Chapter 6 - Victor Took Claire’s Mother — But He Never Expected Claire to Come for Him
Victor wanted fear.
Claire gave him silence.
The exchange location was an abandoned train depot.
Kieran brought six men.
Claire brought herself.
“We wait for the signal,” Kieran said.
“No.”
He looked at her.
“You're staying with me.”
“I need to see the building.”
“No.”
Claire stepped closer.
“My mother is inside.”
Kieran's voice softened.
“I know.”
“Then trust me.”
He stared at her.
Finally, he nodded.
Claire disappeared into the shadows.
She entered through a broken maintenance tunnel.
Inside, she found twelve guards.
Three cameras.
Two exits.
A basement.
And her mother tied to a chair.
Victor stood behind her.
“You look exhausted,” he said.
Claire stepped into the light.
“I am.”
Victor smiled.
“I've heard about you.”
“I doubt it.”
“They said Kieran Walsh hired a nobody.”
Claire looked at Elaine.
“Are you hurt?”
“No.”
Victor laughed.
“So that's your priority?”
Claire ignored him.
Victor walked closer.
“You could have had a normal life.”
“I tried.”
“And?”
“Normal was overrated.”
Victor raised a gun.
“You're very brave.”
“No.”
Claire looked at him.
“I'm just very tired of people threatening my family.”
She moved.
Fast.
The gun fired.
Claire kicked the weapon aside.
Two guards charged.
She dropped one.
Used the second as a shield.
Her mother screamed.
Kieran's team stormed the building.
The fight became chaos.
Victor escaped through the basement.
Claire followed.
She found him on the tracks.
He turned.
“Stop.”
Claire did.
“You have no idea what you're dealing with.”
“I know exactly what I'm dealing with.”
“You're just a woman.”
Claire smiled sadly.
“And that's still the mistake everyone makes.”
Victor raised his gun.
Kieran appeared behind him.
“Drop it.”
Victor froze.
For a moment, everything was still.
Then Evelyn Cross stepped from the darkness.
She had been watching.
“This ends tonight,” she said.
Victor looked at her.
“You're betraying me?”
Evelyn shook her head.
“No.”
She looked at Kieran.
“I'm correcting the mistake.”
Kieran narrowed his eyes.
“What mistake?”
Evelyn answered.
“Believing any of you deserved to survive.”
She fired.
The bullet struck Victor.
He collapsed.
Evelyn ran.
Claire looked at Kieran.
“Go.”
He nodded.
They chased her.
But Evelyn had prepared for years.
She disappeared into the city.
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The evidence, however, remained.
And it was enough to destroy the entire network.
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