Those massive windows,” he rasped, his voice icy, “aren’t bulletproof.

Hannah’s gaze drifted to the transparent sheet separating them from the endless ocean, a canvas splashed with the dying embers of sunset.

“This is a cruise liner,” she scoffed, “not your boss’s fortified villa.

Why on earth would it need impenetrable glass?”

Her lighthearted response met with a stony silence.

Winston, with a glint of steel in his eyes, continued, “Wealthy businessmen swarm this ship, yes, but there are shadows too, gangsters slithering amongst the guests.

Had we not embarked in Newfort, their numbers would be thicker than barnacles on a galleon.

He turned on her, his voice a razor whisper.

“Can you cheat death if a single shot finds its mark in the dead of night, unprepared?”

Hannah, chilled by his grim pronouncement, scrutinized him.

“Is this your first voyage on this ship?”

“The people of the Queen Elizabeth have invited the boss before, but he’s never actually allowed any of us aboard,” Winston explained.

“I’m only here because I have permission to escort you.

woman of action, cut through the

to

his voice softened,

the first

take you there,” Winston said, glancing

to the first

a different drama unfolded aboard the

Caleb, a shadow of worry clinging

“Mr.

Mitchell,” he hissed.

right choice not to go out! As

of sweat rolled down Caleb’s

the ship docks again,” he

that bullet from your abdomen, I’m afraid I

like a shroud,

bullet, a stubborn lodger,

voice a dry whisper, “is

docks, it’ll be the end for us

was thin and frail as he asked, “What’s the movement of Wilde’s people on

pools of

men comb it

Every exit is guarded.

Bryson nodded.

“I know.

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