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Chapter 325
For a brief moment, silence filled the room. The flickering light above cast long shadows across the men’s faces, exaggerating the hard planes of cheekbones and the hollows beneath eyes. The air smelled of damp concrete, sweat, and old cigarette smoke. Then, the leader—a tall, broad-shouldered brute with a jagged scar cutting across his cheek—smirked as if savoring a private victory.He turned his head slightly and gave a sharp nod to one of his men.“Finish him,” the leader said flatly.Immediately, two of the men lunged toward Logan, their heavy boots stomping against the cracked concrete floor. They moved with the practiced speed of men who had fought in back alleys and warehouse brawls, not with the sloppy panic of amateurs—but Logan was ready. He’d been waiting for this. His senses tightened; the world reduced to the rhythm of breaths and the snap of muscle.The first man swung a crowbar straight for Logan’s head. Logan ducked, feeling the rush of air as the metal passed inche
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Logan pushed through the thin line of scrub and hedgerow until the little clearing opened before him.The three men were there, clustered near the maintenance shed like animals that had found a bone. For a second, they looked up in unison, surprise breaking across their faces—then the surprise mutated into insolent amusement.“You again,” the leader sneered. He had the scarred jaw Logan had already catalogued, and his eyes glittered like a creature used to getting its way. Tomas, the younger thug, tried to put on a brave face but the tremor in his hands betrayed him.The third man—stocky, with a tattoo curling up his neck—leaned against the shed door and chewed on the inside of his cheek.For a moment, all Logan felt was a still, hot clarity that traded on the rhythm of his heart. He stepped forward, unclenching his fists.“What did you do to her?” he asked. To my daughter!”The leader laughed. “You got guts, fool! I’ll give you that. You’d walk back into a pit after what happened b
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Logan’s hands were steady. He worked with a calm urgency, fingers practiced and sure as he opened the small emergency kit he always kept in the car. The park had been too chaotic and Logan refused to wait. He drew a syringe, checked dosage with an instinct that made him feel equal parts guilty and necessary, and administered the little medications he’d learned to keep for true emergencies—coagulants, a vasoconstrictor, something to stabilize until proper surgeons could take over. They were stopgap measures, but they would buy time.Chloe’s breathing eased fractionally; the color that had leached from her cheeks threaded back in a whisper. Her eyelids fluttered; she tried to blink open, and Charlotte sobbed out a breath, pressing her forehead to Chloe’s and whispering: “Stay with me, baby. Stay with us.”Logan’s voice was low and precise as he leaned over them. “She’s stabilizing. It’s not over, but she’ll make it into the ambulance if we go now.” He slid a hand into Charlotte’s
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“Logan!” Charlotte’s terrified cry split the quiet night, echoing through the park like a siren of despair. The sound jolted through Logan’s chest, shattering whatever calm had remained.He broke into a sprint and his pulse pounded in his ears so loud it almost drowned out everything else — the wind whistling through the trees, the faint creak of the swings, the distant hum of the city. His lungs burned, but he didn’t stop. He vaulted over the low iron fence, the metal clanging under his touch, and hit the soft grass on the other side in a stumbling run.“Chloe!” he shouted, his voice raw. Panic clawed its way up his throat. “Chloe!”When he reached the spot where she’d been, he froze.Chloe lay motionless on the ground.The sight struck him like a blow. Her small body was twisted at an odd angle, one arm sprawled limply across her stomach, the other tucked beneath her. Her head was turned slightly to the side, strands of golden hair half-covering her face. The lamplight flickered
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Chloe’s eyes snapped open as sunlight streamed through the sheer curtains of her room. The hospital visit had left her restless, and the quiet of the house made her impatience even more acute. She turned her head toward Logan, who was sitting beside her chair, quietly scanning through a folder of papers for work, his brow furrowed in concentration, and Charlotte, who was fussing with a stack of medical documents, carefully aligning them and rechecking each page as if the order could somehow keep Chloe safe.“Water,” Chloe said firmly, her voice a little hoarse but laced with authority. “I want a cup of water.”Logan immediately rose from his seat, his movements precise and unhesitating. Without a word, he walked toward the kitchen, leaving Charlotte to brush Chloe’s hair back from her flushed forehead. Moments later, he returned, holding a glass of water. He placed it carefully in Chloe’s hand with his fingers brushing hers lightly.Chloe took a sip, savoring the cool liquid as if
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The door to the corridor eased open, and Barbara stepped inside.Her expression was unreadable. Her eyes, sharp as polished glass, caught the faint glow of the herb and seemed to harden with suspicion. Her lips pressed into a tight, disapproving line. Yet beneath the mask of composure, there was something else in her gaze—curiosity, envy, and disbelief all tangled into one cold, assessing stare.“I heard everything,” she said flatly, her voice slicing through the quiet.Charlotte turned in surprise, her brows knitting together. “Mother—”Barbara ignored her, advancing a few slow steps toward the table. “You said you went to the mountain,” she began. “The same mountain no man has ever returned from alive. The same cursed place people call the tomb of fools. And yet here you stand—breathing, whole, holding the very herb said to grow only at its peak.”Logan looked up briefly, his expression calm and eyes steady. “That’s correct,” he said simply.Barbara crossed her arms.“And you e
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