Queen of Hearts by Michael-Scott Earle

Author:Michael-Scott Earle [Earle, Michael-Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Publisher: Michael-Scott Earle
Published: 2018-01-27T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

As the limo raced backward up the driveway, I let the screaming beast in my soul take over my flesh, blood, and skeleton. It only took about ten seconds for the limo to reach the castle, but my shift had completed in less than half that time, and I was more than prepared for the back trunk of the limo to plow through the large double doors like a battering ram.

There was a massive crash, but the door didn’t put up as much resistance as I thought it would, and the limo plowed into the grand foyer like an axe blade through a rice-paper wall.

Sivaha and I opened our doors at the same time and our pistols barked replies to each other as we drove our bullets through the first pair of guards we spotted. Screams of alarm echoed through the entire castle now, but it seemed like no one expected us to return so abruptly.

It would give us a small edge, but I figured that there were at least eighty guards in the castle.

“They are coming from the north side,” I said to Sivaha as I leaned over to grab my shrapnel sprayer.

“I hear them,” she replied calmly as she pulled a submachine gun off the corpse of one of the guards we shot.

“Fall back past the corner of the opposite hallway,” I said as I pulled off my long coat and nodded to a corner on the east side of the foyer. “My armor has a cloaking tech. I’ll stand over there and get the jump on them when they all run in. Start shooting after me.”

“Understood,” Sivaha said as she grabbed two magazines from inside the guard’s coat. As soon as she seized them, she sprinted across the stone floor of the foyer. I noticed her feet were bare, and I saw her black high heels hanging off the strap of her newly acquired submachine gun.

I moved to my position, pressed the button to activate my helmet, and then hit the cloak button on my new armor. I saw the green digital camo print shift to a grayish-white, and then I seemed to blend into the wall. It didn’t do anything for my weapons, but it was smart enough to know that they weren’t the background, and I noticed that I could hold my pistols behind my back and the armor didn’t reveal them.

Ten yakuza guards ran into the room with their guns out. Two of the men held military looking auto shotguns, six carried submachine guns, and the other two just had pistols. The group split up to duck behind various pillars and furniture for cover, and then they advanced toward the wreckage of the limo.

One of the men moved past me without noticing, and I fought against a snarl. I thought he would keep moving to the column that was two meters to my right, but he stopped at a couch and kneeled down so that his back was within arm’s reach. The other

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.