The trap.
Raoul's grin broadened. "I want you to know what it's like to lose everything. Just like I did."
Ethan swallowed. "This isn't about me. It's about the pups. Let them go and we can work something out."
"It is not just for revenge, Ethan," Raoul spat, differently, his sparkling eyes shining with the venom his words did, "It is to teach you how your precious little schemes can crumble.".
Before the thought could even come to him to answer Raoul, he was at him. Ethan moved quickly to the side again and avoided the killing strike. The two locked up and crashed together as they sought to outdo each other. Ethan's focus was now razor-sharp as he realized he must end this soon.
Raoul's attacks were very brutal. Ethan was on the defensive all the time as his whirling mind
