Chapter 28

“See?” Wakuma gloated. “You weren’t expecting that, were you? Now that you’re down, I can get someone to take you away.”

“I’m not dead yet,” said Yaliana, and squeezed the trigger of her rifle.

It hit Wakuma in the knee, and he screamed as he fell, writhing on the ground. He didn’t pay any attention to her as she shakily climbed to her feet and walked unsteadily to the wardrobe, locked with a chain around it. Yaliana shot off the padlock, and unchained the wardrobe handles.

Ulissa tumbled out of the wardrobe and the two of them fell to the ground once more. Yaliana gasped as the fall jostled her wounds.

Ulissa’s bound hands kept her from moving. Or at least, that’s what Yaliana told herself. She blushed, even though they were separated by her armour. The suggestive pose brought Ulissa’s face so close to hers that she felt Ulissa’s breath on her face.

Ulissa grinned. “Hello.”

Yaliana gulped in return. “Hello.”

“Are you going to free me or what?”