Chapter 5 - THE GUARDIAN IN THE DARK
Before Victor could push the plunger into the IV line, the door behind him burst open with a loud BANG.
Sarah Williams stood in the doorway, holding a heavy bronze candleholder in her hands, her face white with terror, her eyes wide.
Behind her in the hallway, three-year-old Mia stood clutching her yellow teddy bear, looking into the room.
"Get away from him!" Sarah screamed, her voice echoing down the grand corridor.
Victor froze, turning his head slowly, his eyes narrowing into deadly slits. He smoothly tucked the syringe back into his coat pocket.
"You're the laundry girl," Victor said softly, his voice dangerously calm as he stepped away from the bed. "You just made a fatal mistake entering this room without permission."
"I know what you're doing!" Sarah cried, holding the bronze candleholder up with shaking hands. "Mrs. Gable told me everything! I saw the needle in your hand!"
Victor let out a soft, dark laugh. "Mrs. Gable talks too much. It seems I will have to replace the entire domestic staff by morning."
Victor reached into his shoulder holster, pulling out a silenced black handgun. He pointed it directly at Sarah’s forehead.
"Mommy!" Mia cried from the doorway, running into the room and grabbing her mother’s dress.
"Mia, stay back!" Sarah sobbed, pulling her daughter behind her body.
Victor sneered, stepping closer. "Tragic. A domestic worker and her child killed in a home robbery gone wrong upstairs. My men will clean this up in five minutes."
Victor raised the handgun, taking aim at Sarah.
On the bed, Lorenzo felt every drop of his blood boil into absolute fire.
May you like
NO! his mind roared with apocalyptic force. NOT THEM!
With a terrifying, guttural roar that shattered seven weeks of silence, Lorenzo’s left hand shot out like a steel trap, grabbing Victor’s wrist with crushing force.
