DimitriI sat in the back of the Maybach, watching the rain streak down the glass.I had run my own quietly efficient background check on Alina the moment my informant in the hospital network alerted me to her admission. I hadn't intended to intervene. The pathetic collapse of Boris’s domestic life was usually none of my concern, but when the report showed her sitting alone on that rooftop, an opportunity presented itself.A means to an end. That was all she was supposed to be. Boris had spent his entire life trying to climb over my back, using Alina's former wealth to buy a credibility he never earned. Taking her off the board, and placing her directly at my side was the cleanest, most reasonable blow I could land on my half-brother's ego. And looking at how quickly Boris had resorted to cheap media smears out of desperation, it was working remarkably well.The car stopped outside an unmarked warehouse near the eastern docks. I stepped out, pulling my coat close, and walked inside.M
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