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Chapter 185 Take to Safety
Maria stepped forward, her boots sinking slightly into the soft dirt. Her face burned with a deep frown, her breathing low and steady like a jaguar stalking its prey before the silent slaughter. Every movement she made was deliberate, confident, and dangerous.She had heard every insult. The cowboy leader calling her a prostitute. The way he laughed as though she were something beneath him, an object to interrogate. But Maria was not one to bow her head to cruelty. Not after everything she had survived.She walked toward him slowly, her eyes fixed on his with the steadiness of a blade about to strike. The men around him watched, their laughter fading as she came closer. For a brief second, it was as if the entire world had gone quiet. Only the soft hum of the wind and the faint clinking of spurs broke the silence.“If I tell you what you want,” she said firmly, her voice calm but sharp enough to slice through the tension, “what assurance do I have that you would let us go, considering
Chapter 184 What Happened
One cowboy yanked Mark behind the nearest tree without wasting a second.The shot cracked. He heard it and felt the sting of the world change, the squeeze of a trigger and the snap of gunpowder in the air, and he knew that if they had been even a second slower the bullet would have found Mark or the woman pressed behind him. Acting on that knowledge, the cowboy shoved Mark down; Mark shoved Maria harder until both of them were flattened against the tree trunk, breath shallow, ears ringing.A spray of bullets kicked up dirt at their feet, ricochets skittering across the ground. The cowboys around them were scattered, each pressed to a different tree, backs braced, eyes scanning. They leaned like animals waiting to spring, feet planted, ready to move the moment a clear lane opened.They drew their revolvers from holsters as if it were a single, practiced motion: hand to gun, gun to chest. Each pistol was held muzzle up, thumbs steady, finger off the trigger but ready. The formation was
Chapter 183 The Escape
“Faster, boss!”“Run! Run! Run!” Mark shouted, his voice trembling with urgency as his hands wrapped firmly around Maria’s shoulder, guiding her forward through the dense, uneven jungle path.His feet pounded the earth faster, pushing her along, helping her match his pace. Sweat trickled down his temple as branches whipped across their faces.Maria glanced back and gasped. Her breathing grew frantic as her eyes caught the glare of headlights slicing through the fog. “They’re coming!” she shouted, her voice breaking. “They’re right behind us!”Mark didn’t look back. “Don’t stop!” he barked, tightening his grip.Behind them, the rumble of an off-road vehicle grew louder, bouncing violently over the uneven terrain. The men chasing them were close enough for Maria to see their silhouettes as they began to cross the narrow bridge.“They’re crossing!” she screamed, her voice echoing through the night.“Faster, boss!” Mark urged again, his tone filled with desperation.They sprinted, feet sl
Chapter 182 Escape
The sound of the gun was like the dull thud of a little child’s hand banging on a table.Mark had made sure that the silencer was fixed tightly on the pistol’s mouth. He had calculated everything in his mind beforehand. If he had pulled the trigger without the silencer, the pistol would have made a loud bang. And if that bang echoed too loudly, they would hear it upstairs.The Ghost guards would spring to their feet, racing down the stairs on their ten toes. They would barge into the underground in seconds, rifles swinging out, each one aimed directly at him and his boss.If that happened, they might not survive it.But now, Ghost’s blood gushed like a spring from his head, splattering the floor in thick red streams. He fell sideways until he and the chair smacked to the ground with a heavy thud.“This way!” Mark barked suddenly, his voice sharp and urgent. He knew they could not go back the way they came. That exit was compromised. Every instinct told him they had to find another rou
Chapter 181 The Hard Measures
Maria shifted her eyes to him, her gaze cold and calculating as it swept over Ghost's bloodied face. The concrete floor beneath him was stained dark where he'd been kneeling for the past twenty minutes, his wrists bound behind his back with industrial zip ties that cut into his skin."If he doesn't answer before the count of 5, shoot him!" she instructed."Yes boss!" Mark sounded, stepping forward with the kind of enthusiasm that made Ghost's stomach turn.Mark pressed the cold barrel of the pistol against Ghost's temple, the metal kissing his skin with an intimacy that made his blood run cold. He pulled off the safety with a deliberate click that seemed to reverberate through Ghost's skull, then danced his finger around the trigger, tapping it rhythmically as if keeping time to a song only he could hear.Ghost swallowed hard, the movement painful against his dry throat. He hadn't had water in hours.One mistake, he knew it, he was done, dead as though he never lived. All the years of
Chapter 180 The Bold Act
Ghost smirked slowly, the corners of his lips curving with quiet amusement.He had been the wealthy man of Dubai for the longest time, and in all his years of influence, never had he met anyone, especially a woman, who spoke to him with such boldness and unshaken confidence. People feared him. They bowed, they begged, and they never dared to meet his eyes unless granted permission. But this woman had broken that rule without hesitation.The first time was at the entrance. He had tried to be polite, offering a greeting as she arrived at the gala, yet she was dismissive, almost rude, as if his presence meant nothing.The second time was even more humiliating. In front of his people, under the glittering lights of the gala, she accused him falsely. The whispers that followed had burned his pride, but he said nothing.And now, here she was again, cuffed to a chair in his private underground chamber, still defiant, still daring to tell him to send his men away as if she were the one in con
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