The Man’s Decree

Chapter 496 Hardly In A Position For Heroics

“Ah—” the visibly shaken Tessa squealed in panic. “Help, Jared. Save me…”

She could only turn to Jared at this moment, for she knew his strength well!

“Let her go!” Jared said steadily.

“Hardly in a position for heroics when you can scarcely save your own hide. Wouldn’t you agree, kiddo?” said the scoffing Isaiah as he regarded Jared.

Ignoring him, Jared turned to Jayden instead. “Give me half of this vein mine, and I’ll save your daughter, as well as rid you of the Fergusons!”

The snootiness and casualness of his inflection made it sound as though eliminating the Fergusons was a triviality unworthy even of mention.

Stunned, Jayden looked at him, seemingly at a loss.

“Do you even know what you are saying here, brat? Rid him of the Fergusons? Aren’t you worried about being made to chew on your own words?” Isaiah howled at Jared in displeasure.

follow through on that, for

come to a decision yet,

look, caught between a rock and a hard

prove to be more bluster than he was worth by getting himself killed,

Jayden could not live with himself seeing Tessa sullied at the hands of

you have any other options? Do not pin your hopes on other people’s good conscience!”

understood her father’s reservations, she had seen Jared catch a bullet in

advised Dominic who, by this point, could not allow himself to be sidetracked by other

you could save my daughter, Mr. Chance, I’d be

half of it is what I

that, Jared turned to regard Isaiah. “Let Ms. Snyder go, and perhaps I might consider granting you a merciful

How do you expect to kill me?” The latter chortled with scant regard for

Fergusons straight-up hit the deck. With Tessa swept into his arms, Jared

her arms wrapped around his neck and eyes fixated upon him,

responded to Jared’s remarkable display with