Chapter 41 Blocking the Bullet for Russell

"Not bad looking, but that body is quite impressive!"

Zoey watched as Nelson reached for her face. Without hesitation, she grabbed his fingers and twisted them sharply, causing him to howl in pain. With a swift turn, Zoey moved behind the man, using her height advantage to grip the back of his collar and pull him backward. Nelson was bent in an awkward position, his neck exposed.

A gleaming silver needle, held between Zoey's fingertips, pressed into the artery at Nelson’s neck.

“Tell them to put the guns down.”

Nelson gritted his teeth, seething, “You dare threaten me?”

Zoey scoffed lightly, “Try it. Let’s see if their guns are faster or my needle is.”

With that, she drove the needle into his neck.

The sharp pain made Nelson raise his hand in surrender. “Stop.”

With Nelson as a human shield, Zoey ……