**********Leonard cornered Carl after the gathering ended. His finger dug into his shirt and he shoved him against the wall. He shot a ferocious glare, his face a few inches away, his voice dripping vulgarity and venom. "You p*ssy! How the fuck did you know about that!? Who the heck are you?!" He hissed, his breath reeking of beer and nonsense."Let go of me." Carl simply said, his voice calm but it carried unmistakable weight that could shattered ice.Leonard grinned dangerously, daunting him. "And if i don't, what the fuck is your shit gonna do, Huh?" He taunted. "You gonna call the cops? Call some of your wretched lackeys as backup?" A jagged and condescending laughter erupted from his lips.Carl chuckled quietly. He drawled. "Leonard Barnard, you're a man of big talk and small doings. You don't want to push me too hard." He toned, threat low, voice dangerous.His confidence angered Leonard more. He clawed his shirt tighter, shoving him hard against the wall. Carl didn't flinch.

**********Leonard cornered Carl after the gathering ended. His finger dug into his shirt and he shoved him against the wall. He shot a ferocious glare, his face a few inches away, his voice dripping vulgarity and venom. "You p*ssy! How the fuck did you know about that!? Who the heck are you?!" He hissed, his breath reeking of beer and nonsense."Let go of me." Carl simply said, his voice calm but it carried unmistakable weight that could shattered ice.Leonard grinned dangerously, daunting him. "And if i don't, what the fuck is your shit gonna do, Huh?" He taunted. "You gonna call the cops? Call some of your wretched lackeys as backup?" A jagged and condescending laughter erupted from his lips.Carl chuckled quietly. He drawled. "Leonard Barnard, you're a man of big talk and small doings. You don't want to push me too hard." He toned, threat low, voice dangerous.His confidence angered Leonard more. He clawed his shirt tighter, shoving him hard against the wall. Carl didn't flinch.

*********Viktor drew closer to the unfolding scene. The crowd had scattered in fear at the first gun shot, some watching the scene from behind cars where they hid, some muttering silent prayer and nonsense.A woman carrying a crying kid clapped her palm over her mouth to diminish the baby's cry.Behind an Audi A6 where two young men hid, one of them whispered. "Those men, they're called the red demons. They don't leave a place not until they shed blood." "Damn! That means we're dead! So dead!" The second man whispered with a voice trembling in panic.The air at the premises of Paradise inn was tense. Staff members of the hotel had locked the entrance, watching in horror from windows.Three men surrounded a young woman clutching a briefcase to her chest. Each of them wore black leather jackets, black gloves and black boots. They towered with lethal intents.Their boss, Baldo, whose hair was neatly scraped, red Tats of burning fire crawling on his temple, he stepped forward, gold ear

Isadora stirred awake gently on the bed. Her heavy eyes opened gradually to take in the white roofing. A light groan escaped her lips as she pushed her body up on the bed, looking around. "Ahhh.." She groaned, pressing fingers against her temple as ache shot through her head. She looked around. There was no loud music like the previous night in the underground pub where Mei tied her down to use toys on her. The smell in the air was sterile. Not the choking smell of champagne and tequila and the harsh colourful light. Her fingers dropped from her head gently as she exhaled in relief. She looked at the bed side to see a chair where kane watched her sleep the previous night. She stepped down from the bed and walked out of the room. The first sight that caught her eyes on the floor made her pause. Rose petals lined the hallway, disappearing into another door. Her eyes narrowed. "What's going on?" Without processing much thought about it, she moved, trailing the petals with gen