This story is the continuation of Behind closed doors so if you haven't read that one I suggest to start there. This novel is more storydriven than BCD and also involves more focus on the other characters in the Overwatch family.
The story picks up...
Gabriel's eyes moved down from Jack's eyes to his hands, fixating on the rope.
Jack looked down to it as well and swallowed hard. He took a deep breath and then put the rope to the side. He threw up his hands as Gabriel growled at him.
"I do not want to hurt you," Jack said as calmly as he could. "See, I don't have the rope. I am unarmed."
Gabriel looked over at the rope and then back at Jack. The smoke was billowing out of Gabriel's body and his appearance was morbidly horrifying, but Jack tried to remain calm.
That was until Gabriel let out another gut-wrenching screech that echoed off the stone walls of the castle. Froth started forming in the beast's mouth and as he charged Jack, the former Commander realized that his rifle was out of reach and the windows were blocked, so he did the only possible thing he could think of. He ran with all his might.
He turned around as quickly as he could and sprinted out of the room and down to the open hall. If only he could find somewhere to hide or maybe reach the entrance of the castle. He still had his handgun and his combat knife, but they would be of little use against the thing that was chasing after him.
He ran up the stairs towards the entrance while Gabriel's sinister cackle was echoing behind him. Just as he was about to grab the door, he could see black smoke flowing underneath him as Gabriel appeared in front of him. Jack threw himself backwards, crawling on his hands and knees for a few meters before getting up on his feet and running in the other direction.
He glanced over his shoulder and saw Gabriel slowly walking after him. Gabriel grabbed the hood of his coat and pulled it up over his head. As he opened his mouth, revealing his fangs, black smoke evaporated up over his face.
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Jack got a shiver running down his spine and realized that he had to get out. He just had to.
He ran back in the other direction with the sound of Gabriel's boots hitting the floor behind him. Gabriel was taking his own sweet time as the footsteps were slow but determined. As Jack reached the Crusader, he noticed the hammer that was leaning against the wall next to him. It was a powerful weapon, maybe it could work. He ran up to it and grabbed it.
He turned around and could see Gabriel coming down the steps. Jack pulled on the hammer with all his might but all he managed to do was to tip it over, causing a loud bang to ring out through the hall as the handle hit the floor. He reached down and tried to pull it back up, but he couldn't move it. He had no idea that the hammers were this ludicrously heavy.
Quickly realizing that this was a lost cause, he ran towards the room where he had restrained Gabriel to try and reach the windows or his rifle. Just as he was about to enter, he was forcefully grabbed by the collar and thrown to the side. Jack smashed against the wall and fell to the floor. Gabriel kept laughing the same sinister laughter as he saw Jack struggling on the ground.
