COLLATERAL DESIRE のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 7

Lance didn't move from his seat, honestly he didn't want to.“Hey dad" Ylva grinned widely like it wasn't the same man in both their presence, she got up and hugged him eagerly.Lance reluctantly stood up despite himself due to the respect he was expected to have, but as he turned he regretted it immediately.As his eyes met Ragnar's, an unmistakable fear fell over him, his blood ran cold and it felt like everything went still.Lance had faced several frightening situations but none ever made him feel what he felt at that moment, it was a feeling he didn't like one bit.He was quiet for a moment, just staring until Ylva cleared her throat and he snapped back to reality.“Hello sir I'm La—""I know who you are,” Ragnar said, his deep voice rumbling across the room."Sit”.Lance didn't even argue and stumbled back into his seat.Ranger walked over to the head of the table slowly sitting and folding his hands in front of him.“So dad this is Lance, Lance this is my dad" Ylva smiled.“Yes

Lance worked tirelessly, finding any side hustle he could, working all day without sleep.Even with all that he didn't make anything close to what he owed but he kept on working, his muscles protested but he didn't stop, he couldn't.One of those days, Lance was even tempted to steal, to rob someone, just to get easy and fast money. The thought crossed his mind more than once, especially when desperation weighed heavy on him.At one point, he found himself close to a woman inside a store, a thick bundle of cash visible in her bag. It would have been quick and no one would have noticed.But he stopped in his tracks.He couldn’t bring himself to do it.That wasn’t the kind of person he was, no matter how desperate things had become. Even with everything closing in on him, he still had lines he refused to cross.He had been missing classes and had several missed calls from Ylva and his other friends. They were all worried, But every time he finally picked up a call or replied to a text,

There was a loud bang, but it wasn’t from Lance pulling the trigger. It came from behind him.Lance jolted and turned to the side, his eyes widening in shock. The man beside him, one of the henchmen who had followed him into the warehouse, suddenly dropped to the floor. A dark pool of blood quickly spread around his body.Lance took a step back, his hands trembling. The gun slipped from his fingers and clattered onto the ground.Porto stared at the body for a second before shouting, “Everyone get down now!”Everyone ducked immediately.Then it started.A rain of gunfire tore through the warehouse walls. The sound was deafening, endless, bullets ripping through wood, metal, and anything in their way.Lance crouched behind a crate, his heart racing wildly in his chest. He watched pieces of the warehouse break apart from the impact of bullets.“Shit, we are being ambushed” A man yelled, pulling out his gun.Porto nodded as he looked around like he was thinking.“I haven’t even started an