ALEXANDER
I faced the imposing building that held Raina, its glacial facade showing the harshness of our situation. My chest thumped and my heart roared at me to run inside at once and drag her out to safety, but my brain kept reminding me to be careful—one false step and Raina might get hurt. I motioned to my men waiting in the darkness, my tone low but firm, "Rig the house with bombs. When I extract Raina, I'm blowing this building to smithereens." My tone conveyed an urgency that didn't leave any room for discussion. They went about it silently and with speed, working like specters as they disabled the guards at the entrance without making any noise.
As I was starting to edge into the building, my ears picked up on a voice—a chilly, sneering remark cutting through the quiet: "You're late, Alex." I braced as I spun around, my blood freezing. Behind a bound Raina stood Nathan with a gun to my head. I scanned her quickly—she looked surprisingly all right despite the bindings—and my panic increased.
"Raina, are you okay?" I managed to ask, my voice clogged with concern. Before she could move or speak, Nathan snarled, "Don't even think about moving, or I won't hesitate to kill him and get it over with." His voice was absolute, and I felt completely helpless.
"See?" he went on with a nasty laugh. "She does what I say." My brain spun. Nathan barked another order at me, commanding, "Drop your gun, and tell your men to leave." I paused for a fraction of a second—how could I leave her now? And then I saw it: Raina's eyes. They were fluttering towards a bat that was on the floor in the corner of the room as if she was begging me to pick it up. I looked back at her, and before I could think, she attacked.
In a flurry of rebellious movement, Raina struck Nathan's nose with the back of her head and then his shin, and he stumbled backward. Released for only a moment by the shock and agony, she took off running, her tied hands waving like a banner.
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