Page 43 of Savage Throne
As I aimed, a dark realization settled over me.
The first reason he brought me here was to teach me to kill.
The second was to prepare me for a fight.
But the third? It must be even more evil.
He wanted to see if I could embrace the darkness—if I could step into his world and survive. He was testing me, pushing me to the edge, waiting to see if I would fall or rise.
But how will this game show it?
I tightened my grip on the guns, my mind racing.
I won’t fall. No matter how much Leo wants me to break, I won’t give in.
I wasn’t him.
I wasn’t a killer.
But as I held the aim, a small voice whispered in the back of my mind.
What if you have to be?
Leo glanced at his watch. “We should begin.”
Terror gripped my heart.
Can I do it?
Chapter eight
The Targets
Moni
I wished with all my heart to know what I was fucking missing but I couldn’t think of it.
Sighing, I rechecked to make sure the guns were loaded.
Maybe. . .I’m overthinking.
Leo stood off to the side, casually checking his watch like we were simply passing the time.
Song remained nearby, silent and watchful.
The air around us felt thicker now, the tension crackling like the static before a storm.
I lifted both pistols and aimed at the first target. Fifty yards away, the golden point gleamed under the floodlights, beckoning me.
I can do this one easy.
Talking to Lei tonight would be amazing. Only God knew what was going on back at Lotus Blossom.
I knew how crazy Banks could get.
I also understood that Lei might fucking lose it and beat the shit out of Marcy and Banks if they went too far.
Then there were my sisters, who had come to their new home and a cookout, to only find out at the end that their sister had been kidnapped by Lei’s father.
