This time, Elias Vance held nothing back. The open-handed strike connected with such force that Dexter Hayes was literally launched off the ground, his body spinning through the air before crashing back down in a graceless heap. He tumbled across the linoleum like a ragdoll, rolling until he came to rest at the feet of the woman who had just arrived. Blood covered his face in a slick mask of red, and his eyes fluttered as consciousness threatened to abandon him entirely.
"Oh no. We're done for."
Leo slapped his own forehead hard enough to leave a mark. This time Elias had truly crossed a line he couldn't uncross, and there was no way he was walking out of Cresthaven after this.
"You..." The woman's head snapped up, and in the span of a single heartbeat, the fury in her expression dissol
