At that moment, Daniel's father, the restaurant owner whose establishment now lay in ruins around them, felt his patience wearing dangerously thin, felt his confusion mounting with every passing second as he tried to understand what was happening between his son and this stranger who stood before them covered in other people's blood but without a scratch on him. "What the hell is going on here?" the older man demanded, his voice rising with frustration and barely contained anger as he looked back and forth between Ethan and his son, trying to read the truth in their expressions and body language. "And why are you two exchanging words like this? Why the hell are you standing there accusing my son of trying to have you killed? Is there something wrong with you or what? Do you think this is some kind of family that you can just walk up to and say all sorts of ridiculous nonsense to without any consequences? Is that what you're thinking right now?"The older man took a step forward, his po

At that moment in time, having heard the full story from his son, having understood the complete picture of what had transpired and why this stranger was standing in his destroyed restaurant, Daniel's father straightened his shoulders and fixed Ethan with a hard, uncompromising stare that had intimidated countless business rivals and troublemakers over the years. The older man's jaw was set in a firm line, his hands clasped behind his back in a posture of authority and control, his entire bearing radiating the confidence of a man who was used to being obeyed without question."Well, your luck has actually run out," Daniel's father said coldly, his voice carrying the weight of finality and certainty, like a judge pronouncing sentence on a convicted criminal."Yes, your luck has completely run out, whatever fortune or divine protection allowed you to survive my son's assassination attempt has now expired, and I wouldn't even want to waste time negotiating or exchanging more words with yo

Ethan took a single step forward, his posture relaxed but somehow radiating menace, his eyes locked on Daniel's face with an intensity that made the younger man want to look away but found himself unable to break that penetrating gaze. "The same thing I did to your colleague, the same fate I delivered to Victoria's cousin who decided to interfere in matters that didn't concern him, who decided to involve himself in your schemes and plots against me, that's exactly what I did to that other man, to your associate and your accomplice in all of this," Ethan said, his voice still quiet but carrying clearly across the space between them. "I don't know what you promised him to get him involved, what rewards or benefits or advantages you offered to convince him to help you try to kill me, but whatever it was, it didn't save him in the end. That is the same thing I will do to you now, the exact same fate awaits you here tonight."Ethan paused again, his head tilting slightly as he studied D

Immediately, unable to contain his confusion and need to understand this situation better, Daniel's father looked directly at Ethan where he sat in that chair looking completely relaxed and unworried, and asked in a voice that dripped with dangerous curiosity, "So you want me to do my worst, is that what you're really asking for right now? You want to see the full extent of what I can do when someone crosses me and my family?"And immediately, without any hesitation whatsoever, without even pausing to consider the implications of his answer or showing the slightest trace of fear or uncertainty, Ethan nodded his head once in clear affirmation and said simply, "Yes, do your worst. Show me everything you've got." And then, before Daniel's father could respond to that challenge, Ethan continued speaking, his voice still calm but carrying an edge now, a hint of steel beneath the surface. "And if you find that you cannot do your worst to me, if you discover that you're not capable of follo

Immediately hearing Daniel's harsh words and accusations, hearing himself and his brother being called weak and shameful and embarrassing, the conscious twin brother from hell gathered what little strength he had left and started whispering again with even more urgency and desperation, forcing the words out despite the agony it caused. "You shouldn't underestimate him, you're making a terrible mistake," the twin rasped, his eyes wide and filled with genuine fear as he looked up at Daniel's face hovering above him. "There's something fundamentally different about this guy now, something that wasn't there before. He's become a demon, I'm telling you the absolute truth, this guy has somehow become a demon or made a deal with demons or been possessed by something inhuman. He's not the same person you remember, not at all. With just one strike, with just a single movement, he can end lives and destroy bodies. You should not underestimate him, you have to believe me, please listen to what