The slam knocked the breath from his lungs.
As the ground rushed up to meet him, the weight of the other man crashing into him like a boulder felt intense and suffocating.
Pain shot through his rib and his shoulder, but he barely registered it. His gun skidded across the large space, far from his reach. A flash of metal caught his eyes. He looked down at himself to see a knife pressed there.
He raised his eyes to his attacker, and it was the cleaner from earlier.
Jaxon growled, grabbing the man’s wrist just in time to stop the knife from plunging into his chest. Adrenaline lit him up like a live wire. He twisted hard, digging his knee into the man’s thigh and forcing him to shift.
That gave him enough space to slam his elbow into the guy’s jaw.
A sickening crunch sounded, and th
