Things have always come easy for him, and so he just assumes life will always go his way. He doesn’t realize that I’ve been there in the shadows the whole time, dragging obstacles out of his way so that he wouldn’t have to struggle the way I did.
Of course, Otets argued that my struggle was necessary in order to shape me into the kind of leader I had to become. Yulian escaped the hardships only because he didn’t have the burden of responsibility to deal with.
And yet sometimes, it’s hard not to be resentful.
“Someone wants a break between our Bratvas,” I say. “Probably the same person spreading the rumors. We need to find out who it is.”
“That’s a long list of suspects,” Lev warns.
“Better get to it, then. But first things first: we set up the meeting.”
“What do you have in mind?” as
