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.

at me, leave her out of

melted away, replaced by desperation. The leverage they held

you have to atone with your own life, in

sentence. She gazed at Bernard’s handsome face, shaking her head slowly.

many times for her. already; she

love and concern that shone in Eleanor’s clear eyes

he shifted his intense gaze from her to

but I won’t

had Josef Caporal thrown in jail to be taught a harsh lesson. But since he had taken over, he had never allowed the senseless slaughter

guilt, but not to the extent that it

he knew a price must be

shot in penance, then you let her

it on himself, and

Bang-

echoed deafeningly through the corridor, shattering the silence of the safehouse and piercing Eleanor’s ears and

whine of tinnitus filled her head as she looked on, dazed, at the man

her vision blurred with tears as she saw the crimson blood flowing

every drop that fell, it hammered a sharp pain into

“Bernard!”

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