Chapter 39 - The Final Showdown at the Docks
Richard Sterling stepped out from the shadows of shipping containers, holding a small, desperate weapon with a trembling hand, his face twisted in bitter fury. "You destroyed everything I built, Khloe!" Sterling screamed, his voice echoing off the concrete walls. Khloe didn't flinch. She stood tall, her gaze piercing and devoid of fear. Before Sterling could even twitch his finger toward the trigger, Victor moved with terrifying, blinding speed. In less than a heartbeat, Victor crossed the distance between them, slammed his palm against Sterling's wrist with bone-crushing force, and sent the weapon clattering across the concrete floor. Victor hoisted the disgraced executive off his feet by his collar, driving him against a steel pillar with lethal, controlled rage. "You had the audacity to threaten my wife," Victor whispered, his voice a chilling death sentence. With a single, brutal shove, Victor dropped Sterling onto the ground like a broken toy just as federal marshals swarmed the warehouse to haul him away to a lifetime behind bars.
