Total pages in book: 101
Estimated words: 95431 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 477(@200wpm)___ 382(@250wpm)___ 318(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 95431 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 477(@200wpm)___ 382(@250wpm)___ 318(@300wpm)
Looking through the vents, my eyes land on the wall of weapons. If I can get to it, I can get out of here. I will need to disarm the big guys first and then take on the targets.
This might be the challenge I need. I have never truly tested my combat skills other than in training with Uri and Adriano. However, these three are masters.
I had planned to use bullets to take them out from a distance. Now, if I speak to let Adriano know that I’m okay, I will lose the element of surprise and I’ll be cooked. If I take action and attack, I will need my bullets for the guards, not the targets.
I don’t know how I got into this situation. This client will have a lot to answer for. I will never work for them again.
As silently as I can, I move through the vent to the other side of the room where the weapons wall sits. I hold my breath, hoping not to make a sound over their heads.
I shift my body in the small space so I can slide instead of crawl. I already know the vents are thin and the sound carries. It was the first thing to grab my attention from the time I entered them.
“Sim, I’m coming in. If you can hear me, hang tight. I’m on my way.”
I hold in a groan. I don’t need him to charge in here. I can handle this. Ugh, this is why I work alone.
I purse my lips and release an annoyed breath. Here goes nothing. Reaching the vent, I pull my gun and drop down through the opening. Landing in a crouch, I take out the first two big guys—one to the head, two to the chest.
Not taking a moment to think about it, I then put down the other two. One of them gets a shot off before I drop him. The bullet hits the wall behind me. Unfortunately, the shot rings out, alerting the others outside.
Two more rush into the room, I take them both out then drop my gun. I need to get to the weapons behind me. The three targets snap into action, ready to take me on as they get into fighting stances.
“I don’t know who you are or who sent you, but you have come to die,” the first woman says.
I grin before I turn and run at the wall to my left. I use my momentum to walk the wall and get to the swords I have my sights on. I grab the hilts of the two I want and flip down to my feet.
One of the targets laughs at me. “Do you know who we are? You will be dead in seconds. I won’t even bother to remove my coat for you.”
I chuckle back. “I didn’t ask you to. I know who you all are. It will be an honor to take your lives.”
I have slowly moved into the center of the room as they have begun to surround me. I channel the anger I’ve been feeling since the morning I had to leave Michael in Italy.
I drop into a pose with the swords held out before me. They have begun to circle me like I’m the prey. From the sound of it, Adriano entered the building as he promised.
I need to finish here to help him. These three women have earned this death. They have lied to families, promising to give their daughters a better life.
Instead, they have used the poor girls to traffic them. One of the families had someone contact me and offer to pay the fee to make these women disappear. Because of the masters they are in the arts, not many were willing to take the job.
I fear no one. If you deserve to die. I will make sure I do my job.
The music starts to play in my head, and I begin to dance. I am abrupt and smooth as I move through their attacks and dodge their blows. I move swiftly as I swing up and cut through the center of the smallest one. She reaches for her open chest right as I spin and bring the other blade across her throat.
“One down, two to go. I believe I have made it at least a minute already,” I taunt.
The final two begin to work together. I move fluidly like the ballerina I am. Dipping back, I avoid a kick as the tallest one’s leg glides over my body.
When I come up, I slash behind her leg. She drops to her knees. I spin quickly and bring my blades up to block as the other now has a set of blades from the wall.
She is fast and fluid, but I am faster and more careful. She tries to back me down as the other one tries to rise back to her feet. I block her and force her to go on defense.