Jack?! Amber was shocked as she sat on the sofa.
“That damned bastard is finally here.” George rubbed his chin sinisterly and looked around while getting ready to kill. The message that he left was very clear. Jack was to rescind the kill order on him by the dark net assassin squad and come personally to pick up Amber. But regardless of the outcome, George had not expected to return to the Hughes residence alive.
Whether Jack rescinded the kill order on him didn’t matter anymore. When he found out that it was Jack who ordered the hit on him, he had already stopped caring. He only wanted Jack dead!
When a person had reached the end of his road, he would not think of how to survive but how to… make sure his opponent died with him.
However, George was stunned when the person outside walked slowly into the house. George was dumbfounded as he looked at Yael walking into the house and asked in disbelief, “Why did you come? Where is that bastard Jack? I very well demanded for him to come and not anyone else. Do you all take me for a fool?”
Then suddenly George whipped out a pistol and pointed directly at Amber. He was fuming and ready to pull the trigger. His face raged ferociously and his expression was full of anger. He wanted to take Jack’s life and not the life of any tom dick or harry!
As soon as George drew his pistol, the rest of the forty guards similarly drew their machetes. Immediately the house was filled with doom and the atmosphere tensed up, causing all present to break out in goosebumps.
Yael stood at the door and looked calmly at Amber. Amber in return glared in surprise at Yael. She never expected Yael to show up!
“Amber, I’m here to take you home!” Yael grinned.
“You shouldn’t have come.” Amber pursed her red lips and her body shuddered and cried hopelessly, “They are a bunch of despicable lunatics. You will die here!” Though she was already mentally prepared to die, Yael’s arrival made Amber panic and unsettled. That meant that another life would be lost!
“Ha ha…” George began to laugh coldly and then pointed the gun at Yael, “Who the hell do you think you are? Since you’re here, then stay here. Meanwhile, call Jack to come immediately! Otherwise, you’ll die here!”
Yael looked at George nonchalantly, shrugged his shoulders, and said, “Jack wouldn’t come. I’m the only one tonight.”
What?! George’s expression changed drastically and he instantly raged. Almost at the same time, two guards at the entrance rushed towards Yael with their machetes.
Amber screamed at the sudden turn of events but Yael continued to stare fiercely at George. Then he turned and swiftly kicked the guard in the abdomen. The guard bent over in pain and Yael grabbed the machete in his hands.
Slash! A stream of fresh blood splattered onto Yael’s face which made Yael look even more terrifying and bloodthirsty.
In a flash, Amber yelled in a panic, “Yael! Be careful!” Yael looked like he was prepared and dodged. He swung his machete again. Slash! The second guard fell in a pool of blood.
“Damn it, kill him!” George frowned and yelled frantically. Before he finished saying, the other guards rushed towards Yael. Each one of them was wielding a machete and ready to chop Yael into pieces.
Amber was terrified and started to tremble in fear. But in the face of overwhelming numbers, Yael remained calm and even grinned.
Then. Clink clank…
Yael threw down the machete in his hands and then tore open his shirt. Everyone was stunned when they saw the explosives bound onto him. All those who rushed towards him now froze in place and stared in horror at Yael. Even George’s expression changed drastically and was terrified.
“Come! What are you waiting for?” Yael frowned fiercely. His eyes were bloodshot and he was like a raging beast as he yelled, “I dared to come as I am prepared to die! Today I’m here to take Amber home. If anyone dared to stop me, then let’s all perish together!” Yael’s right thumb was on the trigger button as he yelled.
Silence.
The living hall became dead silent. The raging atmosphere a moment ago now became thick with terror. Everyone was gathered in the living hall. If the explosives around Yael’s waist were to explode, it was sufficient to blow everyone into smithereens.
Step… step…
Yael walked confidently towards Amber as he held onto the trigger button. He walked leisurely but purposefully forward. His face was lofty but wild like a madman. At this point, it was like Yael was invincible. No one dared to approach him. No one dared to follow him forward. As he walked forward, those guards who were in his path took steps backward to open up a path for him. The death vibes that Yael exuded made everyone believe without a doubt that Yael was serious about his threats. This lunatic would really set off the explosives!
“Kill him… what are you waiting for?” George yelled in anger.
But none of the forty guards moved as they stared fearfully at Yael. George wanted to get up from his wheelchair but it was too painful for him to get up. He collapsed back onto his wheelchair as he pointed the gun at Yael.
“Who are you trying to scare? Do you think that I’ll be scared of this? Don’t you think that I won’t shoot you?”
“That’s great. Both of us are not scared of dying. So go ahead and fire and I will blow us to kingdom come!”
Yael did not stop and looked at George with disgust. His eyes revealed his determination and his fearlessness as he declared, “Since I dared to come, I had already wagered my life! Now you are a fool to use my life to threaten me!”
As he said, Yael sat down beside Amber. “Yael…” Amber was terrified and looked at Yael as she wept.
Yael looked at Amber and his eyes glimmered. Then as Amber stopped sobbing, Yael smiled and said, “Amber, Jack isn’t around. So, I, as a brother will take you home!”
As soon as he said, Yael took a small knife from the table and started to cut the ropes that bound Amber. He did these with no regard for everyone. It was as if all of the others weren’t present.
After Amber was free from the ropes, Yael turned to look at George and scoffed, “I even dared to kill my father. So you shouldn’t doubt my willingness to set off the explosive!”
George’s pupils constricted and his finger wrapped around the pistol’s trigger.
“Now I’m taking away my sister-in-law. Who wants to stop me?” Yael scoffed and glanced around the room.
“You, do you think that I won’t dare to shoot you? I, too, am not afraid of dying!” George narrowed his eyes as he stared wildly at Yael. He was also prepared to die there!
The atmosphere was extremely explosive in the room and death was ready to consume all of them. It was so quiet that they could hear the clinking of George’s pistol trigger as he trembled furiously.
Suddenly, one of the guards said, “Master George, our objective is Jack. We are not prepared to die…” This statement reverberated throughout the living hall.
George then reset the trigger, as his bloodshot eyes glared furiously.
The next second. Bang!
George slammed the pistol onto the table. He then glared at Yael and spoke through his clenched teeth, “Okay, let’s gamble for your life! If you win, you may take her away. If not, you’ll die here!”