From Ashes of Scandals to His Embrace novel Chapter 370

Laurinda looked at the silent man, her patience already worn thin. She pressed the muzzle of her gun right against his shoulder. Without a second thought, she pulled the trigger—once, then again. Two sharp shots rang out. Blood bloomed through his shirt, spreading fast.

The bullets had hit bone. He couldn't speak, but the pain ripped a long, broken groan from his throat. He looked like he was about to pass out.

Laurinda watched him for a moment, then wiped her gun clean on his clothes, not bothering to hide her disgust. “Looks like you’re done holding a gun for the rest of your life. I wonder if Kenny’s really brave enough to come after me for losing his so-called genius sniper.”

Terror flashed in the man's eyes. His mouth worked open and closed, but no sound came out.

She barely glanced his way again. Slinging the heavy sniper rifle from the roof over her shoulder, Laurinda climbed down the ladder on the far side, already hunting for her next vantage point.

***

Inside the cargo terminal, chaos reigned. Half the lab equipment was trashed. Adolphus gripped a P90, eyes wild, moving through the fight like he barely noticed the bullets flying around him.

Suddenly, the sharp crack of a sniper shot rang out from above. Then another. Men started dropping, blood spreading under them.

“Stop! Wait! You’re hitting our own guys!” someone screamed.

The wounded man, his arms slung over the shoulders of two of his crew, ducked into cover and yelled into his headset, “I said you’re shooting the wrong people!”

Adolphus looked up and realized something had gone off the rails. He barked at his team, “Get down, find cover!”

He pressed his back to a shipping container, grabbed Egan by the arm, and demanded, his breath ragged, “Did you bring a sniper?”

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