The First Crack In Gregory’s EmpireThe words lingered between us long after Damian spoke them. Although the operating room remained filled with movement from nurses, surgeons, and security staff preparing for whatever happened next, the atmosphere around his hospital bed seemed to narrow into something far more personal.“If I lose tonight, Gregory comes for you next.”There was no drama in the sentence.No attempt to frighten me.That was what made it worse.Damian genuinely believed it.After everything Gregory had already done tonight, I believed it too.I kept my hand lightly around his wrist for several seconds while the monitor beside him continued its steady rhythm beneath the harsh surgical lights, and beneath my fingers I could still feel the lingering weakness in his pulse despite how controlled his expression remained.He was forcing himself forward through sheer will now.Nothing else.“You are not walking into that building tonight.”The words came quieter than before, t
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