RedNovelChapter 533: The mercenaries were not stupid. They weren't planning on walking away alive. Their job was to stall for time. Every second they stood there was one more second for Jade to get farther away.
The leader jabbed his gun toward the backpack and threatened, “One more word, and I'll shoot the kid!" Brenna's earpiece crackled with another update from the military. “No signs of life detected in the bag. No signs of life detected. Prepare for extraction." "Open it!" Brenna said. In her mind, Patrick was already gone. Tears poured down her face, blurring her vision. She lunged forward, kicked the nearest mercenary to the ground, and with one swift motion, snapped his neck.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThe others froze, stunned. None of them had expected her to be that lethal. Her movements were clean. That kind of precision only cfrom real training.
Gunfire split the air again. From above, sniper rounds tore through the deck, and mercenaries dropped one after another.
The rest panicked and turned their guns on Brenna. But Ethan had prepared for that. He caught Brenna by the wrist and yanked her with him. They then dashed to the edge of the deck and dove into the sea. From the air, the military held control. The mercenaries wanted to kill Brenna, but she wasn't alone. There was no chance the military would let anything happen to her.
Every remaining mercenary had a sniper's crosshair locked on them. One wrong move, and they were dead.
With a loud splash, Brenna and Ethan hit the water. Seconds later, the sound of automatic fire erupted from above. The rest of the mercenaries didn't stand a chance. One by one, they fell, gunned down without mercy. When Brenna and Ethan hauled themselves back onto the yacht, the military had already unzipped the backpack. It was filled with nothing but stones.
Brenna's knees buckled, and she nearly fell. Her chest rose and fell unevenly, and she clutched at the railing for support.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"If Patrick isn't here, where could he be?" The backpack did not contain Patrick's dead body, but that didn't ease Brenna completely. The unknown clawed at her. Dread settled deep in her gut.
Her mind raced with fear. Was Patrick hurt? Was he alone? Was he still alive? "Check for survivors!" Braeden's voice rang out across the deck, snapping the team into motion.
Several soldiers sprang into action and swept the deck. A moment later, they found two mercenaries who were still alive.
Ellie, Jayceon, Thiago, and a few others closed in around one of them. Jayceon demanded, "Where's the boy?" The man didn't speak at first. His chest heaved with the effort to stay conscious. Then, with what little strength he had left, he raised a shaking hand and pointed toward the sea. "We threw him into the sea..."
The sliver of hope everyone had been clinging to disappeared) Silencem gripped the deck.
Out there, in the cold, endless sea, even the strongest adult would m struggle to survive. And Patrick... He was just a child.
Jayceon rallied every contact he could, dispatching a fleet of luxury yachts to scour the dark endless sea for the missing child. The entire Russell Corporation staff was mobilized overnight, transforming the ocean into a frantic search grid.
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