Chapter 54: The Game Changes
The dim streetlights flickered overhead as the tense silence hung in the air. Ivy’s hand remained steady, the gun aimed at the men who had been on the brink of capturing them. Adrian, his heart still racing from the near encounter, looked at Ivy in disbelief. He had never seen this side of her before. The girl who had always seemed so kind, so approachable, was now a cold, calculating figure, standing tall and unyielding, her eyes fierce with determination. The men who had initially surrounded them stood frozen, their eyes flicking between Ivy and Adrian. The one who had been in the lead—the one who had shoved Adrian against the car—was slowly rising to his feet, a grimace of pain on his face. “You should have stayed down,” Ivy said, her voice calm but carrying an edge of authority that
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