“f**k!”
The word detonated out of Maximilian, ripped from somewhere deep and feral in his chest.
“f**k! f**k!”
He spun violently and kicked the trash can beside the clinic’s alleyway with full force. Metal shrieked as it slammed into the brick wall, bursting open. Garbage spilled across the ground scattering like the mess clawing its way through his head.
“Damn it!”
His breathing was ragged and uneven. His fists clenched and unclenched as if he didn’t know what to do with his hands except break something. The alley felt too small, the walls too close, as the city pressed in on him from all sides.
“She was right here!” Maximilian roared, rounding on his men like a storm given flesh. “f*****g find her! I want eyes on every street, every f*****g corner—now!”
His voice tore through the
