The entire room fell into a collective, stunned silence. Joe blinked several times, actually jamming a finger into his ear and twisting it as if he were trying to clear out a physical blockage, genuinely wondering if his hearing had failed him. They had listened to the women of the Fallen Rose throw around some remarkably unhinged threats from the moment they breached the facility doors, but up until this exact second, the inner circle had brushed most of it off as aggressive posturing.
Now, within the quiet, high-stakes atmosphere of Max's private office, the revelation was bordering on the unbelievable.
