Chapter 127

Marco lunged first, knife raised high, but Alex didn't even bother to look at him.

With a smooth, almost lazy motion, Alex's hand snapped out and connected with Marco's face.

A sickening crunch echoed through the room as Marco's nose broke, sending him staggering backward.

The knife clattered harmlessly to the floor.

"How dare you attack ine!" Marco bellowed, blood streaming down his chin.

"Who told you to come at me?" Alex sneered.

His cold gaze shifted toward Jasper, who still held Megan hostage.

"Don't you take another step, or I'll slit her throat!" Jasper snarled, voice quivering

in a way that betrayed more nerves than resolve.

Alex just shook his head, his expression carved from stone.

"There is nothing in this world, or above it, except Almighty God, that I will ever bow to. Neither fear nor death has any hold on me."

His voice rumbled with quiet power, the sort of tone that sends chills down a man's spine.

"When gods show up, I'll smash them to pieces, When demons crawl out, I'll cut them down," Alex said, stepping forward until he seemed larger than life, shadows dancing at his feet.

"And here you are, a mere human, threatening me?"

Jasper's face drained of color.

It was like the air itself grew heavy, pressing down with crushing force.

He could feel Alex's presence bearing down on him, and his hand around the

blade shook so badly he looked ready to drop it at any moment.

Before he could even think to move, Alex's hand closed around his face, gri unyielding.

frozen, terror turning

not made for defeat. A man

trembled, cracking with desperation as a dark stain

Megan aside and collapsed to his knees. "Please... don't kill

"Go. Don't embarrass

bowing in pathetic

you!" he blubbered before bolting for

face twisted with a rage that

You humiliated me! I, Jasper

will report

a dog too dumb to realize

he muttered under his

single casual swipe of his foot, Alex kicked

through the air.

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clumsy dodge landed the blade straight

room shuddered at the

instinctively crossed their legs, grimacing like they'd just been stabbed

for your thigh," Alex remarked with a hint of regret

moved. That's on

tore through

crumpled to the ground, clutching at himself while blood pooled

out of his shock, Hanks dashed over to

Hang on!" Hanks yelled, voice teetering on hysteria. "Bring him to

the other henchmen frantically tried to carry

few stragglers looked ready

the

enough nerve to shout, "You're dead, you hear me? You just signed all

at him, unimpressed. "Is that

trouble, Megan jumped in between them, arms flung wide to shield

to take responsibility for what you've done to us. The Drakes' retaliation will be more than

cold and unyielding, a razor-sharp edge in his voice as

clenched. He didn't like hearing that, but her words cut into his anger. "You have to go beg for forgiveness," Megan insisted, voice quivering with desperation. "Don't

the crowd, voice raised in a

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