All Chapters of THE CAPTAIN AND THE KILLER: Chapter 91 - Chapter 100

The safe sat there mocking Kade with its cold steel silence, and he knew right then that every plan he had built was about to crumble into dust.His fingers traced the edge of the secondary digital override panel, a sleek black rectangle that looked far more advanced than anything he had expected to find. The main lock had been easy enough. Too easy, actually. That should have been his first warning. But this secondary system was different. It required two separate biometric inputs and a rotating passcode that changed every sixty seconds. Without Vance, the panel was just a dead piece of plastic mocking his efforts.Kade stepped back from the safe and ran both hands through his hair, pulling hard enough to hurt. Three months of planning. Three months of getting close to Evan, of playing the long game, of sacrificing pieces of himself he never thought he would give up. And now this. A single panel standing between him and the proof he needed to destroy Alexander Ryd

The final buzzer screamed through the arena and the crowd exploded, but Kade felt his stomach drop because he knew the real battle was just beginning.The shootout had been a nightmare. Five rounds of back and forth, every save and goal pushing the tension higher. Evan had buried the winner with a move so filthy it made the Montreal goalie drop to his knees in defeat. The Blades bench had erupted. Guys were flying over the boards, swarming the ice, screaming with joy.Kade jumped in with the rest of them, slapping helmets and shouting along with the celebration. But his eyes kept darting toward the tunnel. His ears strained for any sound that did not belong. The game was over. The fans were cheering. And somewhere beneath all that noise, Viktor's men were still hunting.Evan found him in the chaos, grabbing his jersey and pulling him close. "We did it. We actually did it.""Hold that thought." Kade kept his voice low, barely audible over the crowd

The first ray of sunlight cut through the cabin windows and Kade saw them, black shapes against the gray morning water, and he knew their safe haven had just become a trap. He was on his feet before his brain caught up to his body, pulling on his pants and moving to the window. The lake house was surrounded. Black SUVs lined the driveway and the narrow dirt road leading in. Men in dark suits stood at attention beside every vehicle, their hands visible but their intent unmistakable. Evan stirred on the floor, still tangled in the blanket they had pulled down from the couch. "What is it? What is wrong?" "Company." Kade's voice was flat, controlled. "Vance's men. They found us." Evan was up in an instant, pulling on his clothes with the kind of speed that came from years of high pressure situations. He moved to the window beside Kade, looking out at the assembled SUVs. "There are at least fifteen of them," Evan

The moment Christian opened his mouth to speak again, Evan felt something inside him snap clean in two, and he knew there was no going back from what he was about to do.They were standing on the gravel driveway outside the lake house, the morning sun casting long shadows across the ground. Christian had come back. He had driven his SUV in circles for twenty minutes and then pulled right back up to the cabin, like he could not accept that his son had actually rejected his offer.Evan had walked out to meet him, Kade close behind, ready for whatever came next. But nothing could have prepared him for the look on his father's face. That cold, calculating disappointment that made Evan feel like a child who had failed a test he never even knew he was taking."You made a mistake," Christian said, his voice flat and emotionless. "I gave you a chance to walk away clean. To keep everything. The Cup. The fortune. The name. And you threw it away for him."Ev

The second Kade walked through the arena doors he knew something was terribly wrong because every single person in the building turned to stare at him like he was a ticking bomb about to go off.The hallway was packed with staff members, security guards, and a few players who should have been on the ice for morning skate. They parted as Kade and Evan walked through, their eyes following the Russian forward with a mixture of fear and disgust. No one spoke. No one even seemed to breathe.Evan grabbed the arm of a passing equipment manager. "What is going on? Why is everyone acting so strange?"The equipment manager looked at Kade, then back at Evan, his face pale. "You have not seen the news? It is everywhere. Someone leaked an audio clip. Volkov threatening Viktor. Saying he was going to kill him. The whole thing is going viral."Kade felt his blood run cold. "That is not what happened. That clip is edited. It is taken out of context."The