Page 106 of Owned By Two

For now.

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I had wantedto leave the scene of the crime as quickly as possible but Uhti wouldn’t go without first doing some shopping.

He hurried into Qeyel’s bedroom and grabbed, to my eyes, random items and shoved them in a designer bag.

He wasn’t even going for the most expensive items that could have made a fortune on the open market.

Not that he would be able to sell them after what we’d done to the Qeyel.

Taking out the guards had been hard, grueling work.

I didn’t remember a lot of it as, when the killing mindset came over me, I tended to let my instincts do the fighting.

I was always capable of so many more deadly and dangerous things when I switched my brain off and let my inner self take over.

Still, taking on two upgraded guards was not an easy endeavor and I was grateful when Uhti charged into the second guard giving me just the time I needed to deal with the first guard before laying into the second one.

Without Uhti’s help, the second guard would have set upon me while I was dealing with the first.

He had — although I hated to admit it — saved my life.

So, when it came to me savinghislife from Qeyel, I hadn’t thought twice.

I believed in fate and the last thing I needed was to drag a truckload of bad karma around behind me.

“Hurry up!” I snapped at him as he hurriedly jammed more items into his bag that was already spilling over.

“Just a few more things…” Uhti said, spotting something above the fireplace and running over to it.

I clutched the plasma rifle I’d lifted from the upgraded guards close and kept my eyes fastened on the various entrances.

I didn’t like being cornered like this, especially since it would be easy for someone to block off all the exits and trap us.

Finally, after having wasted enough time, I growled, grabbed Uhti by the collar, and dragged him from the room.

“Wait!” he yelled. “I need one more thing!”

He shrugged me off, grabbed a pair of briefcases, and added them to his bag of shite, and then — andonlythen — did we head toward the door.

I checked up and down the street.

The kids were still playing in the park and shuttles whirred as they passed through the quiet streets.

My senses were on high alert as I crept across the road.

I kept the rifle tucked away but close enough that I could whip it out at a moment’s notice.

I glanced back over my shoulder and saw Uhti wasn’t crouched down, wasn’t creeping, and was instead making a loud racket as he dug at the items in the bag he was carrying.

“Can you at leasttrynot to get so much attention?” I snapped.

“I think I forgot something. I need to head back—”

“We arenotheading back,” I growled. “We’ve already wasted enough time. We need to get out of here.Now!”

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