Page 79 of Shadows of Obsession

The giant who's about to disfigure Sergey doesn't seem to be paying attention to what's happening around him because he doesn't notice me until I jump on his back and stab the blade into his right shoulder.

For a few seconds, I could swear the man didn't even feel that I stabbed him, so I painfully pull out the blade and stab again.

Now, my shoulder is the one screaming in pain. The car accident definitely did some damage, and the fact that I'm hanging with a knife from a mountain of a man's back isn't helping.

After the blade enters the same wound for the second time, the giant turns, making a sound that could be pain or anger.

Sergey tries to mumble something, and I manage to tell him to run while I move away from the seven-foot monster who seems ready to crush me under his feet.

Of course Sergey doesn't react like a normal person. He pulls out his gun and, with a trembling hand, shoots the colossus, who could tear me in half with his bare hands.

Everything happens in seconds. Hands grab me and I start struggling, but when I feel a gun at the base of my neck, I straighten up and the fight goes out of me.

They could shoot me right now. All the adrenaline abandons me, leaving me exhausted, my knees shaking.

Another SUV revs up the road, screeching to a stop. Its doors open, and out jump a woman with a machine gun, dressed in combat gear, and a masked guy throwing grenades.

Am I dreaming?This can't be happening to me, being run off the road and now literally being bombarded.

The woman starts firing the machine gun, and the hands that were holding the gun to my head suddenly disappear. When I look back, the attacker has taken off running. The grenades thrown by the masked man start exploding, and I get down, curled up, trying to cover my ears with my hands. I feel like my eardrums are going to explode from the screams, explosions, and bullets.

"COME WITH ME!"

The woman's voice resonates and something in her tone sets me in motion. I don't know who she is, but I know she's shooting the people who attacked us. I see her coming toward me and I turn toward Sergey, but with all the explosions and mayhem, I can't spot him anywhere.

"It's you they want, Luna. If you're not here, they'll leave. Come on!" she shouts at me, and I don't miss that she used my name.

Who the hell is this woman?

"Luna!"

The urgency in her voice is clear. Whoever these people are who ran us off the road, they'll have backup soon.

The masked guy is already at the SUV's wheel when I get in, and I just pray I haven't made a mistake putting my trust in these people.

"Are you hurt?" the woman asks and seems genuinely concerned.

"My shoulder's killing me," I tell her and try to breathe through the stabbing pain that pierces me when I try to move it even an inch.

"May I?" she asks.

I look into her honey-colored eyes, and although I doubt my ability to detect if a person is good or not, there's something in her gaze that makes me calm for a second.

I give her a quick nod because at this point even breathing becomes harder. Clearly something broke during the accident.

The woman beside me pushes my hoodie aside and...fuck. My shoulder looks bad.

"Your shoulder is dislocated."

I guessed that from how it looks. And I know it needs to be reset. From the woman's look, she realizes this too. How the hell I managed to stab two men with my shoulder like this, I have no idea. Fear and terror of being taken replaced the pain in those moments.

"Do it," I whisper and close my eyes because I expect it won't be gentle.

I don't feel anything for a few seconds so I reopen my eyes. Her warm gaze finds mine. I swear I see a trace of pride? Respect? But in the next second, a sharp pain resonates in my shoulder and I realize it's over. She set my shoulder back in place.

"Better not to expect it," she tells me and with that returns to her place.

"I need to call someone," I tell her, and this is the moment when we'll find out if I made the right choice coming with them.

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