Chapter 23 - the mobile fortress
Thomas pulled an armored handgun from a secret compartment under the passenger seat, his face as cold as a floating iceberg. "Stay in the car, Emma. The armored glass can withstand their firepower," he ordered, protection occupying his entire mind.
"Never," Emma replied fiercely, unbuckling her seatbelt and opening the car door just before the first volley of bullets rained down on the car body. She was not a fragile girl needing to be carefully hidden. She was the chairwoman of the Sterling empire.
Both crawled under the SUV, utilizing the night and the dense rain to hide their tracks. The mercenaries were focusing their firepower on the car's position. They had made the most fatal mistake by completely ignoring Thomas's existence.
Approaching from behind the container wall, Thomas lunged out like a leopard. With just three incredibly powerful heel kicks, he shattered the knee joints of the two nearest soldiers. The dry sound of breaking bones mixed into the sound of the falling rain.
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Another panicked and turned the barrel of his gun toward him, but it was too late. Thomas successfully closed in and snapped his wrist. All resistance was meaningless.
👉 read part 24 to know the one behind the darkness.
