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“Stay out of sight and wait for my signal,” Amaros whispered.Zoe and Grace nodded, then the knights went into action.
Camriel silently raced off, vanishing around the side of the building, while Amaros took care of the first guard.The man went down with a broken neck without making a sound.Amaros carried the body to the trees and hid it behind a log.At his nod, Zoe joined him.“What can you see?”he asked.
Zoe knelt beside the body and touched the dead man’s hand.It seemed it wasn’t as easy to pick up visions from dead people.She saw a few flickering images that faded away quickly.“You’ll need to keep one alive next time,” she said quietly.“It’s hard to read dead people.”
“You didn’t get anything at all?”Camriel asked in disappointment.The big warrior had returned just in time to overhear her.He’d left the other guard’s body out of sight in the woods.
“I only saw a few images,” Zoe said.“There are at least six more men apart from the two you took down just now.They’re spread out and I’m not sure exactly where they are.”
“This will be easy,” Amaros said.“Six humans aren’t a match for us.”
“Don’t forget the sniper on the roof,” Grace reminded him.
“We’ll get him last,” Camriel figured.“He must have used a ladder inside to get up there.”
The females shifted away from the corpse to wait for the warriors to take down the bad guys.
Amaros and Camriel stayed together this time.They entered the resort through the rear door the guard had been watching.Tasteful dark blue carpet covered the floor.Photos of snowy mountain scenes hung on the plain white walls.They must have been local shots, since some featured the resort.A quick search of the lower floor found it to be empty.
“It’s too open here and there are too many exits,” Amaros said in a low voice.“They’ll be keeping the women apart, so they can’t plan an escape.”
Camriel’s expression was as grim as his own as they took the stairs to the next floor.Amaros held up his hand when he sensed someone approaching.Camriel pulled the knife he’d pilfered from the guard he’d killed and readied himself.At his commander’s nod, he lunged around the corner.His knife sank into the startled human’s neck before he could shout.
Amaros waited for his second to carry the body down to the landing before he went on the move.Another guard stood at the far end of the hallway.He was leaning in a doorway, taunting one of the prisoners who was sobbing quietly.
Using hand signals, Amaros told Camriel to wait for him.Knowing his second had his back, he silently raced to the end of the hallway.
“The harder you cry, the more I’m going to hurt you,” the guy said in cruel amusement.He opened his mouth to continue, but Amaros yanked him backwards.Breaking the guard’s neck, he carried the body to an empty bedroom, leaving the captured women where they were for now.It would be safer for all of them if they had no idea someone was there to save them.The remaining kidnappers would come running and stray bullets could kill the victims.
“Four more to go,” Camriel whispered in satisfaction.
“Let’s make this fast,” Amaros said.“We’ve got a lot of work to do at our base.”Storms seemed to be a daily occurrence now and they needed to repair the roof properly.Not to mention all the empty windows and doorways that needed to be filled.
Chapter Thirty-Three
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