Chapter 42

Lucas drove in the street, his red eyes scanning everywhere for any sign of Josephine with his hands firm on the wheel. After taking turns and looking around a bit more, his ears picked on a scream and he looked at the wall that blocked his view from the other side. Turning the car around, he swerved into the alleyway and just in time before the guy in black would plunge the knife into Josephine, he turned on the light full on and stepped out of the car. His eyes fell on Josephine and he didn’t like the state she was in. Moving his eyes to look at the two guys, he said to them, “Your foolish master sent you on a mission to die and you obliged like the fools you are. Let’s make this easy. I will give you both two options. One, surrender and I will let this slide. Two, choose the first option and you die.”

The two men looked at each other and even Josephine couldn’t believe that Lucas was actually leaving them with no choice with a twist of his words. At least she was glad that he arriv