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

melted away, replaced by desperation. The leverage they held was Eleanor’s life,

her, but you have to atone

gazed at Bernard’s handsome face, shaking

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

love and concern that shone in

worry, I’ll be okay.” After soothing Eleanor’s fears, he shifted his intense

but I won’t be your

corporate world, like 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

not to the extent that it warranted death.

he knew

penance, then you

gun, turning it on

Bang-

through the corridor, shattering the silence of the safehouse and piercing

whine of tinnitus filled her head as she looked on,

as she saw the crimson blood flowing down his shoulder, soaking his pristine white shirt

fell, it hammered a sharp

“Bernard!”

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