Todos os capítulos de Deadly rivalry:His greatest weakness : Capítulo 21 - Capítulo 30

CHAPTER 21: The Serpent StrikesThe message arrived late in the evening, when the city was dark and Nikolai was alone with his thoughts because he had been trying to put Svetlan out of his mind, although the image of Dimitri's cold, burning eyes kept pulling him back.His phone buzzed with a notification from an unknown number, and he almost ignored it because he had been getting too many messages from people who wanted favors or threats or both, although something made him look."I heard you were back. I also heard you survived a bullet. Impressive. We should talk. Same place as before — you remember it. Tomorrow night, 9 PM. Don't keep me waiting. — S.M."Nikolai stared at the screen because he recognized the initials immediately, and his blood ran cold because Svetlan Morozov was the last person he wanted to see, although he knew he couldn't avoid him forever.He had been avoiding Svetlan for years, and he had hoped the man had moved on, but he knew Svetlan — he was patient, and he

CHAPTER 23: The DiscoverySvetlan sat in his penthouse with the city lights glittering beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows because the silence was heavy around him, although he didn't mind since he had been waiting for days, and he knew the spy would return soon.His hands were steady as he poured himself a glass of whiskey, although his mind was anything but calm because the memory of Nikolai's coldness at the café was still fresh, still burning like a wound that refused to heal.He had hoped for something else. He had hoped that Nikolai would look at him and remember what they had, would feel something, would give him some sign that there was still a chance.But there was nothing.Nikolai had looked at him like he was a stranger, like the years they had shared meant nothing, like Svetlan was just another ghost from a life he had left behind.He had pulled out his phone that night and scrolled through his contacts until he found the number he had memorized months ago, although he had

CHAPTER 25: The ResolutionThe morning light crept through the windows of Dimitri's penthouse as the city was waking up below them, although neither man had slept much since Svetlan's visit the night before.Dimitri stood at the head of the table since he had been awake for hours, and he spread the documents across the surface with deliberate movements as he wanted to examine every detail. Nikolai stood beside him with his arms crossed, watching Dimitri work while his mind was elsewhere."It's real," Dimitri said, his voice flat as he had verified every map, every timing, every security rotation. "The information checks out."Nikolai nodded, having expected nothing less. "That's what worries me."Dimitri looked up, understanding exactly what Nikolai meant. "It's too perfect. Too convenient.""He's hiding something.""I know." Dimitri straightened, having already reached the same conclusion. "But we need the information, seeing as we've been hunting Krasny for months with nothing."Nik

CHAPTER 27: The Raid They moved out at midnight under a moonless sky, and the city was silent around them as they slipped through the streets toward the eastern border where Krasny's hideout waited like a wound in the darkness.Dimitri rode in the lead vehicle with Nikolai beside him and Alexei in the front seat, and behind them came three more vehicles filled with their most trusted men, all of them armed and ready and silent because they knew what was at stake.Mikhail was in the second vehicle with his own team, and his voice crackled through the radio as they approached the target. "We're in position.""Good," Dimitri replied, his voice flat and commanding. "Wait for my signal."The warehouse loomed ahead, a rotting skeleton of rusted steel and shattered glass surrounded by chain-link fences and abandoned cars, and Dimitri studied it through the binoculars as his instincts screamed that something was wrong."It's too quiet," he murmured, and Nikolai nodded beside him since he fel

CHAPTER 29: The VictoryThey arrived at the safehouse in the early hours of the morning as the city was still dark around them, and Nikolai was leaning heavily on Dimitri since the blood loss had made him weak and unsteady on his feet.Dimitri guided him inside and helped him onto the bed because the wound on his side was still bleeding through the bandage, and he needed to be tended to before it got worse."Sit still," Dimitri said as he gathered the first-aid kit from the bathroom, his voice firm though his hands were steady since he had done this a hundred times before.Nikolai obeyed because he was too exhausted to argue, and he watched Dimitri work as his eyes were half-closed and his breathing was shallow.Dimitri knelt beside the bed and peeled away the old bandage to reveal the wound beneath, his jaw tightening as he saw how deep the knife had gone since it was worse than he had thought."This is going to hurt," Dimitri warned as he soaked a cloth in antiseptic."It already hu