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.

me, leave her

icy resolve in Bernard’s eyes had melted away, replaced by desperation. The leverage they held was Eleanor’s life, and it paralyzed

her, but you have to atone with your

like a death sentence. She gazed at Bernard’s handsome

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

that shone in Eleanor’s clear eyes

okay.” After soothing Eleanor’s fears, he shifted his

won’t be

or when Bernard himself had Josef Caporal thrown in jail to be taught a harsh lesson. But since he had taken over, he had never allowed the senseless slaughter of others, certainly

to the extent that it warranted death.

the Syndicate’s leader, he knew a price must be

fire a shot in penance, then you let

his gun, turning it on himself, and without flinching, fired into his shoulder.

Bang-

echoed deafeningly through the corridor, shattering the silence of the safehouse and piercing

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

tears as she saw the crimson blood flowing down his shoulder,

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