The Bloodline Cipher
“There was an old man at his feet clearly dead, Motti looking not a lot better on the floor, Tye at the feet of a girl with a gun and some aging mobster type who could have been Coldhardt’s brother – oh, and a pixie-like red-haired girl hiding under a desk.
Quite a crowd, Jonah thought. Here goes nothing.
‘Yep, it’s prisoner and escort all right,’ he told the black girl with the dyed hair. ‘But guess what …?’ ‘You’re all our prisoners,’ hissed Con behind him, shoving Sadie and Sorin into... the study. Sorin had reached the west-side staircase ahead of them and Sadie had cut them off from behind, just as Jonah had feared. But Patch, once again, had managed to turn things round … As Sadie and Sorin stumbled forward, the black girl swung her gun to cover Jonah, and the mobster raised his baseball bat.
‘Back off!’ Patch shouted.
‘Do as he says,’ said Sorin, and Sadie nodded – dishevelled and looking mad as all hell.MoreLess
Quite a crowd, Jonah thought. Here goes nothing.
‘Yep, it’s prisoner and escort all right,’ he told the black girl with the dyed hair. ‘But guess what …?’ ‘You’re all our prisoners,’ hissed Con behind him, shoving Sadie and Sorin into... the study. Sorin had reached the west-side staircase ahead of them and Sadie had cut them off from behind, just as Jonah had feared. But Patch, once again, had managed to turn things round … As Sadie and Sorin stumbled forward, the black girl swung her gun to cover Jonah, and the mobster raised his baseball bat.
‘Back off!’ Patch shouted.
‘Do as he says,’ said Sorin, and Sadie nodded – dishevelled and looking mad as all hell.MoreLess
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