The killer held Avery and moved to the helicopter. Avery played along all the way. Standing across her was Evan and his men.

Under the glaring sun, Evan wore a green sand-proof uniform. His skin was tanned after days he spent in the desert. He was both handsome and macho.

Evan looked worried and aggressive. He stared at the pistol held against Avery's head.

"Sir, what do we do?"

Tinder still didn't figure out why the maid had Avery's pistol. But he could feel how intense Evan was. He cared so much about her.

"Call the helicopter back."

What Evan worried most was the killer forced her to drive it and left.

If it happened, he would have to drive another helicopter to go after them.

Tinder sent a message. He looked up. The killer stepped back, taking Avery to get into the cabin.

Avery bit her lips," Are you sure you want to take me with you?"

"Shut up!"

"If you take me, I'll be your liability."

"I know what you're thinking," the killer would not be fooled so easily," Shut up and follow me,"

Avery looked at Evan and had complex feelings. Evan would not do anything hasty for the sake of her safety. But if she got in the cabin, it would be more dangerous.

Avery wanted to say more. But the closer they were to the helicopter, the tighter the killer put his hands around her neck. Avery couldn't make a sound. Her throat was hot.

She took one step after another back until she touched the stairs hanging down from the helicopter.

Evan took a step forward. He knew more than anybody what it meant if Avery got on the helicopter.

Pop!

The killer fired," George, if you come closer, I don't know where my next shoot will be. Maybe I'll shoot her."

The killer held the pistol against Avery's temple again.

"What do you want?"Evan started to negotiate with him," You know your group wouldn't leave you alone even if you got away."

The killer pressed the upper part of his mouth until it bulged in the left cheek.

"But if you release her, I will make sure of your safety."

"I only believe myself now."

The killer clenched the pistol. He said calmly.

Evan felt the hope lost. He was suddenly at a loss.

"Sir, look..."Tinder looked up and whispered to Evan.

There were dozens of black spots in the sky like falcons.

"Ours?"

Tinder squinted to see the head of helicopters. He shook his head," No."

"No?"

The second Evan finished, something was dropped from the helicopter.

"Shit! It's bombing!"

The killer saw the helicopters too and got fluttered. He suddenly pushed Avery away, seeing they started dropping bombs. And he went inside the helicopter.

The propeller moved. The killer drove it, and it slowly lifted.

Suddenly, there was the sound of the boom. The bombs went off in the desert—the bodyguards who didn't have time to escape blasted away.

Avery pushed to sit on the ground. Before she could get up, bombs started getting off next to here. The glaring red light was in the sky. And she smelt the gun powder and the sand.

The helicopters swirled in the sky. They didn't just drop bombs. There were the sounds of rifles.

Avery frowned. She couldn't see a thing amid the dark smoke, let alone find Evan.

Avery got up as best as she could, but she was forced to stay down by something heavy.

Her head was pressed down. Avery had her back close to Evan's body. Evan held her and rolled right. There was a bomb where she stayed.

If they left later, they would be blasted off.

Avery got under Evan's body with fear.

"It's okay."

Evan held her and stroked her hair. Damn! He was so scared.

The bombs were still going off. The cars and people were blasted away. Evan and Avery could not tell who was injured and who got blasted away.

Android shouted," Son of a bitch! If I ever caught you, I would peel off your skin to make the meat sauce."

The more he said, the more bombs came. Android had to find shelter as he kept swearing.

After minutes, Evan's helicopters arrived too. They started fighting back in the air. Some fell off occasionally. Both helicopter drivers and helicopter were ruined.

After the helicopters stopped the attack, Avery was finally relieved.

"Your Charles is really a piece of work."

Evan squinted at the helicopters, and took a look at the mess," Do you think he'll save our daughter?"

Avery didn't know what to say. If they were sent by Charles...

She felt as sad as how much she trusted him.

After all, Charles was Avery's only hope.

"Sir..."

Tinder's face was black and red. There were black explosive marks and red blood. He was covered in sand. He said," The cars are basically blown. We have lost a lot of men and stuff."

Avery would not dare to see it. There were broken limbs everywhere.

"Get the injured on the helicopters and send them to the hospital. The rest..."

Evan looked at the cars. They were pretty much all blown away.

So Charles was really determined to kill him.

"Cars?"

"I checked. There is one left. We can barely drive. The rest..."

Dozens of cars were damaged with different degrees.

Evan ordered," Get Android here."

Android was not far away. He was squatting next to his car. It took him a long time to get one, and it was blown away.

He came over hearing Evan. And he was not happy.

Evan asked, "How far are we from Yirre Beach?"

Android answered," Over 300 miles."It was almost 3 hours' drive.

"You drive this car," Evan looked at the only good car," We'll keep going."

Android was so happy knowing he could drive a car. He asked his men to put injured men on the helicopters, prepared something to drink and eat, and got behind the driver's wheel.

There were four in the car. They didn't have any bodyguards. Evan picked Avery up on the car and asked Android to drive.

Avery asked," Why do we go to Yirre Beach?"

Avery was puzzled about Evan's motive. Did he still believe Vando could save their daughter's life after the way Charles treated them?