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It holds Catalina

I’ve never liked receiving help from others before, not if I couldn’t repay them ten times over I built an empire nearly by myself and now it feels like I’m back at square one

But I will have e, whether or not this Russian mobster decides to assist me

After a long stretch of considerate silence, Sergei speaks “I do not knoho has your package, and I do not knohere they went, but I will apologize for letting theh I did not know”

The coward That’s a cop-out if I ever heard one He knows I’ht now, but he’s also not confident that I won’t ever regainmy enemies either

I’ll make him pay for his indecisiveness eventually But first, I have a fiancée to find and avenge

“Is that all?” Sergei asks, dis me

I can’t hold back my sneer, but I can hold back any other vitriol There’s no use in burning this bridge yet Plus, I’m on his territory, and too much disrespect could mean a bullet in the back of oing to get Catalina back, I’ hate it but it will all be worth it once I have her again

“It is, if that’s all you have to say,” I reply, digging my nails into my palms

“I have nothing else to add,” Sergei nods He looks at his aruards and they move towards me I don’t let them show me out I’m at the elevator and out of the door before anyone can say another word

“Who’s there?”

I don’t appreciate the theatrics It’s cold and dark and the alleyway se

After ot into contact with Luna Rivera She didn’t seem surprised that the Bratva boss wasn’t co-operative, but she gave er Russian leader as slowlyhisplace probably wouldn’t be as luxurious as Sergei’s

What an understatement

“It’s Angel Montoya,” I growl Steam rises from my mouth as the suspicious eyes behind the open slot consider my arrival