"Really. I'll jump down. There's a garden on the rooftop. I can jump from there."The four bodyguards still didn't react. They were really tough. Her stubbornness won't work on them."I'll burn the penthouse, and then I'll run. I'll blame you for the fire. I'll tell Gideon it's your fault."They still didn't waver, so she began to stomp her foot. " Just let me! I'm just going to visit my family. Come on. I'll tell Gideon later."Her big smile was almost ready when he noticed Emer scratching his head and nodding to the other bodyguards. But her supposed big smile was ruined by the next thing the man said. "We'll just bring your mother and brother here.""What?""You’re really not allowed to go to them.""You keep saying the same thing. Why am I prohibited from visiting them?""It's dangerous, Ma'am," the man with the shades replied."I also feel dangerous with you around. You're even wearing shades even though it's not sunny," she said irritably, standing up from the floor.The bodygua
Lyzza trembled as she looked at Alejandro. "W-Who is Al-Sharique?"The man shrugged. "This is confidential, and this must remain a secret."Is that what's putting them in danger now? Was that the reason why Gideon was trying to get them out of the country? The name alone sounded like a criminal."He was one of the men who led the syndicate that Gideon was hunting four years ago. Gideon killed the bastard’s brother after they tried to ambush him. Gideon took down the syndicate, but Al-Sharique was only sent to prison. He escaped and came back to the country to seek revenge on your husband. And when I say he's up for revenge, I mean you, your daughter, your family, and his."She couldn’t help but start biting her fingernails. "W-What are we going to do?""I have no idea. We lost contact with Gideon."She felt even more nervous after hearing what he said. She bit her bottom lip and started crying in her stance. Seconds later, she left Alejandro and walked back to the living room, but her
Gideon made four consecutive knocks, followed by two more, before he heard the sound of the door lock turning. The man with a white beard came into his view.The man casually looked around to the left and right before finally opening the door of the room he occupied in the run-down motel in that province."Can I offer you a drink, man?" he said it in a hard English accent. His Russian accent was fitting for his features.He raised his hand and nodded. "No, man. I'm good."Gideon surveyed the cans of beer on the small table in the room the man was using as a living room. Most of them were empty."Wulfric," the man said, extending his right hand in front of him."Gideon," he replied seriously, accepting the hand for a forearm shake."Lieutenant General.""Former. I quit the service," he said, tilting his head. The man had a long white beard, a proud nose, and blue eyes. He had Russian features and a Russian accent. He was also a big man, like him. He also noticed the tattoo on the man's
With the sniper in his hands, Gideon carefully studied Al-Sharique's headquarters, located in the middle of the forest. His mission for that night was to make Al-Sharique surrender himself by eliminating his men until he had no chance of fighting back. He would then hand him over to Wulfric and bring him to the United States without revealing his name. He knew that Wulfric had connections with the CIA, a non-government organization, which would make it difficult to trace who captured Al-Sharique.If Al-Sharique did not surrender, Gideon would have no choice but to shoot him. He had made a mistake by returning to the country to seek revenge.His attention was diverted from his sniper when he heard an unfamiliar sound coming from a nearby location. He put the sniper down and took out his night vision binoculars to locate the source of the noise."Son of a bitch!" he cursed loudly when suddenly, a missile appeared out of nowhere and headed straight for Al-Sharique's large house.The quie
"Holy Shit!" Gideon exclaimed fiercely before quickly running away from his location when he saw the burning helicopter heading towards him. He jumped as soon as he saw it crash in order to avoid it."Fuck!" He grunted when his body landed on the big roots of trees. Fortunately, he was not hurt and was able to stand up right away. He checked the bullets of his sniper rifle before walking towards Wulfric, who was now driving his pickup jeep towards him."Come on, man. Let's go!" Wulfric shouted and opened the door for him. The man started the engine as soon as he got in."What happened?" Gideon asked with a serious tone. "Al-Sharique wasn't in that house.""Yes, man. I know. The tech guy was caught when I let him into my system. Fuck those bastards for trying to outsmart me. I shove their stupidity on their asses anyway.""What do you mean?""I'll blow their laptop. No one can mess with me." Wulfric grinned at him and gave him a quick glance. "So, what's the plan?""Find Al-Sharique an
"Drop it, Vesarius," the leader of the group shouted loudly. They all pointed their high-calibre guns at him.He grabbed Steve Davis's head like a kitten and pulled him up."You’ll open a fire? You have to save him first." He quickly pulled out the knife from his combat boots, and in a blink, it was already pointing at Steve Davis's neck. The blade was making a cut on his hostage’s neck."T-That’s your trick?" The man, even though his face was beaten, managed to smirk like he couldn’t believe the tactic he was using."You don’t know who you are messing with," Gideon answered and pressed the knife deeper on Steve Davis's neck. "Drop your guns!""T-They are not going to follow you. I am the team leader, and you shouldn’t cross paths with me.""You’re boasting your fucked Admiral backer?" he said with sarcasm. "Fuck you and your team and your ass backer."In just a second, he swung his knife, slitting the man’s throat. Blood gushed out of it due to what he did. Steve Davis's eyes remaine
"Where is my son?" Mrs. Vesarius cried as she questioned the police officers."There’s nothing to be worried about. Your son’s condition is stable. It took us a while to recognize him because of the injuries on his face, and he didn’t bring anything that would identify him. Fortunately, Major Almeradez was able to call our station.""He's fine, Aunt." Alejandro nodded to Mrs. Vesarius."Alejandro! Why did you only tell us now?" The old woman stood up while her eyes were filled with tears as she looked at her son’s best friend."We just found his body this morning, Ma’am." The police officer knew that the woman would be so angry in that situation."I'm sorry, Aunt. I know Gideon wouldn't want you to see him in that state. You all would panic, and I would be held responsible if something bad happened to you." He then let out a shrug. "I also forgot to call you earlier because I was busy taking care of him.""Mommy, let's go see him. Daddy, I want to see Gideon. Please..." Lyzzza looked
LYZZA’S hand froze as she was about to open the door to her husband's hospital room. She had heard voices inside besides Gideon and Alejandro, whom she had left earlier to buy food from the hospital cafeteria.She cautiously put her ear to the door to listen to the men's conversation.The first voice she heard was unfamiliar. "I already cleaned up the mess. No one will trace that you killed him. Just like what we have planned—""Isn't it unsafe for us to talk about that here," Alejandro interjected with a question.The first man snorted. "Who do you think I am? I live with bears.""And?""I know how things work," he replied. "I already inspected the whole room in case there was a bug hiding. Besides the woman at the door, who I believe is Gideon's wife, no one is eavesdropping on us."Lyzza's cheeks reddened with what she heard. Damn it! How did that man know she was secretly listening to their conversation?"Come in, Strawberry."She winced, hesitantly unlocked the door, and pushed i