“My apologies, Gab, but I kind of agree with her idea,” Loid said while we watched Gerson lead Skye while Benny secured her safety from behind and disappear from our sighs. It would have been easier to move in the dark, but it was still far from nightfall. It would be obvious if we waited even for dusk. “I am well aware that, practically speaking, her suggestion was perfect,” I shook my head defeatedly. “But if it was only for me to decide, I do not wish her out of my sight or even far from my side. I would feel more confident that she is safe in my watch, up close where I can take the bullet for her if need be, but….” I sighed. “Let’s go…”Loid moved snappily to do as I had said. We were both out of the vehicle as we followed Skye stepped out of it when she did. He took his seat behind the wheel and started driving. “I did not expect the suggestion to come from her and insist on pushing it through,” Loid chuckled. “I am still unsure I made the right choice to let her do as she wi
Marco’s POV“He is securing the basement,” I heard Cody reply to Gab eagerly. “Do we have anyone injured among our men?” Gab asked while looking around.“We had Alvin take care of the injured, nothing fatal, though, so we did not need anyone else,” Cody answered. I did the same as Gab. I keenly observed the yard, including every spot my sight could reach. I even stepped around to check on the spots I knew had someone designated to take posts in a hiding but were now empty.I did not try to hide my actions. I was not happy to see the surrounding seemed vulnerable. I am well aware that there is a high-alert security system in the entire property, which covers the mansion and the whole surroundings. But if intruders have found a way to penetrate that system, we need a manual security force. I walked back to Gabriel’s side. He remained standing in the same spot where I left him to walk around the yard while talking to someone over the phone. I have been walking with him the whole tim
“Wha- what?!” I almost jumped in so much surprise. The lady was wearing a blinding white cloth, and I couldn’t look at her face. “Who are you?!” I asked with my right arm covering my face, slightly peeking to check if I knew her. “You will find out later,” she replied casually. Then she started to walk to where Gabriel was still lying on the floor. Then she glanced back at me. I could see her, yes, I could see her every move, but I could not understand why whenever I look at her face, my sight would seem to blur. “You are here to guide her…”The lady turned her face in a different direction. My eyes followed where she was looking, and I saw Skye walk in the sides towards the basement in a cautious and surreptitious manner with Gerson and Benny.“What is she doing here?!” I asked. I was shocked to see what was happening around me. Gab was lying unconscious on the ground, while Skye is stealthily moving in the shadows, and here I am, apparently, according to the lady in white next to
The last words Ted said made me realize something I could not even fathom would ever be possible. But then again, how do I explain why no one except for the lady in blinding white clothing could see me?“Am I a ghost?” I asked mindlessly.“You have the blood of an angel, so technically, you are not a ghost,” the lady next to me answered. It made me wonder if I spoke my words too loud. I thought they did not make it out of my lips, so how come she could answer as if she had heard of my thoughts? “You are supposed to do the task you have agreed to do in return for helping you survive. But this task can only be done this way for now.”“What is that supposed to mean?” I asked with confusion and bewilderment.&
Skye’s POVGab kept us posted on the situation within the mansion when he and Loid got in through the gates. Gabriel said he was a bit skeptical of the situation when he noticed that instead of Josh, the head of the security team in this location, his assistant came to receive him in the yard. Benny explained to me that no matter what, as a team leader, no one is to do such things. Unless extreme necessity. Otherwise, this would mean that there had been a matter beyond control in this place, and the man in charge could be either of two things. Injured or dead. But this drill is not known to the lower ranks. And so, Cody did not expect to be suspected of anything. But when Cody mentioned that they brought the dead bodies to the basement, it sent a clear warning. “What’s in the basement?” I asked the guys with me.“Most of Boss Marco’s valued things are stored in there,” Benny answered.“In the basement?” I asked in disbelief. With the size of the house, why would Marco want to hide
There were only Cody and the ogre-sized guy with him, who struck Gab from behind when they reached the basement. They were boisterously bickering. Cody was furious, while the other guy was nonchalant.“Why the fuck did you knock the man down, you stupid dumbass?!” Cody nagged with frustration and disappointment, sounding sharp to the ear, pointing at Gabriel. “We needed him to open that fucking vault!”“Not my problem, asshole!” the guy answered scornfully. “I was promised freedom to do whatever I want. I do not take orders from you!”Cody groaned. For whatever reason, Cody could not bluntly retort the guy’s words. However, it might have been the case, but Cody did not restrain himself from cursing the man.&ldq
“That may be the case, but I don’t think I care!” If my thoughts became words and slipped out of my lips, I do not know if anyone had a grasp of them in their ears as the muffled sound of my pistol toppled them over. The rage I was feeling at the moment blinded my rationality. Marco was poisoned, and the results of the lab tests were somewhat tedious, dragging my patience along to insanity. But aside from that, I could recall how all my loved ones died before my eyes! I can no longer stay calm or passive like I used to be. I don't think such attitudes and behavior toward life have brought me anything good. “Skye!” I heard a familiar voice call my name with an evident hint of distress. I did not move. I could not move. My eyes could not move away from staring at the dead man who had his face down to the ground. I could sense someone was moving closer to me from behind, but I remained glaring with my jaw clenched as I sneered at the bleeding Frank not far from where I was standing
Gab’s POVI did not expect Cody would be bold to act the way he did while inside the well-guarded area of Marco’s property. I sensed something was weird as soon as we arrived and stepped out of the vehicles without seeing the head of the security team in the mansions. But then that wasn’t enough to jump into conclusions, so I had to ask what he meant when Cody said they dealt with the intruders already. “Where is Josh?” I tried to hide any expressions on my face that I was having any doubt of his words. The sound of excitement in Cody’s tone was one thing to ponder on for me, adding to it was the location he mentioned where Josh, the supposed to be senior among security people in this place, was instead of coming out here to receive my arrival. At all costs, Josh, just like every other team leader, would have to come out and be the one to give the rundown on everything that was going on, or anything that may have occurred before someone with higher authority arrives at the place. I