Chapter 612
Chapter 612
At the sight, the landlady’s eyes instantly welled up with rage and sorrow.
“Is this all of them?” the leader asked icily.
“Yes,” the henchman replied.
The woman sniffled, then suddenly realized that the Huthailian couple was missing.
The leader sneered, “We’ve taken over this place. Get lost, all of you.”
One of the lackeys leaned in and muttered, “Boss, what if the Wolfshade Syndicate finds out we’re here? We should just wipe them all out.”
“True,” the leader nodded. “Do it outside. Keep the blood off my floors.”.
Just as they were about to drag someone out, a sudden heavy thud echoed from somewhere within, making everyone freeze in their tracks.
The leader instantly raised his gun, eyes snapping toward the sound. “Who’s there?” he demanded.
One of the thugs viciously kicked the wounded man to the ground. “Who else is in the house?” he snarled.
The boy shielded his father and said, “We took in two travelers. They’re in that room.”
The leader’s face darkened as he glared at his henchmen. “What kind of half-assed search was that?”
The henchman who’d conducted the search stammered nervously, “B-boss, I swear, I really didn’t see anyone in there. The bed was empty when I looked.”
The leader jerked his chin, and two of his henchmen, guns at the ready, crept cautiously toward the room. Seconds ticked by in eerie silence inside the room.
“Fayman? Steven?” the leader called his subordinates, his expression growing increasingly grim.
He yanked the woman forward, pressing the gun to her temple as he edged inside, then swiveled the muzzle to point ahead.
At the doorway, he pressed in behind the woman, using her as a human shield. Snarling, he threatened, “Come out now, or I’ll execute this whole family.”
With his hands raised, Owen slowly stepped out from the shadows. “Don’t kill anyone.”
“Where are my men?” the leader snapped.
Owen gave a faint smile. “I killed them all.”
A gunshot rang out, shattering the silence. Owen sidestepped swiftly, the bullet thudding into the grain sack in the corner.
At the same time, gunfire and screams erupted outside.
The leader’s face contorted in shock. In that split second of distraction, Owen lunged forward, wrenched the gun from his grasp, and shot the nearest henchman point-blank.
The leader shoved the landlady forward, but she seized his arm and, in one swift motion, twisted it fiercely. A dagger hidden in her sleeve flashed out and plunged deep into his shoulder. The leader howled in pain as the dagger plunged into his
1/2
1:16 pm
Chapter 612
shoulder.
Owen shot a stunned glance at the landlady, then swiftly disabled the leader’s arms and sent him sprawling to the ground with a sharp kick.
The leader’s gaze snapped to the doorway. All his men lay defeated on the ground. Aria stood bathed in the lamplight, her icy gaze fixed on him.
(28)
“Who the hell are you people?” The leader’s strength gave out, and he collapsed face down on the ground. Only then did he see that each of the fallen men had a silver needle embedded in their neck.
The leader’s eyes snapped open as he gazed up in utter disbelief. “You’re… Echohawk?”
Aria shot him an icy glance, then turned to the farmer. “Do you have a first aid kit? Your wound needs immediate attention.”
Snapping out of his shock, the boy blurted, “Yes.” He dashed into the house, grabbed the first aid kit, and knelt down to tend to his father’s wound.
The leader’s eyes bore into Aria. “You’re after White.”
Only after watching the boy skillfully remove the bullet from his father’s wound did Aria finally turn to the leader and demand, “Where’s White?”
“Why the hell should I tell you?” the leader sneered.
The leader howled in pain as the dagger plunged into his shoulder. Owen warned coldly, “One more word, and it won’t just be a finger.”
Confronted by this gruesome scene, all but the innocent little girl, her eyes covered, too young to understand, remained eerily calm, as if they had long grown desensitized to such horrors.
Aria averted her gaze and said coolly, “If he won’t talk, just kill him.”
