Chapter 1073:

Nate’s warm, calloused palm slid over Corrine’s eyes, shielding her from the bloody scene. His other arm coiled around her waist, drawing her tightly against him.

“It’s bad luck to linger near the dead,” he murmured.

Just as he turned to lead her away, the door burst open. Presley stormed in with his men, moving like shadows in the night. In mere moments, the remaining adversaries collapsed one by one, their lifeless bodies hitting the floor without a final cry.

Nate barely spared them a glance. His icy stare swept over the corpses, regarding them as nothing more than insects crushed beneath his heel. He might have let things slide if they had played their tricks elsewhere. But they had crossed the line the moment they targeted Corrine.

“Clean it up,” he commanded.

Presley nodded. “Understood.”

her eyes. His timely arrival, the ruthless precision with which he

about it. The man had earned his place as one of

out a long sigh of relief. Had anything happened to Corrine tonight, even death wouldn’t have been enough to atone

shifting to Mandy. A trace of admiration surfaced in his eyes.

line. “Tonight,

yet it sent a chill down

on

hands. If he had stepped in himself tonight, it

the bodies, rifling through their belongings in search of any clues. “What about

into the waistband at his back and motioned for his men to continue cleaning up.

from the adjacent balcony. “Are they all dead over

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