Chapter 9 - AMBUSH AT DUSK
"How many are there?" Julian asked, peering through the slit of the metal window shutters.
"At least eight," Emily counted, checking her service handgun. "They're trained professionals."
"We can't fight eight armed men in an enclosed loft," Julian said, looking around for an escape route.
"We don't need to fight them all," Emily said, handing him a flashbang grenade from a drawer. "We just need to reach the river."
The heavy wooden front door of the loft exploded inward as breach charges detonated.
Smoke billowed into the living room, followed immediately by suppressive gunfire tearing through the furniture.
"Now!" Emily screamed, pulling the pin on her flashbang and hurling it into the hallway.
A blinding flash and deafening bang shattered the darkness, sending the attackers stumbling backward.
Julian and Emily bolted down the rear fire escape, their footsteps echoing against the iron steps.
Bullets ricocheted off the brick walls as gunmen opened fire from the roof above.
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"Jump!" Emily shouted as they reached the second-story platform above the dark, icy river water.
Without hesitating, Julian grabbed Emily’s hand, and together they leaped into the roaring black river below.
