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Twenty One

Author: Rachiella
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-16 15:56:22

Desmond POV

The second Brielle disappeared into the alley with Mirren, a breath escaped me I hadn’t even realized I was holding.

For the moment, at least, she was safe.

But whoever had dared send those men into that club… they had made a mistake. A fatal one.

I turned back through the service door, moving low, gun raised. The thumping bass had died with the gunfire, replaced now by the echo of sirens somewhere in the distance and the quiet sobs of people too shaken to move.

Most had fled already. Good. Fewer eyes to deal with.

The stench of spilled liquor and blood mixed with the fog of smoke machines still lingering in the air. My boots crunched against glass as I swept the room, my chest heavy with the weight of unfinished business.

Two more bodies. One slumped near the DJ booth, another stretched across the bar floor, pistol still clutched in his hand. Both gone. Maybe mine. Maybe someone else’s. I didn’t care.

I only cared about answers.

And then I spotted him.

The third one—dragg
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