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.

wound was still bleeding, drenching his suit in blood. Elijah and the bodyguards took him to the hospital right

get groggy on the way. The blood loss was robbing his consciousness. Right before he blacked out, he told Elijah, “Do not tell

watched as he was taken into the operating room. He was still worried, and he called Scarlet. “What?

gathered outside the operating room.

once he heard what happened, he got out of bed quietly and swiftly

doctors emerged from the operating room looking exhausted, but they smiled at the people waiting outside. “The bullet was extracted. It

a moment ago. Now, she buried her head in her

was harrowing, so to speak. Elijah was told to work on the investigation. Everyone involved would

just had dinner with us last night, and now he looks so pale. I hope he wakes up

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