82: It's Over

Piper and Kai were a great team. Without working before this, without even them knowing – they were coordinating so well. They were being each other’s eyes as they shoot down the men and women trying to kill them. When Kai was watching his side, Piper pulled away from a bullet, and when Piper wasn’t looking, Kai pushed her away. They were protecting each other left and right – until they reached a storage room. The two of them were running out of bullets, they had to reload.

Kai pushed Piper in before he came inside and closed the door. There was no one inside the room. It was spacious storage with old paintings, sculptures, tools, and other things stored. Piper’s heart was racing from adrenaline pumping through her veins. Just tonight, she killed more people than she did in her entire life. There were a lot of close calls tonight, if it wasn’t for Kai – she would have died.

She wordlessly glanced at him from time to time as they both loaded their guns. Kai had his eyebrows pulled t