Chapter 48 The Demon's Mercy

• Sarah trembled, her heart thundering violently against her ribs, unable to process what she had just witnessed. Ronnie’s lifeless body lay on the floor, blood pooling beneath him, soaking into the marble like a grotesque ink blot. The way Xander had shot him—point-blank, no hesitation—was a scene that branded itself behind her eyes, impossible to unsee.
• Xander’s voice shattered the suffocating silence like a blade through glass.
• “Come here.”