Even in Darkness She Chose to Rise (Tatiana and Jasper) novel Chapter 684

Even in Darkness, She Chose to Rise

Chapter 684 Deadly Trap On Abandoned Yacht

He stared at Tammy, his heart squeezed by an icy hand, barely able to breathe. He took a breath and forced his gaze away from her, landing on Todd’s greasy smiling face.

“Let her go.” Norman’s voice was low, with a hint of hoarseness, “I’ll give you the route.”

Todd smiled, revealing nicotine-stained yellow teeth, “That’s more like it. All this trouble f woman-not worth it.”

He waved his hand. A subordinate placed a document and a pen on the only clean table in middle.

The document was marked with the details of the “Golden Waterway”-a hidden route that could shift the power balance in the region.

Todd pointed at the blank signature line, “Sign it, and your precious darling comes back to y I’m a man of my word.”

Norman walked toward the table, his boots making soft, sticky sounds on the bloodstained carpet.

He stopped and scanned the document. It showed precise markings of reefs, currents, supply points-the Cole family’s legacy, their foundation.

The pen moved.

His signature traced across the paper, forming the name “Norman.”

Todd looked triumphant. The folds on his face relaxed.

He couldn’t wait to reach for the winning prize.

Once he had the Golden Waterway, no one could stop him.

But just as his fingers brushed the paper, he froze.

His gaze locked onto the space beside Norman’s signature. Sometime without him noticing. someone had used the same fountain pen to draw a tiny, simply outlined yet vivid turtle.

The turtle held its head up, looking almost mocking, lying on the solemn document. It was infuriating.

Todd had once been mocked with a nickname-Turtle.

That name was also from Norman.

Chapter 684 Deadly Trap On Abandoned Yacht

When he’d lost to Norman back then, the insult had stuck. People still laughed about it.

He hated that name more than anything.

His smile froze, then twisted. Rage flushed his neck and face crimson.

“Are you messing with me?” He roared and reached for his gun.

And in that moment, everything changed.

Manna, who’d been sitting like a docile cat, suddenly turned vicious. She grabbed the champagne bottle and smashed it against Todd’s gun arm.

Crash.

The bottle sent his aim flying.

Norman pulled the gun hidden beneath the table and fired at Todd’s elbow.

The gunshot was followed by Todd’s scream.

He collapsed, clutching his arm.

“Manna?! You-” Todd writhed in pain, barely conscious, staring at his woman in disbelief.

At almost the same moment, the cabin door burst open.

The men who were supposed to be dead-Norman’s “fallen” men-sprang up from the floor. They moved like cheetahs, sharp as eagles. No trace of death remained.

One of them still had a comrade’s blood smeared on his face. His cold eyes fixed on a target as his dagger found a throat.

Chaos erupted.

Todd’s men tried to fight back, but before they could fire, their “allies” took them out.

Even in death, they looked stunned.

Todd was stunned too.

His eyes looked like they wanted to eat someone, “Knox?!”

His most trusted subordinate now stood behind Manna like a loyal knight.

Seeing that, Todd understood everything.

Chapter 684 Deadly Trap On Abandoned Yacht

When he’d lost to Norman back then, the insult had stuck. People still laughed about it.

He hated that name more than anything.

His smile froze, then twisted. Rage flushed his neck and face crimson.

“Are you messing with me?” He roared and reached for his gun.

And in that moment, everything changed.

Manna, who’d been sitting like a docile cat, suddenly turned vicious. She grabbed the champagne bottle and smashed it against Todd’s gun arm.

Crash.

The bottle sent his aim flying.

Norman pulled the gun hidden beneath the table and fired at Todd’s elbow.

The gunshot was followed by Todd’s scream.

He collapsed, clutching his arm.

“Manna?! You-“Todd writhed in pain, barely conscious, staring at his woman in disbelief.

At almost the same moment, the cabin door burst open.

The men who were supposed to be dead-Norman’s “fallen” men-sprang up from the floor. They moved like cheetahs, sharp as eagles. No trace of death remained.

One of them still had a comrade’s blood smeared on his face. His cold eyes fixed on a target as his dagger found a throat.

Chaos erupted.

Todd’s men tried to fight back, but before they could fire, their “allies” took them out.

Even in death, they looked stunned.

Todd was stunned too.

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