Chapter 202: I’ll keep you safe…
"A bluff, you say?" the mutant scoffed. "A cabal of men and women with empty guns... Sound familiar?"
She let out a scoff of her own as she slowly got into position, Sasha’s unmoving body getting closer to her arm’s length before finally pulling the trigger to her plan.
"Yes? And I guess you could say that I have a threat of my own."
Moving swiftly, Raine managed to snake her arms around Sasha’s neck, her empty pistol now aimed squarely at the mutant’s temple even as her aching body screamed at her to stop moving. According to Boris, that woman was of great importance so these mutants would surely not let anything bad happen to her.
"Put that gun down!"
"Or what?" Raine taunted. "You’ll kill me? Not before I blow this woman’s brains off, you aren’t."
Her breathing was getting ragged, her cracked ribs making it harder for her to breathe as she struggled to keep her bravado up. She just had to cut a deal with these people, to at least let her men go before she allowed herself to rest.
"You..."
"What? You’re growling at me now?" she mocked the mutant. "You werewolves truly are a product of your stereotype."
Her words had the desired effect of making them mad. Well, she didn’t actually want them to be mad enough to just go in and call her bluff, but it was more than enough for her needs to be heard.
"What do you want?"