Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

It was at that exact moment, the bodyguards knew the girl was just an object for the enemy to pinpoint their location. They held up their shields right away and stood around Elijah and Ren. They could hear bullets flying through the air from all directions.

Elijah wiped the blood off his face and took the child away forcibly. Ren wobbled a little, and he held Elijah’s shoulder. I’m fine.” He was breathing heavily. “Reinforcements are on their way, but it’ll take them ten minutes.”

The fog was then blown away. They could hear the roar of a helicopter above them. The assassination ended in failure, but the killers were long gone. The street was filled with shards of car parts. The car was still burning even after almost fifteen minutes, but if someone was still in there, they would have died of heat and suffocation.

This assassination must have been a plan long in the making. The fog and that girl were just tools for the plan. A high-tech sensor had been stuck to the girl’s back. Her function was to tell the enemy where Ren and his men were in the fog, then they would start firing.

They knew Ren would never stand by and watch a child die in front of him. He would save her, of course, and that was the weakness they used against him.

still going on, and Ren’s wound was still bleeding, drenching his suit in

way. The blood loss was robbing his consciousness. Right before he blacked out, he told Elijah,

was still worried, and he called Scarlet. “What? Ren

of Ren’s trusted men had gathered outside the operating room. They were all powerful officials

once he heard what happened,

from the operating room looking exhausted, but they smiled at the people waiting outside. “The bullet was extracted. It didn’t hit

Now, she buried her head in her

Elijah was told to work on the investigation. Everyone involved would be

had dinner with us last night, and now he looks so

even tell their parents about it. This was