Winner Takes All

"Amber... Amber..." Jack could not be dissuaded by Mr. Ward. All he had in his mind was Amber. But what Mr. Ward said were facts but it was a gamble.

They were gambling that Daisy could hold off the killer until the shooter on that building was neutralized. But he did not dare to gamble the lives of Amber and her parents!

"Release me! I need to go over. I must go over now!" Jack's eyes turned red and yelled like a beast but Brent and Mr. Ward did not back down. Both of them maintained their composure. If Jack were to die, then everything was over and there was no more assassination and no competition for the head of the Hughes family.

The sounds of fighting intensified and it was obvious that there was more than one killer inside that room. There were screams of panic, agony, and sounds of arms and legs impacting. But there were no killers that came to this room.

This reinforced Mr. Ward and Brent's assessment that the killers were there to cause a diversion to lure Jack into the corridor so that he could be killed by the sniper. After all, two ninja lords had failed and were killed. Even if the killers did not know that Iga was killed by Jack, they at least knew that the fighters at that level were no pushovers.

It was the most effective for them to use Daisy to lure Jack out and kill him with a gunshot. Everyone was equal in front of a rifle. "Missus!" Suddenly Daisy yelled from the other room.

Kaboom! Daisy's yell was like a clear day thunderbolt and immediately Jack, Mr. Ward, and Brent shuddered and tensed up.

Did something... really happened?

"Release ... me!" Jack twisted wildly like a trapped dragon.

Bang!

Just as Mr. Ward and Brent were distracted, Jack managed to break free.

"Master!" Mr. Ward and Brent yelled in fear and glared with their eyes wide open as they saw Jack rushed out of the room. But... it was too late to stop him!

Brent rushed out and just when Mr. Ward was about to dash out, his phone started to ring.

"The target had escaped!" The caller said.

It's safe! Mr. Ward heaved a sigh of relief as he dashed out of the room.

As soon as he exited the room, he saw Brent and Jack curled up on the ground. There was the stench of blood in the air. Mr. Ward felt as though the sky had fallen. He felt as though his spirit had left his body as he slowly stepped forward towards Jack and Brent. He looked worriedly into the patient's room.

Inside the patient's room.

The room was in a mess. All the medical devices were smashed and littered the floor. Daisy laid in a pool of blood while Steve was unconscious on the ground not far from her. Rosie had fainted on the bed while Amber... Amber was curled up in a corner in fear and held her knees as she trembled in terror.

Though Mr. Ward and Brent hoped that Daisy could hold off the killers for a while, the time was too short! Mr. Ward and Brent had sent men to capture the sniper and the fight broke out in the room soon after. To be exact, the fight in the room only lasted around ten seconds and that was the outcome?

"Amber!"

"Daisy!" Both Jack and Brent rushed into the room.

"Hubby..." Amber called out to Jack. Her terrified eyes focused and then she lunged into Jack's embrace and started to cry bitterly.

It was terrifying how much the room had been trashed in just ten seconds. Just imagine how Amber was traumatized in that short ten seconds? Cries filled the room as Jack held tightly onto Amber. Brent picked Daisy up from the pool of blood as he yelled, "Daisy... Daisy..." Brent gently patted Daisy's cheeks to try to wake her. Brent was once the lord of mercenaries and a man who fought the twelve Golden Guards. But now he panicked and his eyes were red and was terrified.C0pyright © 2024 Nôv)(elDrama.Org.

Mr. Ward was the last to enter the room. He walked to Steve and Rosie and was relieved that they had simply been knocked out. He could not forgive himself if things had turned out worse during that ten seconds.

Finally, under the repeated coax of Brent, Daisy gently opened her eyes and she muttered with her blood-stained lips, "Amber... Amber..."

"She's here, Amber's here. She's fine." Brent's voice quivered and replied.

Mr. Ward took a step forward and assured, "Amber's parents are fine. They were just knocked out."

"That's great..." Daisy grinned and continued, "They were too strong. There were four of them. I... I simply could not handle them..."

Four killers?

Brent, Mr. Ward, or Jack who was comforting Amber, were all stunned!

Even if they were trying to lure Jack out for the sniper, the four killers were definitely highly skilled. To think that Daisy could hold off the four killers for ten seconds and protected Amber. That was practically a miracle!

This was no less of a feat compared to when Brent fought the twelve Golden Guards. Although the outcome was different and Brent's fight was more intense and Brent was on the verge of death and spent a long time in the ICU for his recovery.

"You've done very well to protect everyone." Brent said emotionally and hugged Daisy, "I'll take you to the doctor and everything will be fine."

Jack said directly to Mr. Ward, "Mr. Ward, delay the departure time. We'll make sure if Daisy is out of danger before leaving."

"Yes!" Mr. Ward nodded and turned to leave as he said, "Take care of missus and her parents. I'll send a doctor over to check on them."

In a flash, only Amber who was in Jack's embrace, and her parents remained in the room.

"Oh my, oh my... I'm afraid. Hubby, I'm afraid..." Amber was whimpering like a kitten as she curled up in Jack's embrace as she lamented, "When they rushed in, two of them lunged towards me. It was Daisy who took the stab and blocked them. Even mom and dad were... knocked unconscious by them."

"It's okay, everything's fine now." Jack held onto Amber tightly. He felt exceedingly guilty when he heard Amber's cries and apologized, "It's my fault... It's my fault for not coming over immediately."☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐