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I had to see.
“Here we go.” Leo got behind the target and pointed.
Oh God. What will it be?
Chapter nine
Monster
Moni
I stepped around the target, and my breath caught in my throat.
Nooooooo!
My legs buckled and I fell to my knees.
There, bound to the back of the wooden plank, was a man. His body was limp, his head hanging low. His face was pale, lifeless, and his mouth was tied with a gag, but even with the gag, I could see the shape of his lips—frozen in a scream he never got to make.
No. No. No.
Blood oozed from the bullet hole in his forehead, pooling around his neck, staining the ropes that bound him to the target.
My vision blurred as tears poured down my face.
Fast, I got up from the ground and stumbled back. “No. They were already dead.”
“They were very much alive when we walked up to this gun range.”
“No, Leo.”
“They were bound to those targets waiting for you.”
Bile rising in my throat. “I didn’t know. I didn’t. . .”
“It doesn’t matter. You still killed them.”
More tears left my eyes. “I-I didn’t do that.”
Leo stepped beside me his voice soft but filled with something cold. “Go see the others.”
“No,” I choked out. “I don’t want to.”
He grabbed my arm and tightened his grip. “We must.”
“Stop, Leo.” I shoved him away but that didn’t help. “I’m done with this.”
“There is no done with the Four Aces, only death.”
“I don’t like this game!”
He didn’t let go of my arm. His grip tightened even more and he dragged me toward the next target.
“Stop it!” My feet stumbled over the rocky ground as I tried to resist.
“Look at what you did, Monique.”
We reached the second target, and there bound in the same way, was another man. His body was slumped against the wood. Blood dripped from the bullet hole in his head.
