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Desmond’s lips twitched.He tried desperately to hold it in, but a laugh escaped him anyway. He quickly covered his mouth with both hands, his shoulders shaking as he looked away from Gunner. The sight was too ridiculous. Gunner had been standing there delivering what was obviously supposed to be an intimidating speech, and Drax had essentially told him that the speech was putting him to sleep.The reaction spread through the street.A few onlookers hiding behind the broken walls quietly laughed. One man covered his mouth as he shook his head, while another turned away because he was afraid Gunner might see him smiling. Even some of the Rustliners struggled to keep straight faces. One man lowered his head, biting his lip as he tried to suppress a laugh. Another coughed suspiciously into his fist, but the faint grin on his face betrayed him.Gunner noticed.His face darkened instantly.A vein bulged against his temple.Another appeared along his forehead as his remaining eye twitched w
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Gunner threw his head back and laughed heartily, the sound echoing across the ruined street as though the situation unfolding before him was nothing more than an entertaining joke. He slowly rose from the hood of the truck, his boots hitting the ground with a heavy thud as he looked Drax up and down. His remaining eye narrowed, studying the stranger who had just walked straight into the middle of his territory without the slightest hint of fear. Around him, the Rustliners tightened their grip on their weapons, surrounding Drax from every direction. There were more than thirty of them, some carrying knives, others holding metal pipes, bats, chains, and whatever else they could find. To anyone watching, there was only one possible outcome. The stranger was outnumbered beyond reason.“So, you’re the so-called wanderer who harmed my men,” Gunner finally said, his laughter fading into a cold grin. There was amusement in his voice, but beneath it was unmistakable anger. His men had returned
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“Mom!”Desmond’s scream tore through the street as he saw Lydia lying on the ground with Anna clinging to her. For a moment, everything else disappeared from his mind. He didn’t see the thirty Rustliners surrounding the restaurant, didn’t see the weapons in their hands, and didn’t even notice the strange man who had just been holding a knife against his mother’s throat. All he saw was his family.He ran.The Rustliner beside Lydia still had a firm grip on her, and the moment he saw Desmond charging toward him, he reached out as though he intended to swat the boy away. Desmond didn’t hesitate. He grabbed the man’s arm with both hands and sank his teeth into it with everything he had.The Rustliner screamed.“Ah! You little bastard!”His grip immediately loosened, and Lydia fell sideways. Desmond released the man’s arm and threw himself toward his mother, but before he could reach her, the furious Rustliner swung his hand and struck him across the face.The blow sent Desmond stumbling.
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She twisted violently against the man holding her hair, suddenly finding strength she hadn’t known she possessed. She lunged toward her daughter and bit down hard on the man’s hand.The Rustliner screamed.“Ah! Fuck!”Blood immediately appeared between Lydia’s teeth.The man released her hair for a moment and looked at his bleeding hand in disbelief. His face twisted with rage.“You fucking bitch!”He raised his hand and struck her across the face.The blow was so hard that Lydia’s body was thrown sideways. She hit the ground heavily, her vision spinning as tears streamed down her face. A sharp pain spread through her cheek, but even then, she didn’t think about herself.She crawled toward Anna.“Come here,” she sobbed. “Come to Mommy.”Anna was crying now, clutching her injured elbow as she crawled into her mother’s arms.Lydia wrapped both arms around her daughter, shielding the little girl with her own body.“It’s okay,” she whispered despite the fact that her own voice was trembli
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Lydia’s tears flowed freely as she remained on her knees in front of Gunner, her hands clasped together so tightly that her fingers had begun to ache. She had never been this frightened in her life. The sight of thirty armed men surrounding her restaurant, combined with the cold expression on Gunner’s face, made it painfully obvious that there was no negotiating with these people. She shook her head desperately as she tried to explain herself, her voice breaking beneath the weight of her fear. “Please, spare me and my son. We didn’t do anything wrong. I didn’t bring anyone here to attack your men. I swear, I didn’t even know that man before today. He was just a traveler who came into my restaurant. He got involved because your men were hurting my son. I never asked him to fight anyone.”Gunner stared down at her without the slightest trace of sympathy. The cigarette between his fingers burned slowly as smoke drifted across his face, but he didn’t bother moving away from it. His remain
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Back at the restaurant, the sky had already darkened completely.The last traces of sunlight had disappeared behind the horizon, leaving Null City covered in a deep, gloomy darkness. The restaurant that had been filled with frightened whispers earlier was now surrounded by something much worse. Dozens of men occupied the street outside, their presence making the entire area feel suffocating.Some leaned against vehicles while others stood with weapons in their hands. Several carried metal pipes, knives, bats, and other crude weapons. Their clothes varied, but almost all of them wore the same distinctive insignia somewhere on their bodies.The Rustliners.At the center of them all was a large truck parked directly in front of the restaurant.A bald man sat on the hood.He was broad-shouldered and heavily built, with a thick neck and several scars running across his arms. A black patch covered his left eye, while his remaining eye watched the restaurant with cold, calculating patience.
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