"I will break your neck before you pull that trigger."
Magnus Mace shifted his massive weight forward. His heavy combat boots scraped the concrete floor. The mercenary kingpin prepared to lunge at the exiled engineer.
The blue electricity arching across the railgun spiked in brightness.
Leo Vance tightened his scarred finger on the firing mechanism. The lethal magnetic weapon hummed with violent kinetic energy. He aimed it dead center at the chest of the young billionaire.
"Do not take another step giant," Leo warned.
Ryan Parker did not flinch. He did not beg for his life.
Ryan raised his right hand. He flattened his palm toward his bodyguard.
"Stand down Magnus," Ryan commanded.
The deep baritone order echoed in the cavernous aerospace hangar. Magnus stopped his advance instantly
