He was a man who had built an empire on the suffering of others, now reduced to a panicked animal looking for an exit.
"Cast off! Now!" Qin Shen screamed.
However, the yacht remained in the same place, unmoving as if it had been anchored by an invisible force.
"What are you doing? Hurry up and leave this place!" Qin Shen shouted again, his voice filled with rising panic and urgency.
Yu Qi took a three-step sprint and launched herself across the churning black water. She landed silently on the teak swim platform at the stern, her boots gripping the wet wood instantly.
A guard at the stern railing spotted her and immediately reached for his sidearm. Yu Qi moved like a whip, sweeping his legs out from under him before he could even clear his holster. As he fell, she struck a nerve cluster in his shoulder, rendering his arm completely useless.
"Colonel Long, I am on board!" Yu Qi reported through her comms.
