Angel Assassins - Book 1 Lineage & Lies

Chapter 5 - Confrontation

Six of his men were already standing in front of his office, they snapped to attention when they saw Gabriel approach. Gabriel nodded to them and they fell in behind him. As they headed towards the east side of the estate, Sara came running up her long charcoal pea coat flapping behind her.

'Button up girl, you'll catch a cold!'

She just looked at him, head cocked putting on her little girl face

'Oh! Daddy!' she said with a pout.

They smiled at each other. He was glad he had decided to bring her along. She buttoned her coat and slid on a pair of shades and fell in beside her Father as they strode across the main lawn of the estate heading towards the main gate. 

The guard on duty looked up from the newspaper he was reading, seeing that it was Gabriel he dropped the paper and snapped to attention. Gabriel gave him a brief nod as they passed through. Glancing back over his shoulder Gabriel noticed that the guard had picked up the newspaper again. He thought about stopping and reprimanding the guard, but he knew he didn't have time. Pressing the side of the ear piece he made a call.

'Speed dial, security'

'Yes sir, how can I help you?'

'Who am I speaking to?' asked Gabriel

'This is Brett sir'

Gabriel liked Brett, he was in his early twenties, but he had a good head on his shoulders and was a quick learner. He did his job to the letter and he always showed Gabriel respect.

'How did you know it was me?'

'I memorised important numbers sir, so I know who is calling when the number appears on the display'

Gabriel was impressed.

'Brett, can you come down to the main gate and relieve the guard there, tell him I want to speak to him later about his lack of attention'

'Yes sir, I will go right away, anything else sir?'

'Not at the moment, but good job with the number recall'

'Thank you sir'

Gabriel ended the call.

They were now weaving their way through the small line of trees that bordered the estates main road. Breaking through the tree line, they reached the river and started to jog along the bank, after about twenty minutes they reached the bridge that intersected with the corner of the wheat fields. 

In the distance they could see the copse of trees where they had encountered the group the night before. The group crossed the bridge and dropped low behind the fence that edged the field beyond. Gabriel motioned for two men to go left along the fence line and come round from the North. As the two men head off Gabriel whispered to his daughter

'Whatever happens, if we get split up make sure that you get back to the house and if I don't make it back by morning, you know what to do' Sara just nodded.

'Ok let's go'

They vaulted over the fence and sprinted across the open field towards the copse of trees. Half way across, there was a flicker of movement from the trees and they all dropped down in the long grass, Gabriel motioned to the other four men to stay low and spread out into a sweeping pattern

'No one gets through' he mouthed.

They moved silently through the grass. As they got closer, they could hear talking from within the trees. It was low and hard to make out, but there were definitely two distinctive voices. One of the figures stepped out to the edge of the copse, his back towards the field. Gabriel and his men burst from their hiding places. The two figures hidden within the trees didn't have time to run, one of them had been pinned to a tree by three of Gabriel's men and the second shouted