Page 214 of Affair
Lights.
Out.
The skinny mercenary looked worried, and it was when he was moving into the dark stall, that he didn’t see Gamble not far away. With a swing, he landed that shovel right against his neck, using it to decapitate the man.
It was a good shot if Gamble said so himself.
His head was severed from his body, and he grabbed his handgun to tuck it into his pocket.
Then, he dragged the dead body into the shadows, sat him against the wall, and put his head in his lap.
That was one.
Going back to the crack in the barn wall, Gamble kept listening. He knew the house was full of trouble, and he didn’t need them out there with him.
So, he was going to be very quiet taking care of the last two assholes.
Outside of the barn, the men weren’t talking now, so he moved to a different location, and climbed up into the rafters, not even making a single sound.
Thank God that he was feeling back to his normal self, or he and Poe would have been screwed. With this many mercenaries, he wouldn’t have had a snowball’s chance in Hell of getting away.
As he laid in the rafters, above the barn walkway, he saw the next one coming in to see what happened to the last one.
“What do you see, Anderson?” the British guy outside called out to the new dude.
Yeah, what did you see, Anderson?
Gamble was betting it wasn’t him. To be honest, Gamble had a high body count in his time as a Marine, and just as high of one as a mercenary.
Someone was checking out.
Soon.
Because now, this was about to be the last thing he saw for hurting his dog.
Bet.
On.
It.
Now, it was about keeping this absolutely silent so the men in the house didn’t come running.
Then again, he needed to get them some food other than apples for when they headed out tonight in the middle of the night.
“Nothing, Dan,” the other Mercenary admitted. “Maybe it’s the ghost of that Duke and Dutchess you killed for Von,” he said. “Maybe we’re being haunted for killing them?”
Oh, Jesus.
The second Gamble heard that, his heart skipped a beat in his chest.
Poe’s parents were dead back in England?
That asshole out there killed them?
FUCK.
Well, then, Dan had to die, and this Von guy would be second on the list. For Poe, he’d get them justice—one way or another.
