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Lucas came to a halt and gently set Sloane down behind him, shielding her with his body. His gaze was sharp as ice, his voice low and commanding. “You really want to go to war with all of Stonebridge?”

The lead assassin froze for a second–then burst out laughing. “Lucas, you think you can still scare me? Once you’re both dead, who’s gonna know anything?”

Lucas sneered, his eyes sweeping coldly across every man standing there. “I know exactly who your boss is. If you so much as touch either of us, by tomorrow, your families, your friends—even your employer–will pay dearly for your stupidity.”

The lead assassin’s grin stiffened. Hesitation flickered in his eyes. Lucas’s power in Stonebridge was unshakable, and everyone knew how ruthless he could be. Even someone hired for a job like this had no desire to end up dead for it.

“Boss, even if we let him go, what if he comes after us later?” one of the men hissed, making a throat–slitting gesture. “Might as well finish the job.”

That pushed the lead assassin over the edge. His eyes turned vicious again. He clenched his teeth and growled, “Enough talk! I don’t care if God himself shows up -you both die today!”

Lucas’s expression turned stone cold as he stepped in front of Sloane. The lead assassin raised his gun–but before he could fire, another shot rang out, slicing through the night.

The man’s body jerked, then slowly collapsed, a hole clean through his forehead.

Andrew had taken the shot. And with that, he took down two more assassins in rapid succession.

The remaining assassins, seeing their boss killed, turned their guns and opened fire on Andrew and his team, triggering a brutal shootout.

Lucas had already pulled Sloane into cover the moment the first shot was fired.

two sides were evenly matched. Bullets flew, shouts

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crept around behind Sloane. His blade

danger, but her body was too

out of the way. The

gasped, panic flashing in

Lucas didn’t seem to feel the pain. He

assassin crumpled

his shoulder, his face pale, but his voice steady. “I’m

left his mouth,

to her knees, fingers instantly pressed to his

tighter and tighter,

eyes clouded with fear. His pulse