The Agent (Dawn Burgess Series Book 1) by Matthew Paisley

Author:Matthew Paisley [Paisley, Matthew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-12-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

She breathed in heavily, taking control. George and Arthur were screaming, as was Marie, but Dawn drowned out the words, concentrating on the physical situation around her only and the opportunities it gave as she held tightly onto the porcelain shard. Soon, she could only see Thomas mouthing the words of the countdown, his cheeks almost as red as his hair.

“Seven… six… Five…”

She wasn’t going to die now. To do so would be to let George and Arthur down.

“Four… three…”

She moved the porcelain shard in her hand, using it like a knife and reacted suddenly—she stabbed him through the hand that held the Glock, piercing his tattoo. He yelled at the pain.

With her other hand, she forced the gun from him, then used his wounded hand to drag him to the ground, throwing her knees on his chest and neck, and shoving his face into the wooden floor. She thrust the gun at his head with one hand and kept his palm pinned to the ground with the shard using her other.

She’d been too quick. The blonde lieutenant didn’t have his weapon ready to fire and the bearded one only had his arms around the boys in restraint, in no position to attack.

“If you want your superior to survive, put your weapons on the floor and remove the barricade from that door.”

When they hesitated, exchanging looks, she twisted the porcelain in Thomas’ hand. The sound of bones breaking and the yelp that followed urged them to do as they were told.

It took many minutes. Everyone in the room watched in silence as the barricade was removed. Even Harris on the phone didn’t say a word, too afraid to upset the new status quo.

As the last piece of furniture was taken away, the bearded lieutenant turned back with his hand placed in his jacket.

Dawn knew the action well—he had another weapon hidden. As he pulled out the gun and fired towards her, she ducked out of the way, releasing Thomas.

From her position on the floor, she fired Thomas’ pistol at the bearded lieutenant and struck him in the eye. He fell back against the door with a clatter and flailing arms, then sank to the ground.

Thomas bellowed in anger, scrambling for Dawn’s pistol from the table and targeting her, but when he pulled the trigger, nothing happened.

“Fingerprint technology,” she smiled as she reloaded the pistol. “Useless to anyone but me.”

He threw the gun at her as she fired, throwing off her aim enough to miss him.

Thomas and the blonde lieutenant seized the two boys, using them as shields as they backed towards the door in a scrambled retreat. She picked up her gun so that she now had two pistols, one in each hand.

“You won’t shoot now, Burgess,” Thomas spat as he moved away, crouching behind Arthur’s back with his arm around the boy’s neck. “Shoot and they’re dead. Yes?”

“Understood,” Dawn stood on the threshold of the dining room with the two pistols trained on the two men. She didn’t have clear enough shots to take them out without hurting the boys.

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