Where Shadows Linger (Intertwined Souls Series Book 2) by Mary D. Brooks

Author:Mary D. Brooks [Brooks, Mary D.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: AUSXIP Publishing
Published: 2015-04-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty

Eva spared a glance at Zoe and blinked. She started again, still with a smile on her face. “I’m sorry that you’re not dead,” she said. She used to cower whenever Muller raised his voice to her, afraid that if she even looked at him, he would become enraged and strike out. That was in the past. She was no longer a cowering teenager, desperate to avoid her father’s wrath. She looked at Muller and realized what a truly pathetic figure he was — an arrogant creature who had no basis for his pride, a thing of sound and fury that signified nothing.

Muller growled, “That wasn’t the apology I was looking for.” He tried to hit her. Eva swayed out of the way, allowing his fist to brush past her.

“Kill her and let’s get out of here,” Rhimes said. “I’m getting tired of the charades, Hans. We have a boat to catch.”

“Shut up!” Muller angrily replied to Rhimes. He cocked his gun and aimed it at Eva’s upturned face. He fired.

Click. The sound reverberated around the room. The gun had jammed.

“Guns jam when you fire them at her,” Zoe yelled out, and despite Eva’s pleading look, she laughed, only to get another knock to the head from Rhimes.

Muller scowled. Eva grimaced. Henry had had enough and started to rush Muller. His momentum was stopped just as soon as he moved when Klaus fired his gun and struck him in the thigh, bringing him down. Eva tried to get to her feet but Muller struck her with the butt of his gun and sent her sprawling to the floor.

“Evy!” Zoe screamed. Muller stood over her, cursing at the gun. Henry had fallen at Earl’s feet and the two of them were trying to stop the bleeding.

Muller’s gun went off, but the bullet missed Eva’s head and slammed into the wall behind her.

“Kiss my boots!” he screamed at Eva.

Eva glanced down at Muller’s black boots and then back up at Zoe, who was giving her a sympathetic look. Muller stood in the perfect spot and Eva’s heart was racing.

“Do it!” Muller screamed, looming over her with his feet planted apart. He aimed his gun at her and waited for his final command to be done.

Very slowly, Eva bent down and placed her hands on the rug between Muller’s boots. Bending forward as if to comply with his demand, she instead clasped both hands together, locking them tightly into a double fist. In one continual movement, she leaned back, sweeping her hands upward, bringing her fist into sharp contact with Muller’s groin, and putting her weight into the blow. She enjoyed a moment of triumph when he crumpled forward, his face scarlet, his mouth opening and closing in a soundless protest against the agony in his privates.

In the confusion, Earl picked up the nearest thing to him — Zoe’s cricket bat that had been left near the door. He threw it at Rhimes, who yelped in surprise. Rhimes’ reflexes were quick enough to help avoid the blow, causing the bat to strike the wall harmlessly.

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