The Unshackled Queen: Never Say Never by Gilbert Soysal

Charlie’s hand shot out to switch off the flashlight as they neared the end.

He dropped his voice to a whisper strained with tension.

“Movement ahead.

Silence now!”

They pressed their backs against the cold, wet wall of the tunnel as a pair of voices approached, illuminated intermittently by a wandering beam of Light.

“The colleagues upstairs get holidays, yet here we are, stuck on guard,” grumbled one guard to another.

“It’s all because our boss got nabbed by the cops.

Without her, we’re stuck pulling these endless shifts.

”

“Still no word on the boss? It’s been two days.

Is there anything wrong?”

“Pfft! She’s a Chadwich.

She’s got the Compton family in her corner.

Who’d dare touch her?”

out of

you heard? The Chadwich family’s got both the

”

their conversation continued, the guards casually scanned the area with their flashlights, oblivious to those lurking in the

have been pulled out from

the point of us being

“Quit your bellyaching.

is back, we’re

the guards closing in, Hannah gave Charlie’s

hushed, barely perceptible whisper, “Shift behind

”

They swapped places smoothly.

circle of light from the

fingers wrapping around

flick, she sent

dagger struck with a resonant

of the metal hitting the ground interrupted the conversation outside-not a loud noise, yet enough to jolt the two individuals into sudden

A pause.

dance across the tunnel

“Did you hear that?”

figures instantly tensed, their senses on high