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"She's lying!"

I laugh harder, shaking my head. "Nope. Not even a little bit. Snapped the neck of one and blew the heart right out of the other with his Desert Eagle."

"She's trying to push a wedge between us," Amazu shouts. "Don't fucking listen to her!"

"Shut up!" Lixin yells in my face, and Amazu grips my hair and yanks my head back.

Lixin turns back to Mancini. "They were out of control and were going to kill her! We needed her alive."

"Then shoot them in the shoulder or something, you dumb fuck!" Mancini screams in his face.

Amazu looks ready to kill me. "You. Bitch." He lets go of my hair and comes around in front of me.

Wasting no time, I headbutt his nose, making blood instantly gush out.

"You fucking bitch!" He grips his nose with one hand and closes the other around my throat. The promise of death is in his eyes.

A huge bang, followed by smoke, fills the room faster than I blink.

My eyes meet Amazu's dark ones through the haze. "You better run and hide, you little bitch." I relish the fear that covers his face.

Then a large form bursts through the smoke and tackles me sideways in the chair as the room erupts into chaos.

Chapter 38

Vito

Danielesecuredtheoldfactory blueprints when we were preparing for the reconnaissance op on Mancini and Novak. Between the basement and the main floor, there are nice, large air vents. Of course, their purpose is to ensure good air exchange, but they're also very convenient for Raf and me.

Axin has a tiny drone, and I mean tiny. Crispin nearly pissed his pants with excitement at the thought of flying it inside the factory. We mapped out where all the men were, got visuals of them—not surprisingly, there are no Triads or Fire Clan members among them—and found the room where Eden is being kept.

Raf and I silently crawl through the air vents. When we get into position for the breach, and I see into the room, I nearly choke on my rage as I see Eden through the grated screen.

She's tied to a chair. Her cheek and lip are bloody. Her hair is tangled, and she's in pain.

Mancini slaps her. Then he pulls back his fist and hammers her in the jaw. "Shut the fuck up."

Raf clamps his hand on my forearm to stop me from moving in for the attack. We need to time this right, or Eden and several of our people could die.

It's Eden that makes me remain still.

She spits a mouthful of blood at Mancini andgrins. She is a bloody vision—literally.

"She's as unhinged as you," Raf murmurs in my ear.

I smile, but then I nearly explode with feral rage as Novak punches her.

"We don't need a sedative to control this bitch," he proudly claims.

He punches her again. Eden strains against the zip ties holding her wrists and ankles. A heavy weight falls on my body as Raf pins me to stay lying in the vent.

"Physically whooping her ass will do. Then I'm going to fuck your ass raw, bitch." Novak starts to punch her without stopping.

My vision is red, and I'm panting like a rabid bull.

Raf is physically on top of me and hissing in my ear, "Not. Yet."

"I'll fucking kill you if I have to, Raf," I grit.

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