

Elena held up the file—a simple data chip. “It doesn’t have to be a kill shot, Nadia. We can split it.”

“No,” Elena replied, offering a hand. “I just knew my sister better than she knew me. Now get up. We have a dead courier, a room full of alarms about to trigger, and one data chip between us. Let’s go together .” -Vixen- Elena Koshka -Competition Between Siste...

The mission was simple: infiltrate the Black Bazaar in Budapest, retrieve the file from the courier known as the Ghost, and exfiltrate. First one back to the safe house with the prize won more than a contract. They’d win the contract—the one that would make them the sole legacy of their late mentor, Orion.

“There’s no ‘split’ in Orion’s world. Only one predator at the top.” Nadia’s finger tightened. The Bazaar was a labyrinth of stolen art,

Nadia stood in the doorway, her pistol leveled. “Mother always said you were the favorite. But this? This is about who’s better .”

The safe house smelled of ozone and cold steel. Elena Koshka, codename: Vixen, ran a whetstone along the edge of her hidden blade, her auburn hair catching the dim light. Across the table, her sister, Nadia—codename: Lynx—was field-stripping her pistol with surgical precision. She went up through the ventilation, silent as a whisper

Elena’s jaw tightened. She was younger by eleven months, a fact Nadia weaponized daily. “Just making sure my tools are sharper than your ego.”