Deadly Embrace
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y rotated my sniper, scanning the shipment port twelve hundred meters away. My breathing steadi
They'd kill indiscriminately, irrespective of gender or age. They would even kill brutally, even without being on a mission. And worst of it all,
e day: Heart sh
as weighing my options as I tapped against the trigger slightly. I waited for a few mo
l came in, causing me to vibrate. The shot practic
have time to contemplate my mistake. I just needed to make a run for it,
mission, so I usually had
w they were coming, and could feel the tension in the air. Suddenly, two o
ply. The knife clattered to the ground as the man cried out in pain. Using the momentum, I drove my elbow into
and more buffed, char
pled over, I brought my knee up into his face, sending him staggering back. He regained his stance quickly, throwing a series of punches. I evaded each one, my movements
time, I immediately dug into my pocket, pulling out my keys and pressing the start button as I could hear more men heading my way. I turned the corner to see my all-black McLaren 720S
ry mission I went on, I had to carry a phone, and the only per
ancelled." It couldn't be the former because I always hit the deadline, and it most certai
called. "I have to go see him then," I said as I
unded by an electrified fence, the sound of electricity, a consta
eth, patrolling with the precision of a military unit. "Welcom
ner, the green light acknowledging my identity. Beyond this was the center of my father's fortress:
urity checkpoint, a retinal scanner that only recognized membe
the wall. I took a deep drag from my cigar, th
A naked woman, one of his staff, was settled
r growled, pushing the woman awa
sessed the same unique hair I had inherited, thick and dark, with a distinctive silver streak running
xpression dull as ever, muscles rippling as he pushed the
I asked, still smoking. "
ill him," my father
d only blow his arm off," I said with a hint of curiosit
voice. "We are going to be joi
not want to even know about any discussion you've had, but as lo
young, you do
ook, intercepting his words and walking out
nti's POV (Mic
im?" I asked, with a conc
e laying his hands on me. "If he won't lea
concerned and desperate look