These men were former special forces members and they were prepared to repel any attack, and the events in Dubai and the Maldives had only honed their attention to a finer point. The seventeen security assets on duty tonight presented an incredibly imposing show of force to any would-be aggressor, and to a man, they were utterly and unshakably confident of one thing. Nobody . . . nobody . . . was going to come here and fuck with Constantine Pasternak tonight. • • • Court Gentry had come here to fuck with Constantine Pasternak tonight.