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.

job, guard Xander, keep him under control, and wait for further orders. But these men, these hardened soldiers, looked like they had just

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

streak in him, hell, I had encouraged it when we were together. His mother and I were raised in this

feared it, respected it. But what Nick was doing to Xander? That was a different level. It made my reputation, the reputation I had spent years

had a dark side, he was acting like a seasoned 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 the one with all the power, and I was just his number

cold chill

day, when the sound of screaming and agony would echo from the catacombs beneath our family estate, and it was always a reminder of who controlled everything. It was a sound we had all