"Look at them all acting like cattle," Killian mutters beside me, eyes scanning the chaos below like he's bored out of his mind. We stand there—five of us—watching the scattering of prey like predators sizing up a buffet.

The air is thick with greed, fear, and the kind of desperation that always leads to blood. It practically hums with it.

The kind of thing Kill’s demons eat for breakfast.

This whole club setup? Doesn’t mean shit to me. Never has.

But nights like this? I live for them.

"Motherfucking salivating is the word you're looking for, Kill," Nikolai growls, flexing his hands like he’s already got someone’s ribs in them. "I’m gonna break bones and drag fuckers across the floor. Anyone tries to stop me? They get the same."

It was my idea—this game. When Jeremy put it to a vote, everyone was in.

"You got rubber on the arrows, Gaz?" Nikolai pokes one of them like it's offended him. "That shit’s not gonna hurt. Pick something else."

"I’ll do." Kill steps in and starts patting Nikolai down like he’s TSA.

"Where’s your weapon?"

Nikolai punches the air. “I am the weapon.”

"You won’t win with your fists," Jeremy chimes in, swinging his golf club like it’s a damn sword. He nods at kill’s bat, then at the chain vaughn dragging. "We’ll cover more ground than you."

"That’s what you think," Nikolai grins, slamming his hands down on the railing. He shoves his mask right up against one of the cameras and shouts, “You better keep the right count for each of us, motherfuckers, or I’ll skin your balls for dinner.”

"Hannibal Lecter much?" I say, deadpan.

Nikolai whips his head toward me. "You! Don’t even think about stepping in or playing the fucking pacifist tonight, cousin. I mean it."

I just roll my shoulders. Let him have his tantrum.

Then kill step toward the door.

"Where are you going?" Jeremy calls out behind me. "Ten minutes aren’t up."

He grin under the mask. Don’t bother looking back.

"Since when do we play fair?"

His chuckle, mixing with Nikolai’s noise about jumping off the balcony, and then it all starts to fade.