Chapter 1426

Bernard’s hand moved with lightning speed, the gun in his grip barking death as he dropped a goon in black with a single shot.

Just as he was about to pivot and target another, red laser dots danced across Eleanor’s body.

At the same moment, the gun in the hand of the black-clad assailant pressed coldly against Eleanor’s temple.

“Mr. Law.”

Three controllers, cradling their rifles, emerged slowly from the panic room within the safehouse.

“The terms laid out by Sector 2-5, Mr. Law. Comply, and your wife goes free. Otherwise…”

One of the controllers hadn’t even finished speaking when the goon pushed the gun harder against Eleanor’s head.

“Don’t hurt her!”

Bernard’s heart raced with fear at the mere posturing of the thug. It was clear now that his concern for Eleanor surpassed even his own life.

Even the slightest scratch on her, and he would be beside himself with anxiety.

her

melted away, replaced by desperation. The leverage they held

but you have to atone with

like a death sentence. She gazed at Bernard’s handsome face, shaking her

He’d been hurt too many times for her. already; she couldn’t stand to

love and concern that shone in Eleanor’s clear eyes warmed Bernard’s heart.

soothing Eleanor’s fears, he shifted his

but I won’t be

sent Teresa Hyde to fend for herself in the wilds of Montana, or when Bernard himself had Josef Caporal

admitted the Syndicate’s guilt, but not to the extent that it

leader, he knew a price must be

penance, then you let her go.”

gun, turning it on

Bang-

deafeningly through the corridor, shattering the silence of the safehouse and piercing Eleanor’s ears and

whine of tinnitus filled her head as she looked on, dazed, at the man standing tall

saw the crimson blood flowing down his shoulder, soaking his pristine white shirt beneath the dark suit

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