Chapter 2 - The Command of Iron
The air inside the hospital room instantly turned bone-chillingly cold.
Arthur Vance stepped across the doorway, his polished combat boots striking the floor with lethal authority.
Julian’s grip on Audrey’s shattered arm tightened for a second before Arthur’s hand shot out like an iron vise.
With a swift, practiced twist, her father forced Julian to his knees, breaking his hold completely.
Julian gasped in agony, his face contorting as he stared up at the man he had always dismissed as a harmless retiree.
"If you touch my daughter again, you won't leave this floor on your own two feet," Arthur said, his voice dropping into a deadly whisper.
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Audrey watched through her tears as the heart monitor gradually slowed its frantic alarms.
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