Claimed By My Ex’s Biker Uncle
His wife looked at him, really looked at him, seeing the finality in his expression, the lack of doubt, the complete certainty that once he made this decision, there would be no turning back.
“And you believe you can bring Draven down?” she asked.
Darius did not smile.
He did not need to.
“I know I can,” he said.
Because unlike Leonard, he did not act without thinking.
He did not rush.
He did not allow emotion to guide his decisions.
He planned.
He waited.
And when he moved…
He did not miss.
The room fell quiet again after that, but this time, it felt different, heavier, more settled, because something had been decided, something that would not change no matter what came next.