Supreme Mars novel Chapter 62

Fear coursed through Marie's veins, and she found herself reaching for Leo's arm. "What do we do now, Leo?" she asked, hiding herself behind Leo's body.

The men in black continued to close in on them, waiting for their opportunity to pounce.

Shawn's orders were clear. And Marie didn't even want to imagine what these men were going to do to her if they managed to abduct her.

Despite the fact that he had the number's advantage, Shawn didn't let his guard down. As his men continued to close in on the pair, Shawn kept glancing around and squinting through the dark.

When he didn't see any signs of the woman he'd run into earlier in the day, he let out the breath he didn't know he'd been holding. It was then that Shawn let his cockiness show.

"Not so tough now, huh?" Shawn jeered at Leo. "Let me tell you something, you useless piece of shit." Shawn pointed his finger at Leo. "Without that bodyguard of yours, you're just a sitting duck!" Shawn lowered his finger and leered at Marie, his eyes filled with greed and lust. "To tell you the truth, whether or not you have the money didn't even matter. The girl is coming with us either way, and there's nothing you can do to stop us." Shawn threw his head back in laughter. "And you, Leo. You just came here to die for nothing. How stupid is that?"

Cedric had promised to let Shawn have a taste of Marie after he was done with her. But only if Shawn managed to get Marie into Cedric's room, of course.

Another wave of lust crashed into Shawn at the thought. All his life, Shawn had never touched such a beautiful woman before...

Marie shot Shawn a hateful look and hid herself behind Leo's back. As much as she hated Shawn, she was more afraid of him, of what he would do to her.

Marie would be a fool if she couldn't foresee her own fate if she was taken by these men.

It was obvious now that Shawn wasn't doing this for money—she was his main target all along.

Leo, on the other hand, wasn't the slightest bit intimidated by the presence of the men in black. In fact, he barely spared them a glance. From the moment this meeting began, his eyes had never left Shawn. He was watching him closely, studying him, waiting for the right time to act. "I can tell you this much, Shawn," Leo said, staring intently into Shawn's eyes. "You won't be touching a single hair on that girl's head. You're not taking her anywhere. Also..." Leo allowed his lips to twist into a smirk. "You'll be dying a horrible death tonight."

"How scary." Shawn feigned a shudder. "You're just a useless piece of trash from an equally useless family, Leo." Shawn eyed Leo with nothing but contempt. "So, what if you have a badass female bodyguard? It doesn't change the fact that you're a weakling who relies on other people's strength." Shawn laughed darkly. "Killing you is going to be as easy as crushing an ant with my boot." A devious glint flashed in Shawn's eyes. "And I'm gonna enjoy every second of it."

Leo let out a sigh. "Looks like you still don't get it."

"Get what?"

"Now, Nadine."

The air stirred, and a strong gust of wind blustered out of nowhere.

Shawn leapt back like a frightened animal, covering his face with his arms.

The wind stopped, and silence ensued.

When the attack he'd anticipated never came, Shawn let out a long sigh of relief. Nadine had given Shawn quite a scare earlier in the day; that was why he was so jumpy.

"How dare you try to trick me, Leo?" Shawn snarled. "She was never here, was she?"

A faint smirk played on Leo's lips. "Oh, I wouldn't be too sure about that, Shawn." Leo's smirk grew wider as he looked right into Shawn's eyes. "Although... I will tell you that you're surrounded."

"Surrounded?" Shawn let out a derisive snort. "By whom—"

A series of thuds interrupted Shawn's speech.

Shawn's eyes grew wide; one by one, his men fell to the ground like a chain of dominoes.

"Oh God..." Marie looked just as stunned as Shawn felt. "W- What... What just happened?"

Glancing around in disbelief, she saw the unmoving forms of those men. She had no idea what had struck them. All she knew was that those men had gone as still as statues after that gust of wind blew past them. The next thing she knew, the men were falling limply to the ground, like they were marionettes and someone had suddenly cut off the strings keeping them upright.

"Don't worry," Leo said with a lazy smile. "None of them are dead. Although I doubt they'll be able to use their limbs ever again. The tendons in their arms and legs were sliced all the way through."

"Y- Y- You..."

Leo chuckled. "I suppose that's their punishment."

Shawn's face had suddenly gone pale, and he could barely string a sentence together.