The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 533:

The mercenaries were not stupid. They weren’t planning on walking away alive. Their job was to stall for time. Every second they stood there was one more second for Jade to get farther away.

The leader jabbed his gun toward the backpack and threatened, “One more word, and I’ll shoot the kid!”

Brenna’s earpiece crackled with another update from the military. “No signs of life detected in the bag. No signs of life detected. Prepare for extraction.”

“Open it!” Brenna said. In her mind, Patrick was already gone. Tears poured down her face, blurring her vision. She lunged forward, kicked the nearest mercenary to the ground, and with one swift motion, snapped his neck.

The others froze, stunned. None of them had expected her to be that lethal. Her movements were clean. That kind of precision only came from real training.

Gunfire split the air again. From above, sniper rounds tore through the deck, and mercenaries dropped one after another.

had prepared for that. He caught Brenna by the wrist and yanked her with him. They then dashed to the edge of the deck

had a sniper’s crosshair locked on them. One wrong move, and

of automatic fire erupted from above. The rest of the mercenaries didn’t stand a chance. One by one,

yacht, the military had already

she nearly fell. Her chest rose and fell unevenly, and she

isn’t here, where could he be?” The backpack did not contain Patrick’s dead body, but that didn’t ease Brenna

gⲁ𝗅𝓝𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀.𝗰0𝗺´ 𝘾𝒽𝓮𝒸𝓀 𝒶𝓾𝓉𝒽 𝓬𝓸𝓹𝓎

fear. Was Patrick hurt? Was he alone? Was he

out across the deck, snapping the

deck. A moment later, they found

closed in

Then, with what little strength he had left, he raised a shaking hand