Chapter 34: The Bleeding Sky
We found Dorian a mile down the coast road.
He was leaning against a mile marker sign. He was clutching a bloody rag to his face. His sniper rifle lay in the grass beside him.
Kael slammed the brakes. I jumped out before the car fully stopped.
"Dorian!"
I ran to him. He looked up. His left eye was covered by the rag but blood was seeping through his fingers. His face was pale and gray.
"Did you get him?" Dorian croaked. "Did you kill the old man?"
"Garrett is dead," I said. I helped him stand. "But we have a bigger problem."
"Bigger than a billionaire warlord?" Dorian asked with a grimace.
"Much bigger," Kael said. He grabbed Dorian’s rifle and threw it in the trunk. "Get in the car. We need to move before he decides to stop playing with his food."
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