Revenge After Divorce by Black Rose

Chapter 307

LUKE

The faces of my men were unsettling, their expressions ashen, pale, like they had just seen a ghost. I had trained them all to withstand a great deal of stress, to face death head–on without flinching, but there was something about the look in their eyes now that didn’t sit right with me. I could see it–fear. Real, raw fear. The kind you don’t see often in our world.

As I approached, one of them, Victor, looked at me like he wanted to speak but couldn’t find the words. I raised an eyebrow, my instincts immediately alert, sensing that something had gone terribly wrong.

keep him under control, and wait for further orders. But these men, these hardened soldiers, looked like they had just witnessed something that

wasn’t just a cry, it was desperation, agony. It was the kind of cry that only came from someone who was at the brink, pushed past every boundary of their will to survive. It made my stomach twist and my thoughts scatter. I stopped dead in my tracks, the echo of that sound reverberating

it when we were together. His mother and I were raised in this brutal world where compassion was a weakness and survival was the only rule. But

ruthless, cold, methodical willing to get my hands dirty when the job required it. The men who worked for me knew it, feared it, respected it. But what Nick was

professional, like he had been doing this for years. His actions were so calculated, so precise, that for a moment I had to wonder if I was even fit to be in charge anymore. He was handling this situation as if he was

thought made a cold

who controlled everything. It was a