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Silence met the words Khalid stayed carefully behind the rin of it would protect theain

"You are a part of Satan," Aman accused him sadly "Father refuses to believe it You have bespelled hier"

No, it wouldn’t Khalid was going to kill A for Ayid He just had to be patient, he warned hi from her lips from the pain the action no doubt caused The flesh wound on her hip would be a deep one, he thought The blood that had splattered over him hadn’t been minute

"Check the ," he ordered her softly "See if anyone is outside"

She moved behind him The s looked out over the back of the estate and the gardens below There was a small balcony outside, one for looks rather than actual use, but it would hold their weight if they could slip outside

"Nothing," she whispered back

"Khalid, I groeary of this game," Aman called out to hiet it over with," Khalid called back, as he glanced over his shoulder

Marty was struggling with the lock, trying to disengage the heavy , Khalid?" Suspicion filled A behind hiripped Marty’s robe and jerked her back as all hell seemed to break loose

Aainst the floor as his weapon began to spit a rage of gunfire that see over Marty, Khalid laid the barrel of the P90 over the tub’s rieneral area He had only one chance

Glass showered around theh theHe are of Marty ducking, covering her head as he lay over her, his heart racing, fear clogging his throat as his weapon began to click

His a her to the floor of the tub, Khalid waited

Silence filled the bathroorip, his eyeshers as she turned her head to stare back at hi as her pale face reflected her fear that A in wait to see if his bullets had struck before an to lift himself to check

What he saw caused a breath of relief to ease fro up silently as blood pooled around hi at the body with icy eyes as Khalid calculated the number of hits his brother had taken

His aim, despite his inability to do e, had been on target