Chapter 106
I heard the CRACK of the rifle over my scream.
“Gottverdammnt!” Zoller roared, the first time I had ever heard him angry. “AURELIO, SILENCE HER!”
Aurelio hit me across the face – hard.
Not a slap, but a punch with his fist.
My head snapped to the side and I quit screaming, momentarily dazed.
Then I heard the dreaded sound.
Clack-clack –
Clink.
“There he is, hiding behind the bush,” Zoller purred as he adjusted his aim. “Auf wiedersehen, Herr Roso– ”NôvelDrama.Org owns © this.
Suddenly, the hunter’s hat blew off his head –
Along with the top half of his skull.
Blood sprayed the inside of the bell tower.
My white dress – and Aurelio’s fancy suit – were flecked with spots of red as a distant crack reverberated over the island.
Zollner slumped onto his side as a pool of red gushed out across the balcony.
I should have been traumatized.
I should have thought of my parents –
Or the man I’d shot in the barn.
Instead, a white-hot surge of triumph raced through me, unlike anything I’d ever felt before.
“FUCK YEAH!” I screamed.
Then I leaned forward in my chair and shrieked at Zollner’s corpse. “FUCK YOU, MOTHERFUCKER!”
I turned to Aurelio standing next to me.
His face had gone paler than fallen snow.
“You’re next, asshole,” I spat.