CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
Will pulled me across the road and we wove through the carts and pedestrians to reach the other side. We ducked into a narrow alley behind a crowd of people. I finally had a chance to catch my breath and I set my hand over my chest to feel my heavy thumping heart.
“What the hell is going on?” I whispered to my guide. “Who are those guys?”
Will pursed his lips as he peeked around the corner. “If the balding man was not a distraction then he certainly played the part well for our real foes.”
“And the carts in the street?”
“A way to get us to stop so they could attack us and steal you away.”
“So what do we do now?”
Will tightened his grip on my hand. “Now we try to elude our pursuers and reach the perfume shop before it closes-”
A scream came from a woman in th
