"Stephanie, don't do anything stupid! If you kill me, you won't get away with it either!" Jimmy stammered, his voice trembling as fear slowly gave way to desperation.
He realized that while Stephanie was alone, he had over a dozen men with him.
He swallowed hard, trying to sound more confident, but his shaking voice betrayed him. "We're family! We can talk this out. Let me go, and I'll let you go. Otherwise, even if you manage to kill me, you saw for yourself—they'll tear you apart. You can't fight all of them alone."
"Is that so?" Stephanie responded calmly, her expression unreadable as she listened to the voice from her earring.
As soon as she spoke, more than a dozen shadowy figures emerged from the trees, swiftly subduing Jimmy's men, who had been lost without their leader.
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