Chapter 484 I’d Rather Have You Owe Me
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Before Sierra could even process what had happened, Thora was already walking toward Lance.
Shirley scrunched up her face, muttering under her breath-what was Thora doing now? As if she didn’t have enough people trailing after her already.
Thora stopped in front of Lance and cut straight to the hase. “Same rules as always?”
Lance let out a low laugh. “Works for me.”
He had, after all, given his word-if Thora intervened, he’d let Frost go.
But he also knew Thora would never beg. She’d always rather settle things with her fists.
“Boss?” Alissa stepped forward, confusion written across her face.
Lance simply raised a hand in a brief gesture. Alissa swallowed whatever she was about to say and backed off with the rest of the team, dragging Frost’s limp body to the side as they went.
In an instant, the center of the grounds cleared into an open circle, with only two people standing in it— Lance and Thora.
The moment everyone pulled back, an invisible pressure radiated from both of them, sealing the two of them off from the world around them.
The “same rules” Thora had mentioned meant a one-on-one fight.
No abilities. No wolf power. Pure hand-to-hand combat
Just like back during the military academy’s entrance exam in the apocalypse simulation.
Lance had always enjoyed this kind of match. After that first encounter, they’d fought this way several more times at the military academy. Their record was dead even-the occasional narrow win on one side, the occasional narrow loss on the other.
Lance looked at Thora and raised an eyebrow, his tone layful. “You know, I don’t actually have to agree to this. You’re the one asking me for a favor here.”
Thora’s voice was flat. “Does it matter? If I want them, I’m taking them-one way or another.”
“You don’t have to fight for it.” Lance shifted gears. “I’ll let them go. But you’ll owe me one.”
Thora didn’t even hesitate. “I’d rather fight.”
She never liked owing anyone, least of all Lance.
Lance’s combat-ready stance suddenly relaxed. A smile played at the corner of his lips. “No. my mind.”
Thora’s brow creased. She didn’t follow.
Lance turned and walked back toward Alissa and the others. Halfway through the crowd, he stoppe abruptly and snapped his fingers toward the sky.
In the next second, every Greywolf mercenary assembled instantly and began withdrawing at blistering
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In under a minute, aside from Lance, Sharkie, and a handful of his inner circle, the rest of Greywolf had vanished without a trace.
“I’d rather have you owe me.” Lance left those words hanging in the air, then turned with his people and disappeared into the night.
Their silhouettes melted into the darkness as silently as they’d arrived.
Thora had fully expected to throw down with Lance tonight. She hadn’t anticipated this outcome.
Lance had let them go after all, but he’d still managed to saddle her with a debt she never agreed to.
She couldn’t help but grumble inwardly-why did everyone around her insist on making her owe them something?
Shirley had circled around at some point and appeared at Thora’s side, sniper rifle slung over one shoulder, squinting into the distance. “They’re gone. They’re really gone.”
Thora gave a soft hum of acknowledgment in response. Let’s move.”
She’d taken two steps before something occurred to her She glanced back at the Hawthornes’ factory and the truck hiding billions in counterfeit bills, then silently activated her Fire Control.
A few paces after they turned to leave, the truck and the factory behind them erupted in blue flames.
The blaze exploded outward, lighting up the entire night sky.
The Hawthornes’ people inside scrambled to put out the fire, but it was hopeless.
The flames were massive, and this was no ordinary fire it couldn’t be extinguished. Even the truck, built from military-grade, blast-resistant, bulletproof, and fireproof materials, slowly disintegrated into ash.
On the other side, Sierra struggled to hoist Frost onto her back, and through the wall of fire and light, she carried him away from the hellscape one agonizing step at a time.
No one bothered with them anymore. No one had the energy to notice.
Frost forced his eyes open, watching Sierra’s thin silhouette from behind, and let out a bitter laugh. “Look at me. I’m useless. You keep having to save me, over and over.”
Sierra’s voice was soft but carried an iron certainty. “Didn’t you say it yourself? Our lives have be together for a long time now. But I want to live. So you have to live too.”
Frost drew a ragged breath and slowly closed his eyes. “Why do you want to live so badly? Wouldn easier? At least it’d be over.”
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