Page 320 of Oracle Returns: Time will Stop

It was a crapshoot as to which.

What she did know was Maura and Jagger were on the move, and by now, they should be at the mansion.

Timing was everything.

It was paramount.

For one moment, time would stop, and they’d have their chance to take him down.

As she got into position, she kissed her husband and focused on the two people with her.

“Ready?” she asked.

Both of them were, despite what the tension in the room told them about what was coming.

Everyone was on edge, and that didn’t bode well for them.

“Do we have to do this?” Josh asked, staring at his new wife, and wishing he could scoop her up and get her out of there. Only, when he tried to talk her out of it, telling her she owed these people nothing, she wouldn’t back down.

Genesis said they needed her, and she was going to be there for them.

“Yes,” Avalon said. “Trust me when I say that this isn’t done lightly.”

Well, that said it all.

Lucian took both women’s hands in his.

For a brief second, he thought to say goodbye to Ridge, but decided against it.

He was on his own.

When he was ready, he let out the deep breath he was holding and stared at his wife one last time.

“Okay, Avalon, take me deep.”

Immediately, she began pulling them down, knowing she wouldn’t have the strength to pull all three of them out. She’d have to make a decision.

Sometimes, her job sucked.

Meanwhile…

They were outside the mansion as the weather was whipping around them. The storm was happening, and it came up from nowhere.

Yeah, that couldn’t be good.

In front of them, the place looked closed up when they did their initial drive by, but Maura was betting that Avalon wasn’t wrong.

She rarely was.

There was no doubt that their target would be in there, and it would take being sneaky to get to him.

“Ready?” she asked her husband as the occasional pelts of rain hit their windshield.

It was a good thing Marines worked best in the worst possible conditions.

At her question, Jagger leaned over, kissed his wife, and said one thing.

“We off this piece of shit, and we hit the road. We’re going home,” he said. “I miss my kids and my life. I’m getting too old for this shit.”