"Is everything alright?" Jackson inquired, his eyes noticing the shift in Sophia's demeanor as she stepped out of the room.Sophia, a mixture of empathy and frustration in her voice, replied, "Yeah, it's just my dad. He gets like this sometimes."Jackson, moved by her words, approached her and gently placed his hands on her arms. Leaning in slightly, he reassured her, "It's alright."Sophia, meeting his gaze, found comfort in the warmth of his eyes. In that shared moment, amidst the complexities of their intertwined lives, a silent understanding passed between them. “We never really talked about the kiss” Sophia spoke softly, Jackson chuckled a little and said “Which one”, “” Sophia replied the continued “Or whatever that’s going on between us, don’t say there isn’t” Sophia warned,“I’m not, I feel it too, anytime am around you, my world makes sense, I love the way you roll your lips when you feel anxious, I love your smile, I look the way you act when you know am watching I” Jackson

Fernando jumped out of the car, leaving the door open, without a moment's hesitation, he leaped out, swiftly stowing his phone and opening the back door, he had called the blade in shadows doctor as he drove. He hoped they would send help soon. He didn't have much time..He opened the back door and lifted Benedict's limp body from the seat. Blood stained his clothes and the leather upholstery. He felt for a pulse and found it faint and erratic. He cursed under his breath. He had to get him inside. Benedict, now unconscious, hung limply in Fernando's arms, his frail pulse barely registering any signs of life,Angela and Jackson heard the commotion and ran outside. They saw Fernando carrying Benedict and their eyes widened in shock and fear.Angela's eyes widened at the sight, and a gasp escaped her lips as the severity of the situation sunk in,"What happened?" Angela asked, her voice trembling."An ambush. They knew where he was, they had guns and explosives, and we barely made it

Jackson didn’t recognize them, there weren’t members of Blades in shadow but they seemed to follow him around, The same black SUV that he had been seeing for days, the same people who had been following him two days ago, when he had gone to meet Pamela during the last war with the Mitch and Wills, he had noticed them in his rearview mirror, But they left after it turned green, but now he realized they might not be nothing, he clenched his fists, and took a step towards Sophia.But before he could move any further, the two people got back into the SUV and drove away. They had seen Jackson, and they knew he had seen them. Sophia followed his gaze, but she couldn’t see the black SUV parked near the entrance of the cemetery because they left as soon as Jackson made eye contact.Jackson watched them go, he cursed under his breath and turned back to Sophia. She looked at him with concern, and asked, "Is everything alright?"Jackson forced a smile, and lied, "Yeah, yeah. Everything's fine

Fernando had already delivered powerful kicks to the man he faced, his face darkened and it seemed to swell up, the man exploded at Fernando. Just launched himself forward with his right arm swinging around in a giant roundhouse strike. Fernando sidestepped his body ducked under the man’s arm bounced up again and spun around, the man stopped short on tree truck size legs and whipped back toward Fernando, they had changed places. Now Fernando was nearer the guns than the man was, he panicked and came at Fernando again. Same move. His right arm swung. I sidestepped and ducked and we were back where we started. But he was breathing a little heavier than I was his stamina was small due to his weight and size.This time Fernando crashed an elbow into his side as he spun under the man’s arm. The man bounced straight off of locked knees and came right back at Fernando. Fernando again dodged away and felt the swift-moving air as his giant fist passed an inch above my head.The man stood

Jackson ducked behind a wooden crate as bullets whizzed past his head. He could hear Alexander's voice shouting orders to his men, who surrounded the shed from all sides. He glanced at Fernando, who was crouching next to him, clutching his wounded arm. They were outnumbered and outgunned, and they had nowhere to run. "Un...under the rug," a weak voice said from behind them. Jackson and Fernando turned to look at Madeline, who was lying on a cot in the corner of the shed. Fernando crawled to the center of the shed, where a large rug covered the floor. He shifted the table that was on top of it and pulled the rug aside. To Jackson's surprise, there was a metal hatch underneath, with a padlock on it. Madeline tossed him a key from her pocket, and he quickly unlocked the hatch. He opened it and gasped at what he saw. Inside the compartment, there were stacks of ammunition, grenades, C4 explosives, and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher. It was a hidden arsenal, Jackson wondere