The Almighty Dominance (by Sunshine) novel Chapter 857

The men stood shoulder to shoulder in the doorway, and behind them the corridor was full of black shirts as far as the lift.

Patricia grabbed Chloe's hand. Preston lay on the carpet where the fat man had left him, breathing through his teeth.

His girl sat frozen on the sofa beside the fat man, with the fat man's hand still in her hair.

"I gave you a door, boy," said Ronald Kessler. "For my father-in-law. And you used it to kick my man across my own table."

He shook his head, almost sadly. "So now we do it my way. You kneel. Right there, on my carpet, in front of your friends, and you say sorry to Bruce. I'll give you three seconds."

Nobody in the room made a sound.

"Three."

"Alex," whispered Nora.

"Two."

Alex did not move from his chair.

"One."

"My turn," said Alex. "I'll give you three seconds, Mr. Kessler. Nora walks out of that door, and nobody follows her."

Behind the boys, Patricia made a small noise.

"And... and me?"

Alex looked round at her, as if he had forgotten she was in the room.

"It's your birthday," he said. "Fine. The birthday girl too. And Preston, and his girl, and anybody else who wants to go home."

Kessler laughed. It was a real laugh, from the belly, and his men laughed with him all down the corridor.

"Three seconds," he said. "He gives me three seconds. In my own house." He wiped his eyes. "Boy, you kicked my man. Nobody kicks my man and walks down my stairs. Not you. Not your girls. Not anybody in this room."

He lifted one hand.

"Break him. Then bring me the Hale girl."

The doorway came at Alex all at once.

Alex stood up.

The first man reached him with both hands out, and Alex took one wrist and turned, and the man went over his hip and into the two behind him.

The three of them hit the floor together.

Alex stepped over them and went straight at the door.

"Nora," he said. "Take them out."

A black shirt swung a bottle at his head.

Alex caught the arm on the way down and folded it back, and the bottle burst on the wall instead.

Another came low, for his legs. Alex's knee met his face. A third had a knife half out of his jacket when Alex's palm hit his chest. He flew back through the doorway and took four men down the corridor with him.

For one second the doorway was empty.

Tyler saw it first. He ran, holding his broken hand to his chest, and he did not look back.

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