He had rolled under the first car, then quietly crawled out the other side and slipped under the next parked vehicle. Staying low, he moved from car to car like a shadow sliding across the street.His body screamed in pain every time he moved, but he forced himself to keep going.Ha… they won’t find me, Dane thought, a faint smile appearing on his face despite the blood running down his head.This is going to be fun.I would have been dead any second if I had waited.He thought back to the moment just seconds earlier.He had been about to pull the trigger and shoot Leo.In that moment, Leo would have died.But it would have been reckless.The sniper in the building would have shot him immediately afterward.So Dane had made a split-second decision.Instead of firing, he rolled under the car the instant before the bullets came down from above.That was close, he thought.Very close.If he had hesitated even a fraction of a second, those bullets would have torn straight through him.Dan

Dane didn’t answer. Not a word. His eyes flicked to the officers beside Robert, gauging them. Each one’s hand hovered near their weapon, ready to act. The cuffs dug into his wrist painfully, but he refused to flinch.Silence filled the room. Dane’s breathing was slow, controlled, though every inhale burned. His mind raced, calculating his next move.Robert’s eyes narrowed. “You think staying silent is going to save you? You’ve been caught in the middle of a war you don’t fully understand. Now, tell me—or it’s going to get worse.”Dane shifted slightly on the bed, testing the cuffs again. The pain in his chest throbbed with each movement, but his resolve was unwavering. He wasn’t giving them anything—not yet.“So you don’t plan on talking,” Officer Robert said coldly. “You intend to stay silent.”He crossed his arms as he stared down at Dane.“Do you think you will go to jail? You will. Massive gunfire in public, destroying people’s property—it was all seen on CCTV. You and those men w