One of Preston’s lackeys finally found the courage to speak,
But the response he received was worse than cold.
“You demand an answer.
Alfie’s eyes cut straight through him like a razor. “Do you think the security cameras in my bar are just for show? If that fool hadn’t tried to lay his hands on Ms Tilda, none of this would have happened.”
Before the man could reply, Alfie’s foot slammed into his chest.
The impact launched him backward. He hit the floor hard and rolled, clutching himself as screams tore from his throat.
The rest of them froze in place.
Not a single one dared to even speak. Their hearts pounded so heavily they thought the sound might betray them.
Every last one of them wanted to crawl into the floor and disappear. They prayed to God that Alfie had not noticed them.
They all knew how far Alfie’s power extended in Slosa. If he set his eyes on them, Preston’s protection would be worthless.
By sunrise, their families could be erased from the city as if they had never existed.
“Beautiful work, Alfie! That’s it, keep crushing them! Bastards came after my precious Tilda! Make them wish they were never born!”
Una’s voice rang out, sharp and cager. She hopped in place, her fists flailing like the paws of a playful but furious kitten, overjoyed to see justice carried out.
Alfie glanced at her, and the faintest trace of a smirk tugged at his lips. His strikes grew sharper, every kick laced with more fury..
“Alfie?”
The crowd gawked in disbelief.
She had spoken his name with casual ease, as though he were some college buddy. And instead of bristling at the disrespect, Alfie seemed entertained.
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Chapter 424 Stand Strona
Whispers spread like wildfire. Curiosity churned in the air as eyes darted to Una.
She looked so young, hardly out of college, yet she spoke to the heir of the Woodward Group
without a shred of fear.
Tilda’s voice rang clear, smooth as glass. “Alfie, I need some hangover cure.”
Alfie turned his eyes to her, the weight of his gaze impossible to ignore. A small smile lifted his.
mouth. “Of course.”
He eased back a few paces, giving her the space she wanted.
Preston’s men stiffened, their faces drained of color. None of them could tell if Alfie was about to let them live or if he was setting them up for their end.
Then Tilda’s words cut the silence like a judge’s gavel.
“Stand up and come at me together. If you manage to beat me, we will forget all of this. But if you lose, no matter how badly you end up bleeding, you will have no one to blame but yourselves.”
Tilda rolled her shoulders, her joints snapping with a crisp crack. Fire still churned through her body.
The alcohol in her veins and Preston’s vile touch had only stoked her rage.
If she didn’t burn it out now, it would smolder inside her all night.
“What
what did you just say?” one of them muttered.
The words barely left his lips before Tilda struck.
Her leg shot out and slammed into a man’s stomach.
His body lifted like a rag doll, flew across the floor, and smashed into a stack of tables thirty feet.
away.
He didn’t even get out a scream before his body went slack.
Alfie moved to Una’s side in one smooth step, his presence towering. His eyes glinted with frost. “If you don’t fight now, you’re already finished.”
That snapped the lackeys awake. Their survival instincts roared inside them.
Their eyes hardened into feral glares as they lunged at Tilda.
They either fought, or they perished.
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