Deck the Halls with Danger

Pristina in December offers Kit Chase a rare pause from her demanding work with the OIDC. Her relationship with military police officer Owen Reese is warming, her cousin Paige is visiting from New Zealand, and the city's winter charm hints at a peaceful holiday.That calm ends when a man is found dead near the Christmas market.A fluorescent message on the body points to Black Sun and the Siberian Vipers, and a flash drive recovered at the scene raises unsettling questions about Sergei-the enigmatic Russian whose pull Kit has never fully resisted.Drawn back into a tangle of gangs, secrets, and shifting loyalties, Kit must untangle the truth before the danger surrounding her breaks wide open.