Chapter 68
"One down."
The words hung in the air.
Adrian stopped walking.
She saw it happen. Saw something inside him c***k, then shatter completely. The grief that had been weighing him down transformed into something else entirely.
Pure, undiluted rage.
"Adrian," she said, warning in her voice. "Don't..."
He didn't listen.
He turned, walked back toward Konstantin with measured, purposeful steps. His face was blank. Not empty—wiped clean of everything except the singular focus of violence about to be unleashed.
"One down?" Adrian's voice was soft. Deadly. "You think this is a game? You think keeping score makes you clever?"
"I think patterns matter," Konstantin said, unbothered. "And the pattern says..."
Adrian hit him. One punch, perfectly placed, breaking Konstantin's nose wi
