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Chapter 134: A Life for a Life
“Don’t do this, Carlos,” Jalen said quietly, voice heavy with pain. He was on one knee, struggling to breathe after the gunshot, his chest burning with every breath. “Your fight is with me. Let her go, please.”Carlos stood tall with the pistol still pointed at Aisha’s head, his expression unreadable. “No, Jalen,” he replied flatly. “If this woman had done what she was sent to do, we won’t be standing here. She’s not innocent. She came here, got comfortable, and fell in love. She deserves everything that’s coming.”Jalen looked at Aisha. Her eyes were filled with tears, her lips trembling. “Please,” he whispered one more time.Carlos didn’t even blink. “Drop the gun.”Jalen hesitated. His arm twitched, but he knew he had no choice. Slowly, he let the gun fall from his hand. It hit the floor with a light metallic clink. He raised both hands in surrender.Carlos smiled. “Not so difficult, is it?”He turned to the only man left from his side. “Tie him.”The man quickly moved, tying Jalen
Chapter 133: The Breach
Inside the safehouse, Jalen sat in the bedroom, going through some old files and notes spread across the bed. The night had come unusually quiet. The crickets outside chirped in a lazy rhythm and the soft rustle of trees swayed gently like lullabies in the wind. Jalen's head throbbed gently, not from stress alone, but from the weight of knowing the kind of storm that lurked just around the corner. Every sound, every flicker of shadow made his mind spin. He didn’t trust peace anymore—it had become a suspicious visitor.In the kitchen, Aisha moved about, preparing something simple for their dinner. The scent of jollof rice drifted faintly through the passage. Her hair was tied back and her sleeves rolled. Yet her eyes were tense, and her hands, though busy, trembled at intervals. It had been over forty-eight hours since they both went into hiding, and nothing from outside had come—no word from Dennis, no update from Spider. But the silence wasn’t comforting. If anything, it was thr
Chapter 132: The Red Dot
Inside the quiet walls of the safehouse tucked away far from the chaos of the city, Jalen stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, the heavy curtains drawn slightly to let in a peek of the fading evening light. A half-filled glass of wine sat in his right hand, while the phone pressed against his left ear captured his attention. His voice was calm but heavy with tension.“Spider, we can’t keep hiding here forever,” Jalen said, his tone firm. “We need to move. We need to attack. Sitting like this, waiting for them to make the next move... it’s not me.”Spider’s voice came through the line, low and cautious. “I understand, Jalen. But trust me, this is not the time for rashness. They’re desperate now. That makes them more dangerous than ever.”Jalen sighed, shifting the wine glass to the table beside him and rubbing the back of his neck. “Then give me something, Spider. Anything. Just don’t ask me to keep sitting here doing nothing.”There was a brief silence on the other end before Spide
Chapter 131: Desperate Measures
For the past 48 hours, not a single soul had seen or heard from Jalen or his lover, Aisha. Even Inspector Dennis, who had always had some form of reach into Jalen’s life, was completely shut out. Their phones were off. Their locations were off-grid. It was like they’d vanished into thin air.The city buzzed with tension.Every news channel, every trending topic on social media, carried one major headline: “Adesina on the Run: Drug Cartel Declares Citywide Hunt.”The footage of the botched kidnapping attempt at Aisha’s company had been leaked online. So had insider reports that Carlos Arturo, son of the late Fernando Arturo, had teamed up with the most dangerous cartel in the city—The Dragons, to eliminate Jalen.************The mood at the police headquarters was one of barely contained rage.The news of Kobi’s execution had hit the department like a bomb. Inspector Dennis, who had worked with him as an undercover agent for nearly four years, took it the hardest. That morning, he h
Chapter 130: The Price of Betrayal
Aisha trembled where she hid, crouched behind a concrete beam in the underground parking lot, her breath caught halfway in her chest. The entire place was almost silent except for the faint hum of cars from the distance. Then, the distinct sound of tyres screeching slightly on the concrete floor echoed, and she peeked out carefully.A black car had pulled in swiftly.She saw the driver step out—tall, poised, familiar.Jalen.Without thinking, Aisha sprang to her feet and ran toward him."Jalen!" she cried out, her heels clicking rapidly on the floor.Jalen turned, eyes scanning quickly. The moment he saw her, he rushed forward too. They collided into each other’s arms, breathless and relieved. She clung to him, and he held her tightly like she might disappear again if he let go.“Are you okay?” he asked, brushing her hair back, his eyes scanning her face, her arms, her waist, every inch of her body as if to confirm she was whole.“I’m fine,” Aisha said, still catching her breath. “
Chapter 129: The Warning
Inspector Dennis stepped a few paces away from the other officers, his face blank but tense. The weight of what just happened had sunk in. The cartel had vanished without a trace, and the likelihood of a mole feeding them information from within was now glaring like a neon sign. He reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out his phone. His fingers flew across the screen as he scrolled to a contact. Without saying a word to the others, he pressed Call."Who are you calling?" one of the top-ranking officers asked behind him, arms folded tightly, tone suspicious.But Dennis ignored him.Jalen picked up on the first ring. “What happened?” His voice was brisk, alarmed, without the usual greeting.Dennis didn’t waste time either. “Where are you now?”“In my office. Why?”“Don’t move. Don’t go anywhere,” Dennis said quickly. “The cartel—those men who broke Carlos out, they might be coming for you or your girlfriend.”A thick silence passed between them.Dennis added, “I’m sending officer
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