Damien Valerius willed himself to take down his opponent, but the effort exhausted the last of his strength. Now, standing beside Aurora Sterling, he was teetering on the verge of collapse.
The last remaining assassin in a standoff with Aurora Sterling was stunned. Their mission was to kill Damien Valerius. After learning his whereabouts, they had come here planning for a quick, clean kill. They'd assumed targeting just one man would be easy.
But he never expected the woman with Damien Valerius to be so skilled. She had quickly taken out three of his men, and now, things had gotten complicated.
However, the assassin also noticed something was wrong with Damien Valerius. At the same time, he sized up the young woman's fighting style: an expert in close-quarters combat and a formidable shot.
