"You bastard," Alex said, voice razor-sharp and deadly calm.

"You've got exactly five seconds to release her. If you don't, none of you bastards

are walking out of here alive."

The room erupted in an instant-laughter and mockery swept through Hugh

Jones' crew like a brushfire, loud and vicious.

"Who the hell does this fool think he is? Threatening Hugh Jones? He's got a

death wish!"

"Drop to your knees if you value your life, kid!"

"This brat's got some nerve!"

Angry murmurs swirled violently, insults hurled like bullets.

Hugh raised his hand, silencing the uproar, a thin smile stretching across his lips.

"Easy now, everyone," Hugh said smoothly, stepping forward with a chilling calm

in his eyes.

"Let me deal with our little intruder-he clearly doesn't know who I am yet. But

don't worry... once he does, regret will be the only thing he feels."

He stopped, sizing Alex up with smug disdain. "You must be Alex. Here's your

chance-get down and lick my boots, and maybe I'll let you live."

Alex smirked, eyes like steel. "Cute offer. How about you kiss my boot instead,

and I'll spare your sorry excuse of a life."

Hugh's grin vanished, replaced by a cold fury.

"Do you have any idea who you're messing with, kid? Just because you managed

to knock around a few people, you think you're something special? Those insects

you beat? They're nothing but garbage-just like you."

"You're wasting your five seconds," Alex warned, his tone icy and merciless.

Hugh laughed bitterly. "I admire your guts, even if you're about to lose them."

Without warning, Alex lunged forward, a sudden, fierce blur.

Hugh's eyes widened in shock, barely reacting in time to block the incoming kick.

"You little-"

But his arrogant sneer dissolved into pure horror as Alex's foot slammed into his

arms with crushing force, hurling him backward like he'd been struck by a freight

train.

He crashed through tables, sending splinters and dishes flying, demolishing

everything in his path until his body smashed into the wall with a sickening crack.

Dust billowed, plaster falling in chunks around Hugh's crumpled body.

Alex turned immediately toward Jasmine, eyes softening as he saw the blood

trickling from her forehead.

"Are you okay? Does it hurt badly?"

Her eyes shimmered with tears, the tough mask she'd worn collapsing into raw,

aching vulnerability.

voice fragile and shaking.

hesitation, Alex pulled out a small bottle of

pain."

faint shake of her

just enough to speak.

yourself," she breathed, her eyes

silent desperation.

his

pill to her lips,

whisper.

summoned his inner force, hands

he extracted the slivers of glass buried deep in her

of his strength into her torn

to seal,

an unnatural grace-smooth,

her arms around him,

chest.

you so damn long?"

sighed softly, holding her

murmured, a faint smile on his

Hugh painfully dragged himself upright, eyes

hatred.

Tear him apart!" he roared, commanding his

five ruthless figures surged forward,

intent.

horror etched deeply on his face. "Those...those

Giants! Murderers who've slaughtered cops and important

"He's finished. They'll rip him

But Alex didn't flinch.

got your back!" Four and a

forward, battered

are useless." Alex snapped

positioning her safely

sting sharply at Alex's

countless battles, always respected, always

stood dismissed like a

not at your level," she said,

count. Don't underestimate

snapped, his tone

alone."

humiliated in

to meet

fluid and terrifyingly

fully react, Alex's fist crashed into the first

violently into

swung his other arm, delivering a

the second man sprawling across

whipped around next, slamming the third attacker so

brutally into the

froze, mid-charge, eyes wide with

of his

the floor, defeated

heartbeats. The sudden, grim

realization of his vulnerability

twisted his stomach.

spun toward the exit, sprinting away like a

animal.

grabbing the

nowhere!"

filthy bitch!" the man

I fear you?" she snapped back, raising her own fists

clashed mid-air, but

force hurled

brutal impact,

across the ground

harsh, bone-jarring

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