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Chapter Sixteen – Brother’s Blade
Author: Freezy-Grip
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The world shrank to the barrel of Damon’s gun pressed against Selene’s temple, Rainwater dripped from Adrian’s shoulders as he stood in the wreckage of the blown-out doorway, weapon aimed, finger steady but heart slamming against his ribs.

Around them, soldiers from both sides held their breath, frozen in a tableau of violence waiting to erupt, Damon’s grin never wavered.

“Put it down, brother. You want her alive? Drop it.

Adrian’s jaw clenched, muscles taut. His men shifted behind him, waiting for his order. He didn’t give it. Couldn’t.

Selene’s eyes found his, wide, terrified, but blazing with defiance. She shook her head faintly, almost imperceptibly, as though telling him: Don’t you dare surrender.

Adrian’s chest tightened.

“Let her go,” he said, his voice deadly calm, even as his pulse roared in his ears.

Damon chuckled, pressing the barrel harder into Selene’s skin. “Do you know what I love most about you, Adrian? You always hesitate when it matters most. You kill for the state,
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