Page 102 of The Sniper
“Please, let me go,” I hear Tiffany cry, and fury blasts through my veins.
I am not shooting to maim today, and Ryder knows it.The moment I take my first shot, I’ll need to reload and take the second man out fast.
The BHS team will act simultaneously.
They will.
This is what we’re trained to do.
“Prepare to engage,” Ryder tells the team, and I know that’s my sign.“Jay has Tiffany in his sight.I’ll cover Noah.The rest of you drop the others.”
Sweat starts to run down my chest.
Not now.
Not fucking now.
I begin to shake, and when Tiffany lifts her eyes and somehow locks on mine, despite the distance, I feel like I’m going to vomit.
“Three, two...”
This is for your princess.
I fucking love you.
“One.”Ryder gives the signal.
With precision and sudden calm, my trigger finger presses and releases the bullet from the chamber.
Pop.
It hits the intended target: the man holding the weapon against the head of the woman I love.
Pop, pop.
I send two more bullets towards the second masked man who has turned.That leaves the third man.I turn my sight toward him, and...
Fuck me...it’s Alexei.
