Fernando’s POV The sight chilled me. Michael, my Michael, stood with a gun in his hand, arm steady, jaw locked, eyes blazing with a fury I hadn’t thought him capable of. He was transformed, consumed by something raw and dangerous, and every instinct in me screamed to act fast before he did something he could never undo. The man in the chair, battered and broken, raised his swollen head. His lips parted as if he would speak. And then I moved. I stepped in front of Michael, between his trembling rage and the half-dead wretch slumped against the ropes. My hands came up slowly, palms open, as though I were talking down a wild animal ready to tear through its cage. “Michael,” I said softly, steadying my voice, though inside I was a hurricane. “Look at me, not him, me.” His eyes flickered to mine, bright with unshed tears, red with sleeplessness and fury. His finger hovered too close to the trigger. “You’re not this man,” I whispered. “You’re not me.” He flinched at that, just a
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