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Chapter Nine

Author: Softly Ashanti
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Chapter Nine

Justin’s POV

The woman’s scream ripped through the air as the bullet tore into her arm and leg.

I should’ve put it straight into her skull. That was the plan. One shot. Clean and done.

But at the last second, I lowered the barrel. A change of mind, no, a change of strategy. She’d be more useful alive. If I let her suffer, I could use her to drag Lorenzo out of whatever hole he was hiding in.

The children though… I couldn’t bring myself to touch them. They were too young, and fragile. They reminded me too much of my sister, the only person who meant everything to me.

Her cries followed me as I stepped out of the penthouse, echoing in the back of my mind like a cursed lullaby. I didn’t look back. I never do.

Andrew and the others fell in line behind me, silently. They knew better than to test my temper in a time like this.

I slid into my car, the leather cold against my back, and gripped the steering wheel until my knuckles whitened. My pulse was racing, my jaw clenched tig
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