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 I was already on him. I slammed him to the ground, disarming him with a bone-snapping twist of his wrist. He grunted, tried to strike back, but I was faster, stronger—until he reached beneath his jacket and
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