Chapter 107

For a moment, everyone was frozen in a deadlock. Javier and Shawn looked at each other, as if they were waiting to see who would make the first move and fire the gun.

Meanwhil, Dave smirked. There was an explosion in his brain... the good sort... the type that carries more possibilities than he could be conscious of. If Shawn was here, he might have had a chance of getting out of this mess alive, but there were hundreds of ideas there in that buzz of electricity. Dave could feel it. It was the calling card of adventure or death, of paths awaiting his feet. Whatever was ahead could be a great challenge, and there could be tears, but it was his adventure to take, and so he smiled. The ideas for how to get rid of the Russians who were holding him would come to him when he least expected it.

Even though it was probably only a half-minute, it felt like a lifetime. Shawn was scared the old guy would be wounded if he fired a shot.

However, the two Russians stood ready, both clutching Dave