ande

Bang!

ots. Thr

crumpled to the ground with loud thuds, bullets lodged deep

easure in their fear. Instead, I reloaded my gun and aimed it at the men and women cow

every second that ticks by," I said, my voice icy and emotionless a

me, igniting a fierce urge to gun them all down right then and there. But

ing my dominance. I had intended to take my five-year-old son, Felix, with me, but he refused to leave. Reluctantly, I left him in the care of some

mn

me, it was a woman-she had been crying too loudly, and I needed her to stop tha

despite the fact that I was struggling to control my anger. This was me controlling mys

bout to erupt like a damn volcano. If anything happen

this..." One of them-a man-began to plead. I turned my attention to him, watching him squi

ion. With a finger pressed against the trigger, another shot

killing intent flashing through me. I turned back to the trembling figures before me, a col

eady been

. I aimed, ready to finish off the remaining people. Just in time-like a last-

wn deepened before I cut the call. Without a word, I tossed the gun to one o

rdered coldly. "And take me to

expression unreadable-just the way I had trained them. Emotions were a

th the remaining surv

ers tapping rhythmically on the armrest. "If

erred silence. It allowed me to think, to plan. Yet this time, it was pure torture.

ifferent person-silent, distant, and unreachable. Not even I, his father, could break through his walls. I kept her death a secret from the world, pretending

one who could match me in power-Nico Vance. And now, that same bas

ake down without the perfect opportunity. But this time-if anything happened to my son-I w

y daze. I cast a cold glance at the hospital before st

ing off me like dust. I stood in silence while Adrian spoke to the receptionist, wh

ing into step beside me as w

ies when Sebastian informed me that Felix was in the hospital and unharmed-but this wasn't one of them. Se

t my lips as Felix managed to land a solid punch on

olding his broken glasses in his hand. "You need to talk to Master Felix. He wo

sked, raising a b

blocked a truck with her car. She's in critical condition and

ned him toward me. He struggled to break free, but he couldn't. When he finally saw me, his cr

eyes widened in shock. Not because he c

just