Tommy glanced over.
“You good, boss?”
“Yeah.”
I stood up.
Then—
Crack!
The sound split the air like lightning.
A bullet ripped past my shoulder so close I felt the heat burn through my sweatshirt.
“Sniper!” Tommy shouted. “Get down!”
I dropped instantly, hitting the pavement hard.
The second shot came half a second later.
Another sharp crack echoed through the fog.
Tommy had his weapon out already, firing toward the direction the shot came from.
“Move!”
The burning along my shoulder spread fast.
I reached up and felt warm blood soaking through the sleeve.
The bullet hadn’t gone through.
But it took skin with it.
A clean graze.
If I hadn’t bent down to tie my damn shoe…
That shot would’ve taken my head off.
Another security SUV came roaring up the road from the estate.
My other bodyguard, Malik, jumped out immediately.
“Boss!”
“I’m good,” I said calmly.
Tommy looked at me like I had lost my mind.
“Sir, someone just tried to take your head off.”
I stood slowly.
“They should’ve aimed better.”
Malik scanned the hills with a drone controller in his hand.
