Jake’s POV
“Stop!” I called, and everyone on my side halted. A few of the group had already been let through the border, including the doctor and a nurse. Damien was still waiting on the other side with a few of his own enforcers whom I recognized from some of our meetings.
They were Damien’s most trusted, something like his right-hand men.
Damien must have been hoping to sneak in undetected, though he made no attempt to hide who he was. As I walked closer to him, he didn’t show any shame. Instead, he only stood up taller and straighter, in an effort to be intimidating.
He was intimidating. But so was I.
“No one said you would be personally escorting the doctor,” I said.
We stood on either side of the border, glaring at each other.
“No one said I wouldn’t be either,” Damien replie
