Chapter 413
Chris picked up the gun from the ground.
It was soaked from the rain, cold in his hand.
His pale knuckles trembled from how tightly he was gripping it.
With one look, he recognized it.
It was the gun he had given Winter.
Just now, she had used this very gun to cover him. Her shot had been fast, accurate, and ruthless. She had learned that from him, back when he had taught her as Roy.
Anyone could tell she had been protecting him.
Even though he could have handled those men easily on his own, the moment Winter fired, something had exploded wildly in his chest.
So wildly that he had wanted to see her right away.
He had wanted to “teach her a lesson” and ask if she had any idea how dangerous that had been.
But now, she was gone.
“Winter p>
His breath caught hard in his throat. A dark, vicious red spread through his eyes.
“ Mr. Xander p>
Aside from the men who had followed Gavin, three bodyguards were still with Chris.
They recognized the gun in his hand too. There was no need to guess who Chris would have given something so important to.
Their faces turned grave at once. They quickly split up and began searching for Winter
Chris lifted his eyes. His dark gaze, deep as an abyss, swept across the overgrown woods in treat of hun
The shower was weakening now. Rainwater dripped from the wild grass in scattered drops, and a thin white mist was slowly rising through the trees.
The weeds on the ground had been trampled down, but there were no signs of drug and no signs of a fight
“She wasn’t taken by force‘
His grip on the gun slowly tightened His already cold expression turned even frostict
Three minutes earlier, as Garrett and two of Fablare’s men closed in on Chris. Winter Road a fed an Histinct and fired at the same time he did
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But because she had so little real combat experience, all her attention was on the tree where Chris had been hiding. That left an opening around her.
The instant she fired, a hand suddenly covered her mouth from behind.
Her whole body went rigid with shoek Her pupils shrank, and a cold fear rushed through her.
“Don’t be scared, Ms. Scott. It’s me p>
Only when that familiar voice reached her ear did the breath stuck in her throat finally loosen.
The moment the man released her, she whipped around and stared at the fully armed man standing behind her, night–vision goggles over his eyes.
She had recognized him by his voice alone.
And even without that, she knew that face. It had always had a deceptively honest look.
“Zion p>
The man nodded. Looking at Winter through the night–vision goggles, he wasted no time.
“You need to leave with me first p>
The Zeller bodyguards assigned to protect Winter had contacted Zion before the explosion. At the time, Zion had been at the hospital, about to deal with his hemorrhoids. Once he received the call, he had dropped everything, called William, and rushed out of the hospital
Now, the Zeller family’s bodyguards were scattered throughout the mountains as well, searching for Winter.
Winter was still shaken. She stared at Zion without/blinking.
After what had happened with Gavin and Garrett, she couldn’t help being more cautious. The twin brothers didn’t just look alike. Even their voices were almost impossible to tell apart
What if this was another trap?
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If she made the wrong choice, Fabian really would take her away
She looked at Zion and didn’t agree right away Instead, she said, “Let’s was for chris
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After all, with Chris beside them, they would be safer
But Zion had no idea what was going through Winter’s mund
He was watching their surroundings closely (hirts had already taken care of those in appeared too
Zon had also heard Gavin shout something
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