Chapter 27

Yusuf Saleh's palm cracked against Khalid Saab's face for the third time, the sound echoing sharply through the Farsi estate. Khalid's head snapped to the side, a trail of blood leaking from the corner of his mouth as he slumped toward the floor. Yusuf didn't let him fall, grabbing him by the collar and pulling him close until their noses nearly touched. "Don't you know why I ordered them to hit you?" Yusuf's voice was a low, freezing rasp that made the surrounding Farsi family members recoil....