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CHAPTER 710
Caleb was in his element. A whirlwind of white hair and blood-stained silk, he drove Ivy back with the sheer force of a man who had rediscovered his own ego. He felt like the Commander again, the high-ranking predator who didn't just win fights, but dismantled souls."Look at you!" Caleb laughed, his voice cracking with a manic edge as he landed a heavy punch against Ivy's defensive guard. "The great 'Black Vine' is nothing but a withered weed! You spent ten years sharpening your wires and forgot that a boot to the face solves everything!"Ivy staggered, her hand pressed against a bleeding cheek, her breath coming in ragged gasps. She looked cornered, her back hitting the rough bark of a pine. Caleb stepped in for the killing blow, eyes gleaming with the triumph of a man about to reclaim his legend. He coiled his weight into a straight right that would have ended the chapter."Say hi to the women in hell for me!" Caleb roared.But Ivy didn't duck. She didn't weave. She didn't e
CHAPTER 709
Ivy stepped forward, the monofilament wire singing as she snapped it taut.Her eyes were cold, sharp as the glass shards littering the forest floor, locking onto his.“I’ve been watching you for a long time, Caleb,” she whispered, low and hauntingly personal. “Tell me… has life been good for the ‘Great Commander’ while you spent the last decade making women’s lives miserable?”Her gaze hardened.“Did you sleep well after the Eastern Sector? After the lives you shattered just to climb the ladder?”Caleb flinched, as if struck, taking a hesitant step back, boots dragging through the mud.The way she said his name, not as a title, but as a target, sent a shiver of real fear down his spine.“How do you know my name?” he demanded, voice cracking. “I never introduced myself. You’ve been calling me ‘Caleb’ since you stepped out of those vines. Who the hell are you?”Hugo exchanged a glance with Lottie, brow furrowed in suspicion.“Lottie… how does she know him? She’s not just a bodyguard. Sh
CHAPTER 708
With a flick of her wrists, two silver handles slid into Ivy’s palms. She drew them apart, and a thin, nearly invisible strand of monofilament wire hissed tight between them. Moonlight skimmed its edge, turning it into a stray beam of silver suspended in the dark.Caleb’s grin didn’t falter, though his pace slowed. “A garrote? You think you’ll get close enough to use a string on me? I’ll snap your neck before you even loop it.”“Try me,” Ivy whispered.Caleb roared and lunged, moving with explosive speed that defied his injuries. His gauze-wrapped fist arced toward her temple, a blow meant to end the fight in a single strike.Ivy didn’t retreat.She stepped in.She slipped beneath his guard, the wire singing as her arms crossed.The filament kissed Caleb’s forearm and sliced through fabric and skin with terrifying ease. He hissed, jerking back… But Ivy was already gone.Behind him.“Hugo, look,” Lottie breathed, eyes wide as the clearing blurred with motion.Ivy became a phantom
CHAPTER 707
The forest floor was a chaotic tapestry of churned dirt, shredded leaves, and the metallic tang of Caleb’s blood. Every few seconds, the rhythmic crack of Ivy’s rifle split the air, pinning the high-ranking commander behind a decaying log like a beetle under a boot.Caleb scrambled, his white hair now matted to a muddy gray, his expensive tactical gear torn by thorns. He lunged for a fallen branch to use as leverage…CRACK.A bullet barked into the wood an inch from his ear. He flinched back, breath hitching in ragged, humiliated gasps.“Come on, Commander!” Ivy called, her voice light and mocking. “I thought you were the king of this jungle. You’re looking more like a panicked rabbit.”Caleb gritted his teeth, eyes darting frantically. He spotted his discarded tactical vest a few feet away, the one he’d tossed aside in arrogance.If he could just reach the flashbang in the side pocket…He bolted.CRACK.The round hissed past his thigh and bit into the mud. Caleb dove, fingers claw
CHAPTER 706
The trigger of the Glock began its lethal travel, but the cycle never finished.CRACK.A high-velocity round tore through the humid air, shrieking like a banshee. It didn't strike Caleb’s head or chest; it slammed with surgical precision directly into the back of his right hand.Caleb let out a guttural roar as the impact shattered his metacarpals. He hadn't expected a ghost to be watching from the canopy. The Glock jumped violently, nearly spiraling into the mud, but Caleb, driven by years of muscle memory and a stubborn, elitist pride, clamped his mangled fingers down, refusing to let the weapon fall.Blood sprayed across Hugo’s neck, hot and metallic. Caleb’s eyes went wild. Even with his hand shredded, his instinct was to finish the job. He torqued his torso, intending to empty the magazine into Hugo’s throat out of pure spite.CRACK.A second shot barked from the tree line. This one grazed the slide of his Glock, sending a shower of sparks into his face. Stunned by the rele
CHAPTER 705
Caleb watched their display of defiance, his finger hovering over the trigger. He didn’t fire. Instead, he lowered the barrel and began to laugh, a deep, mocking sound that echoed beneath the dark canopy.“Oh, this is precious,” Caleb sneered. “The damsel in distress and the court jester think they’re a strike team. What’s the plan, Charlotte? You’re going to punch me with those delicate knuckles while the boy tries to prune me like a hedge?” He took a mocking step forward, completely unafraid. “Do you truly believe your fists and that rusted sliver of metal are faster than a 9mm round? I can put a hole in both your hearts before you even cross the three-yard line.”“Maybe,” Lottie said, eyes locked on his gun hand. “But you’re arrogant, Caleb. You want us alive so you can claim your prize. You won’t shoot to kill… not yet. And that’s your mistake.”Hugo tightened his grip on the knife, the rusted metal biting into his palm. He looked at Lottie, saw the unshakable resolve in her b
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