ALICE
I stood there in shock as they charged at each other again.
They moved toward each other with the kind of reckless momentum that always ends in bloodshed, and the only thing I could think was that if I didn’t intervene now, someone was going to get seriously hurt.
I shoved myself between them, palms outstretched, catching Mike in the chest before he could swing again.
Leonard stopped the instant I stepped forward, but Mike’s body was still coiled with adrenaline, and it took everything I had to hold him back.
“Mike, stop enough,” I said firmly, keeping my ground until he finally stumbled back a step.
Leonard stood behind me in complete silence, his breathing steady, his posture unreadable beneath the mask.
Mike’s breathing, on the other hand, was ragged and furious, his fists
