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“What do you say?” the suspect asked.
“Nah,” Guy replied. “I would rather keep my job than let you roam free.”
The suspect’s eyes narrowed. “You are making a big mistake, Runner.”
Taking a step closer, Guy clarified, “I am not a Runner. At least, not anymore. I got tired of the red waistcoats.”
“Then who are you?”
Guy smirked. “I am just a man who likes to uphold the law.”
The suspect cocked his pistol. “It doesn’t matter who you are,” he stated. “Step back and let me leave this room.”
Guy shook his head. “I can respect that you are rather mulish, but I’m afraid I can’t let that happen.”
“Then I will kill the woman!” the suspect exclaimed.
“That would be a mistake on your part, since it would be signing your own death warrant,” Guy remarked. “Either my bullet will do you in, or the noose will.”
The suspect turned the pistol towards him. “Perhaps I will just kill you and be done with it.”
Guy noticed the suspect’s hand was shaking, and he could hear the quiver in the man’s voice. This man was no killer, but desperate men tended to do desperate things when backed into a corner.
“If you don’t put down the gun, I will kill you,” Guy said firmly. “I tire of this game.”
He could see the indecision on the man’s face when he heard Lord Evan Corbyn’s commanding voice coming from the doorway. “Put your pistol down, or I will do you the honor of killing you myself.”
Guy turned and saw Corbyn pointing his pistol at the suspect, his hand not wavering in the slightest.
“I would do what the man says, before you end up dead,” Guy advised, turning back towards the man in question.
The suspect’s eyes grew wide, and he ducked further behind the woman. “If you try to shoot me, then you will hit her.”
Corbyn let out a dry chuckle. “You underestimate me,” he remarked in a steely tone. “I never miss.”
“It’s true.” Guy met the suspect’s gaze and attempted to reason with him. “Give up now, or you won’t leave this room alive.”
“But—” the suspect attempted.
“I know, you did nothing wrong,” Guy mocked, speaking over him. “But I would be remiss if I did not point out that you are breaking the law right now.”
Corbyn took a step into the room. “This building is surrounded, and you have no chance of escaping. If I have to count to ten, then I might just shoot you before I finish.”
The suspect’s eyes darted between both men before saying, “I give up.” He lowered the pistol to his side and released his hostage.
“Wise choice,” Corbyn remarked.
Guy cautiously walked over to the man and grabbed the pistol, which he tucked into the back of his trousers. Then, he grabbed the man’s arm and forcefully led him towards the door.
He left Corbyn behind to speak to the woman and led the man down the stairs and out of the building. They stopped on the street as Hobbs pulled up in a wagon.
“Toss him in the back with the others,” Hobbs ordered.
“You heard the man,” Guy said as he pushed the suspect towards the back of the wagon. Another agent stood guard as the man stepped up into it.
Corbyn came to stand next to Guy as the wagon drove away. “It took you entirely too long to arrest that suspect.”
“I am well aware, but the man jumped from roof to roof like he was a circus performer.”
