Chapter 6 - TURNING THE TIDE
The fight inside the safehouse was brutal, raw, and desperate.
Damon and Salazar tumbled across the concrete floor, trading heavy blows. Salazar drew a hidden combat knife, slashing across Damon’s shoulder, tearing through his wool suit jacket and drawing blood.
Damon gritted his teeth against the searing pain, grabbing Salazar’s wrist and driving his knee hard into the man's ribs with bone-crushing force.
Salazar gasped, dropping the blade, but managed to shove Damon backward, scrambling toward the corner where Selena and Ruby were trapped.
"If I can't have the key to the accounts," Salazar hissed, aiming his fallen gun directly at tiny Ruby, "then nobody will!"
"No!" Selena screamed.
In an act of unbelievable bravery, Selena didn't cringe—she lunged forward, grabbing a heavy brass floor lamp and swinging it with all her strength against the side of Salazar’s head.
The blow caught Salazar by surprise, knocking his aim off balance as his gunshot shattered a light fixture overhead.
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That single second was all Damon needed.
Damon closed the distance like an apex predator, grabbing Salazar by the throat and slamming him backward against the reinforced concrete wall with terrifying power.
