Chapter 56: The Pattern MovesThe vest settled over my shoulders like a second skin that already hated every decision we were about to make. Fresh gauze under it, Aryan’s careful wrap still carrying the heat of his hands, and the bruise underneath pulsing in time with my heartbeat like it had opinions. I checked the magazine by feel, slapped it home, and racked the slide once. Clean. Ready. My side disagreed hard enough that I had to lock my jaw against the urge to snarl at the fucking universe.Aryan was already in full kit. Black, quiet, the kind of silent that made lesser men start calculating exit routes. He watched me finish gearing up with that flat, calculating stare he used when every variable was ugly and the only clean option still carried a body count.“Four minutes is generous,” I said, voice low. “Your boys move like they actually want to keep breathing.”“They do. That’s why they still work for me.” He stepped in close, close enough that the heat of him cut through the da
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