**RUSSELL'S POV**The moment the door opened and those two figures stepped into the room, my entire world tilted sideways.Drake stood there in an expensive suit, his expression unreadable. And beside him—Brunk. Ava's father. The man whose sons I'd had chained up in my basement for weeks.I'd expected Brunk. The second Grey mentioned handing me over to someone, I'd known it was a possibility. But Drake? My most trusted man? My right hand? The one person I'd built my entire operation around?That I hadn't seen coming."No," I breathed, the word escaping before I could stop it. I stared at Drake, searching his face for any sign that this was a mistake, some kind of sick joke. "Drake, what the hell is this?"He wouldn't meet my eyes. Just stood there beside Brunk, hands shoved in his pockets, jaw tight.Brunk, on the other hand, looked absolutely delighted. He walked further into the room, circling my chair like a predator sizing up wounded prey. His expensive shoes clicked against the p
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