My Second Marriage with the Mafia Kingpin novel Chapter 469

Chapter 469: Dread Settling In

"Psyche!"

Ashley sprinted as fast as she could before diving into a room, both hands clamped over her ears. Her back hit the wall hard.

BOOM!

Even after finding cover, the deafening explosion made her ears ring. She squeezed her eyes shut for only a moment—just long enough for the sharp ringing to fade. Once the last echoes subsided, she straightened.

Leaning against the broken doorway, Ashley peeked outside.

At the far end of the hallway, several shadows had come to a halt because of the explosion.

"What the—don’t stop! Move!" someone shouted.

Ashley pressed her back against the wall beside the shattered doorway. After taking a deep breath, she listened to the hurried footsteps rushing toward her.

When they were close enough, she stepped out.

BANG!

BANG!

BANG!

The first row of soldiers charging toward her dropped before they could even process the woman who had suddenly emerged from one of the rooms.

The men behind them froze for a split second, stunned.

Then—

"Take her down!!"

Someone raised his rifle and opened fire. The others immediately followed.

At the same moment, Ashley darted into the opposite hallway and broke into another sprint.

"After her!" someone roared. "Don’t let her get away!"

The soldiers rushed after her, catching a glimpse of her disappearing around another corner.

Gunfire erupted again, trying to catch her or at least injure her. But alas, bullets chewed through the walls and floor as they chased her.

"Fuck!"

They already knew about the explosion.

They had seen the bodies scattered throughout the building. Yet they still believed a handful of armed men could accomplish what an entire unit had failed to do.

They were proven wrong.

The moment they rounded the next corner, she was gone.

"Where the hell—where is she?!"

The pursuing soldiers came to an abrupt stop in another hallway on a different floor.

They knew they had been close.

They should have caught her.

Instead...

All they found were the bodies of fallen soldiers scattered across the corridor.

Their eyes swept the hallway before settling on the broken emergency exit at the far end.

"Damn it!"

One of the soldiers stepped over the corpses, convinced she had escaped through the damaged fire exit.

As the group moved deeper into the hallway, none of them noticed a pair of eyes slowly opening beneath one of the bodies.

Ashley lay hidden underneath a corpse, while another body beside them concealed the rest of her.

In the darkness, covered almost entirely in blood, she blended in perfectly.

Ashley narrowed her eyes as she glanced at the last man who walked over her. When another soldier suddenly kicked the corpse lying on top of her, she immediately closed her eyes again.

Only after several seconds passed did she dare peek once more.

The man had already turned his attention elsewhere.

Ashley bit the inside of her cheek. She watched the group approach the emergency exit, now little more than a storage room filled with debris.

She already knew because she had checked it herself.

There was nowhere to run.

The soldiers advanced cautiously, rifles raised as they approached the doorway. They no longer took her lightly, thinking she was waiting inside for an ambush.

Meanwhile, Ashley slowly reached into the dead soldier’s pocket beside her.

Tak.

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