My Second Marriage with the Mafia Kingpin novel Chapter 207

Chapter 207: Let’s Go Home

"It’s... it’s the Black Dragon!"

"Dominion is here! The cargo’s compromised!"

"Fall back!"

"Out now! Push them back!"

A chorus of yells and gunfire roared through the air, each voice swallowed by the chaos around them. In an instant, the entire ship had become a battleground between Dominion and everyone aboard it.

As for Ashley, she stayed where she was, seated on top of the containers. Her eyes remained fixed on the man who had landed on top of one of the containers at the end of the row.

Lucian.

"Right," she breathed out, touching the chip she had slipped to the side of her teeth, now wedged between her molars from biting down on it.

A part of her had known Dominion would come. They would follow her to the ends of the earth whenever she tried to escape, after all. But at the same time, a strange feeling stirred in her chest the moment she saw Lucian.

A strange feeling too foreign for her to name.

Was it disbelief that they had truly arrived?

Relief that she was finally safe?

Surprise that he himself had come wearing full tactical gear like a soldier?

Or... fear that there was truly nowhere in this world she could hide from him?

What was it?

Which was it?

Ashley had no idea.

But what she did know was this... her life wasn’t ending tonight. And she got time to think of the answer.

"Lucian!" she shouted as she caught sight of someone emerging from the side, rifle aimed directly at him.

Lucian stopped, his eyes snapping to her. But instead of turning after she shouted, "On your right!" he pointed his rifle in her direction.

BANG!

Gunfire echoed everywhere, but that particular shot rang louder in her ears. Ashley’s breath hitched for a second as she watched the man aiming at Lucian collapse face-first onto the floor, a bullet through the back of his head.

THUD!

Her attention snapped to her other side as another body dropped. Only then did she realize it was the man Lucian had shot — the one aiming at her.

Not caring about the people charging at him, he had prioritized her safety first.

"Ashley!" Lucian shouted, throwing something toward her.

When she turned, all she saw was a rifle spinning through the air.

For a second, her world stopped as she glanced at him, seeing his gaze already shifting elsewhere while he continued making his way toward her. Since Lucian couldn’t land directly where she was, he had to cut through the enemies just to reach her.

"This is not the time for this, you fool," she whispered as she looked up at the rifle flying toward her. "This is not the time... for your stupid heart to be beating so fast."

As the words left her lips, Ashley finally reached out and caught the rifle midair.

The moment her fingers wrapped around it, she dropped into a glide on her knees, one palm pressed against the metal surface as she spun. Her free hand raised the rifle instantly, firing at everyone in sight.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

"Huh?"

The crew inside the helicopters, providing cover for both Ashley and Lucian, paused as she started firing almost recklessly.

But despite how random it looked, every shot landed with precision.

BANG!

"Shit—"

Dominion: "???"

The enemy: "!!!"

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