"And so I have this nephew. Good kid. Makes quick delivery of goods. A bit thick, but ay, we don't need him to be smart, right? Anyhow, call me if you need anything... Delivered." A man talked without end, his right hand around Aleks' shoulder. He didn't seem to recognize who exactly Aleks was, unsurprisingly so. The sweet scent of substances in the air around the room, accompanied by the stench of alcohol oozing from the man - who knew what was the man seeing in front of him. Certainly not a Titov. The sound of music coming from the neverending torture by the hands of DJ Pill5 was not helping. Aleks' head was hurting from it all. Three hours in this hell. Who knew how much longer. "Pull it together..." Aleks muttered to himself as he moved away from the man, his business card still in Aleks' hand. 

There was only so much he was able to do in these three hours and not arouse too much suspicion. He mostly chatted with several of the girls before moving onto the next bunch. Being charming was fine but talking for too long would bring forth more sensual topics and he had no urge to indulge in such with these young girls.

The party was thinning down, noticeably so. Yes, it was to be expected at one point, but now the game was truly set in motion. The gender balance was out of order now which meant Lilith was doing her part of the job. He should do a bit to help out too. Get some of the girls out of the equation. It meant lesser hearts, but this was bound to get out of hand if he didn't do something. 

Aleks gazed around the room, his eyes falling upon the fox. She was standing out to a great extent. Even more now than before. The color on her dress too. Different. "Are you really walking around with blood streaks on it? Reckless." He scolded her internally, knowing very well that a certain someone could take an interest in that. 

And he did.

The cold stare of the mercenary dog was set on her. It was good knowing that Aleks was getting at least some privacy this evening, but this could be an ever worse option. He could be aware of the blood as well. And the sudden change of Lilith's hair. Giving him too much free space would mean the dog would eventually sniff out the fox. And Aleks knew how much Lilith disliked dogs. Aleks considered getting bodyguard's attention to move it away from Lilith, but at that moment Viktor had finally made his move.

"What a beautiful flower you are, MY royal guest!" Viktor spoke as he cut the two girls off before the staircase. He spread his arms and welcomed the girl to his embrace before speaking up. "Masha, my dearest, would you please give the two of us some privacy? Unless this beauty had piqued your interest as well." 

It was as much as Aleks was able to pick up on, reading lips, before the music got even louder and broke his concentration. Something came to his mind, and it might even work. He swiftly made his way through the crowd, winking at several of the ladies, before reaching the DJ booth. Oh how it stood out from the classical architecture. An atrocity. Aleks pulled himself near the DJ, planting a 5000 ruble banknote in his hand. "DJ Pill5, respect brother! Can you keep the strobing going a bit heavier?" The young man with LED glasses nodded and offered him a fist bump. If he could, Aleks would roll his eyes all the way to the back of his head. But a fist bump it was.

There were three girls by the pool outside. The tall fence made it perfect for secluded parties so Aleks had no worries about being spotted. Fortunately, they belonged to the ones he conversed with before. Candy, Anna and he didn't catch the last one's name. He could thin the party out a bit more. 

Approaching the girls, he made a gesture of stretching out, sounds of music at least partially muted over the closed doors. "We meet again, ladies." He beamed them a smile which they gladly returned. Aleks didn't even have to bother much being charming. Amongst all the male guests, he was the most decent one, probably the only with some proper etiquette of talking to a lady. And not reeking of alcohol was always a plus. "I know I left in a hurry before, my sincere apologies, but I couldn't help but return to you. You're like beacons of light in this horrendous party."

He kept the conversation going back and forth for several minutes before making his move. "I have a proposition. You ladies go and book us a hotel room at Azimut Olympic. My treat, of course. Have a dinner, refresh a bit and I'll be around with my car to make sure you are having a wonderful accomodation. I'll make sure so myself." The girls giggled as he gave them money. Candy looked at him with a sly expression on her face. She was obviously more experienced than probably most, if not all, girls here tonight. "You sure we won't just leave with the money?" She asked, but Aleks simply winked at her. "Then you wouldn't get a bonus at the end of the evening, and that would be a shame."

Even if they left with the money, disappeared with the wind, even better for Aleks. He didn't care where they went. He just wanted them away. Far away from here. "I leave this up to you, Candy. Book a room on my name, will you? It's..." he stopped for a second, fumbling around his pocket. Producing the business card the man gave him earlier, he scanned the name and gave it to the girl.

"Marat Rabinovich."

Kissing their hands, Aleks watched the girls slowly take their leave. He felt sleazy to the bone, but he did what was necessary. Now to see where Lilith was, along with that rascal Viktor. Or was it the other way around?