Chapter 43
A/N: BONUS CHAP!
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After the tension between them eased, Yelena temporarily abandoned the thought of confronting Natasha. She was more intrigued by how her sister had transformed so dramatically in just a few years, as if she had become a completely different person.
Natasha had once been a ruthless spy, skilled in deception, with blood on her hands. But now, to Yelena, she seemed like a sunflower in full bloom—warmer, more compassionate, with a tenderness in her eyes that made Yelena uneasy.
Yelena couldn't fathom what Natasha had gone through to bring about such an extraordinary change in both her strength and her demeanor.
"Did you have something to do with what happened to Dreykov, Natasha?" Yelena asked, cutting straight to the point.
More than a year ago, Dreykov had unexpectedly disbanded the Red Room and spent enormous sums to help the trained Black Widows return to their homes. Yelena had been one of them.
But Yelena had sensed something was off. Natasha's defection and Dreykov's increasingly erratic behavior had led her to believe it was all part of another conspiracy. Unable to trust the situation, Yelena fled, eventually settling down temporarily while she investigated Dreykov's strange actions.
Unexpectedly, not long ago, Dreykov had died in a mysterious explosion. The circumstances were so unusual that Yelena couldn't wrap her mind around what had truly happened. But now, with Natasha's sudden appearance and her noticeably enhanced physical abilities, Yelena's sharp mind quickly connected the dots.