Chapter 1426

Bernard’s hand moved with lightning speed, the gun in his grip barking death as he dropped a goon in black with a single shot.

Just as he was about to pivot and target another, red laser dots danced across Eleanor’s body.

At the same moment, the gun in the hand of the black-clad assailant pressed coldly against Eleanor’s temple.

“Mr. Law.”

Three controllers, cradling their rifles, emerged slowly from the panic room within the safehouse.

“The terms laid out by Sector 2-5, Mr. Law. Comply, and your wife goes free. Otherwise…”

One of the controllers hadn’t even finished speaking when the goon pushed the gun harder against Eleanor’s head.

“Don’t hurt her!”

Bernard’s heart raced with fear at the mere posturing of the thug. It was clear now that his concern for Eleanor surpassed even his own life.

Even the slightest scratch on her, and he would be beside himself with anxiety.

me, leave her out of it.”

away, replaced by desperation. The leverage they held was Eleanor’s life, and it paralyzed

to atone with your own life,

death sentence. She gazed

too many times for her. already; she couldn’t stand to see him

in Eleanor’s clear eyes warmed

be okay.” After soothing Eleanor’s fears, he shifted his intense gaze

won’t be your sacrificial lamb.”

when Gianna sent Teresa Hyde to fend for herself in the wilds of Montana, or when Bernard himself had Josef Caporal thrown in jail to be taught a harsh lesson. But since he had taken over, he had never

not to the extent that it

knew a price must be

shot in penance, then you let

it on himself, and without flinching, fired into his shoulder.

Bang-

the safehouse and piercing Eleanor’s ears and heart in a single moment.

her head as she looked on, dazed, at the man standing

a long delay, her vision blurred with tears as she saw the crimson blood flowing

fell, it hammered a sharp pain into Eleanor’s

“Bernard!”

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