Dominic didn't even slow his stride as he passed them. He didn't need to say a word, didn't need to gesture them aside. All three men scrambled out of his path on pure instinct, their faces twisted with a mixture of dread and shame that no amount of battlefield composure could hide.
These were men who had once charged through gunfire without flinching, who had survived ambushes and close-quarters hell that would break lesser soldiers. And yet here they stood, unable to meet the eyes of the man walking past them. The fear of the Dragon Temple's Lord was not something they had learned. It was something carved into them, branded so deep it lived in their marrow. They had taken money to stand against him, and now they could not even lift their heads.
When Dominic stepped into the hospital ro
