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So, he picked the one soft spot I had left—my brother. And. . . He would use Nura too if he deemed it necessary.
Dear God.
I swallowed. “I apologized to the Lion. All is fixed now. He will not be back.”
“I told you not to work with the French—”
“And I have learned that lesson.”
“I fear you need more lessons. Never is the Lion to come to me.” His bottom lip shivered.
“That will not happen again.”
“It won’t because you will learnthislesson tonight.” Just as fast as he said those words, he lifted the pistol and pointed at Nura.
“No, Father. Don’t.” I trembled.
Nura looked up.
Not at me.
Not at the Fox.
She looked at Hiro with her eyes—still wet, still shining. Yet somehow, through all the blood, through all the bruises, through all the guns pointed at her head, she smiled.
My father fired the gun.
A single crack split the air.
Her head snapped back.
The smile vanished like smoke.
Blood sprayed across the tile.
And the chain fell silent.
No!!!
Nura collapsed in a heap of bare skin and bruises, blood pooling beneath her.
Chapter twenty-two
Chaos
Kenji
Hiro screamed. The sound wasn’t human. It wasn’t even an animal. It was grief and rage turned feral—a sound that split my very soul.
Then everything exploded.
Hiro snapped through the remaining cuff with raw adrenaline and fury, flipping the gurney as he launched himself across the room like a beast unleashed. Metal shrieked against the floor. The guard with the taser didn’t even have time to aim before Hiro crushed his windpipe with an elbow strike so brutal it sounded like a branch breaking.
Gunfire erupted.
Reo grabbed a monitor stand and used it to bludgeon the nearest man, the impact echoing with a sickening crunch.Blood splattered across the fluorescent light fixtures, painting everything in streaks of red and shadow.
I kicked the wheeled I.V. rack toward another guard. It slammed into his shins with a hollow clang, knocking him off balance. I followed up, diving forward, slamming my knee into his throat as he gasped for air. His body spasmed beneath me, fingers twitching like dying insects.
