CHAPTER 48 WHEN BLOOD COLLIDES 3

The hallway outside the room quickly filled with a flurry of concerned family members, their voices rising into a clamor of shouts and pleas for the fighting to stop. But Caleb and Daniel seemed lost in their own private world of pain and fury, their bodies locked in a brutal ballet of violence that showed no signs of abating. Juliet watched the scene unfold with horrified fascination, frozen in place as if she were a helpless spectator to her own nightmare. Daniel, fueled by desperation and adrenaline, managed to dodge Caleb's oncoming punch, narrowly avoiding its brutal impact. Seizing his chance, he drove his foot into Caleb's abdomen with brutal force, sending him reeling backward. A low, guttural moan escaped Caleb's lips as he crumpled to the ground, clutching his abdomen in pain. Daniel straddled Caleb with the ferocity of a wild beast, his fists raining down on his brother's face with an unrelenting fury. Each punch landed with a wet, sickening thud, a symphony of bone an