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The iron door creaked shut, dimming the room even more. The hazy, hard–to–see vibe thrilled Randy. He slowed his steps on purpose, wanting to spook Nyx and make her scared. Doing bad stuff wasn’t fun if the victim stayed too calm.

But it didn’t go like he planned. Even as he got close, Nyx sat there, steady as ever. Randy got mad, muttering a curse. He crouched down to get a good look at her face.

The shift in angle finally brought Dark Fox into his view, Caught off guard, Randy stumbled back, nearly falling on his butt.

‘What is that glowing–eyed thing? Whoa! A giant black rat?‘ he thought.

“What’s up, Randy?” his pal asked, running over after locking the door to help him up.

They barely got steady when a black blur shot at them, too fast to track, claws glinting.

“Ah-!”

“АННННННН!”

Screams echoed in the basement, but the locked door muffled them completely from the outside.

When the two finally crashed the door open, battered and bleeding, they scrambled up the stairs, yelling to anyone they saw, “Rat! There’s a rat! A huge rat!”

“Where’s the rat?”

“In the basement? It attacks people?”

“How’s there so much blood. Shouldn’t you guys go to the hospital?”

“Holy crap, Randy, your neck’s sliced open–go to the hospital!”

“Quick, quick! Check the basement!”

If two tough guys like them got mauled by a rat, a delicate girl like Nyx was probably dead already.

pitchforks and rushed to the basement. Even the kidnapper boss showed up, nervous as hell,

gotten a reply to the ransom video–her people agreed to pay but wanted to call Nyx and hear

they wouldn’t get cash–they’d get the cops‘ dragnet

revenge.

behind his crew, using them as shields, peeking out to ask, “How’s

swept the basement with flashlights but found

air, proved a fight had gone down, but Nyx stood there

scratch on

basement, looking around, baffled. After a long pause, he muttered,

weird taste.”

ignored the tender young lady to shred his

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boss went ahead and made the call Seafarion requested, putting it on speaker and watching Nyx closely

a second. Nyx hadn’t figured out how to calm her guys down

said, wishing she could pat their heads through the

from the side. “Call’s done, you’ve confirmed what you needed. If we don’t see the money soon, we won’t be so nice

We’ve got a biting rat here that just half–killed two of my guys. So think hard

She glanced down at

notice, smugly sure his threat hit home. He laid out the deal. “No objections? Then do what I said–drop the money at the spot I gave

side stopped him. “Wait. What if you take the money and don’t release

grumbled, insisting their boss was a man of

bit before waving them quiet. “So what do you

came through. “By the end of today, I’ll come alone with the money to

the boss got roped in and nodded along. After hanging up, it hit

kidnappers looked at each other, panicking a little. “Did they

like he’d expected it. “They’re rich–tons of tricks up

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