Gavin didn't waste a second.
The moment Lucrezia had gone far and out of sight, he moved swiftly even though every single motion cost him.
A hot and vicious pain tore through his abdomen, threatening to buckle his legs but he swallowed it down, forcing his body to obey his movement.
As someone who had spent years in the underworld, this was definitely not his first time collecting a bullet.
Genuinely, he couldn't even count how many times he had gotten shot but this was the first time he had been caught so off guard with no backup plan. Malviero's men had launched the attacked in the flash of light, putting him in a compromising situation.
They assumed themselves to be smart and calculating, considering how Maverick wasn't currently presence to take control of this sittuation.
But now—
Now, he would make them understand why Maverick had placed him under authority, not with words but with consequence.
