CHAPTER 45: YOU CAME FOR ME
MAXINE:
"Get down!" I roared as we thundered into the room. My men and I were more than a dozen and all geared up for action, our weapons ready.
"Secure the target!”
And then I saw Venus, trembling, her back pressed against the cold wall, and Draven… that bastard, standing far too close with a gun aimed at her head.
"Drop the weapon, Draven!" I snarled, voice low and deadly.
He turned slowly, almost amused. "Maxine," he drawled, tilting his head. "You came for your little pet. How noble."
I didn’t have time for his mind games. In one smooth motion, I lunged, my dagger slicing through the air. Gunfire erupted, metal against metal, bodies crashing against walls. My men swarmed, and chaos consumed the room.
Draven fired once, missed, then tried again, but
