I duck low, pulling my gun but the fire is heavy and quick. A bullet pierces the partition ahead of me, right where my drivers head would be and the car careens to the side before slamming into a street light. My body slams forward, hitting the seats in front of me, my head colliding with the side of the car. The fire continues, pouring shards of glass down on me. It feels as if it’s from all sides but I know it’s only on the left side so I use that to my advantage and slide out the right, keeping my head low and ignoring the way my body protests at the movements.
I peer around the edge of the car finding two motorcycles, their riders pointing machine guns at the car. The smell of gas hits my nose. Shit, they’ve pierced the tank, any minute now it’s going to go up in flames.
I realize quickly the guys are low lives, belonging no doubt to one of the small gangs that keep popping up on the south side of the city. Valentine probably has them on his payroll.
I check the ammo in my gun and figure out the best way to take them out without having my own head blown off in the process. If they were my guys they would have stationed themselves on both sides of the vehicle to ensure nobody could escape but that’s what you get for hiring idiots. Valentine isn’t a smart man after all.
Eventually the bullets stop flying and I peer around the corner, finding the riders jerking the handle bars of their bikes to the left before twisting the throttle and speeding away.
Fuck.
With a sigh, I stand from my position and check through the window. My driver stares lifelessly towards me, the front windscreen red with his blood.
Again, if they were part of my crew, they would have checked the target was dead before hitting the road.
The only way they could have figured out I was alone was intel. Samuel saw me leave and called it in.
The fucker. That’s why he was here. Not to relay some bullshit message but to check my whereabouts, my movements. I should have known.
I should have figured that shit out! I didn’t get as far as I have got by being stupid and there’s only one person to blame for this distraction.
Wren fucking Valentine.