"What are you saying?! What are you talking about?!" Joy Dalton stared at the man, utterly desperate. "Do you think you can absolve yourself with just a few words? We were partners, but your men were the ones who killed them! Don't even think about walking away clean! Don't even think it!"
Aurora chuckled. "That's right. She's not wrong. She deserves to die, but all of you deserve it even more!"
The man saw the hatred in Aurora's eyes and quickly pieced together her strategy. It seemed she wasn't trying to kill anyone, just incapacitate them. The injuries sustained by Dean and the other two goons made that clear. Therefore, the man guessed that Aurora wouldn't take his life but would simply cripple him.
