Chapter 14 - The Standoff On The Pier
Maya did not move her hand toward her jacket; instead, she raised her sidearm directly at her supervisor’s chest.
“Callahan told me about your offshore syndicate, Hayes,” Maya declared, her eyes cold as flint.
“You sent those mercenaries into the library to kill everyone so there wouldn't be any witnesses left to testify.”
Director Hayes let out a weary sigh, shaking his head with disappointed paternal authority.
“Marcus Callahan is a convicted felon and a murderer, Maya,” Hayes said coldly.
“You’re taking the word of a mobster over your own agency?”
“I’m taking the word of the bullet holes in my jacket,” Maya countered, her finger tightening on the trigger.
Behind her, Marcus and Knox stepped out of the floor hatch, standing side by side in the dim light of the boathouse.
“Hello, Richard,” Marcus said, acknowledging Director Hayes with a nod. “It’s been a long time since our days in Detroit.”
Hayes’s jaw tightened, his calm facade slipping for a fraction of a second.
“Kill them all,” Hayes ordered his two tactical officers. “Report it as a raid gone wrong.”
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Before the officers could raise their weapons, Knox lunged forward with terrifying speed, slamming one officer into the wooden support beam.
Maya fired twice, disarming the second officer as the boathouse erupted into violent close-quarters combat.
