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
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