Chapter 241. I Command Loyalty

A collective silence swallowed the room, fear gripping every single soul present. Zahra's breath hitched, her body going rigid. She hadn’t even realized that the man at the far end had also been looking at her until this very moment. Her chest rose and fell unevenly, her fingers curling into the fabric of her dress as if holding onto something would ground her.

Irtaza exhaled sharply and turned his deadly gaze toward the rest of the room.

“Does anyone else need a lesson on where to direct their eyes?” His voice was a low growl, a promise of pain lurking beneath his words.

A deafening silence followed. The gang leaders kept their eyes lowered—some trembling slightly, others too terrified to move an inch. The suffocating weight of fear settled over the room, pressing into their lungs, making the air thick and heavy.

Unfazed, Irtaza walked over to the man whose eye he had gouged out. The poor soul groaned in agony, clutching the gaping wound where his eye once w