Chapter 26 - Between Life and Death
Emily grabbed a heavy iron poker from the fireplace and struck the assassin viciously across the helmet, knocking him unconscious.
She slammed the bunker door shut, locking the steel deadbolts as heavy footsteps pounded on the floor above.
"Ryan! Stay with me!" Emily cried, kneeling over Ryan's bleeding body on the stone floor.
The bullet had struck him deep in the right shoulder, close to his chest.
Ryan coughed weakly, his hand reaching up to touch Emily's cheek with bloody fingers.
"I... I kept my promise..." Ryan whispered faintly, his vision blurring fast. "I protected them..."
"Don't talk! Save your strength!" Emily sobbed, applying heavy pressure to his open wound with her jacket.
For the first time in five long years, Emily felt a terrifying wave of real fear strike her heart.
She realized she didn't want him to die—she still loved him despite all the agony and betrayal.
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The heavy sound of tactical helicopters buzzed overhead as federal backup forces finally arrived on the scene.
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