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and pointed it at Wolf. “Don’t even fucking think about it.”
Wolf slipped his gun back into his holster.
“Oh now, Havoc, is that any way to talk to your brother?” He took a step forward but stopped when Havoc pulled out another gun.
“Where’s the other guy?” Victoria whispered in her ear. Irene scanned the scene and found the man edging away, likely trying to figure out who was going to be the victor before deciding what to do. She pointed to the man.
Havoc spit on the ground by his brother. “Give me my money back.”
His voice was filled with menace and Irene shivered.
“Sorry, bro.” Blitz gave an evil grin. “All spent. Maybe I can square it another way.”
Irene frowned. It sounded like a threat, but there was nothing to threaten with.
“Look out!” Taylor jumped up from their hiding spot and shouted, her blond hair flying around her like some sort of goddess.
Irene watched as Havoc jumped back as a stream of fire shot across his path.
The third man, the one she assumed was Paco, had leapt out and ambushed Havoc with what appeared to be some sort of flamethrower that seemed to come from nowhere. Then again, they were setting the forest on fire, so she supposed she shouldn’t have been so surprised, but she had assumed they were using gasoline and a few cigarettes or something like that.
“Tamm!” Wolf yelled, pointing toward Victoria. “Fucking get her!”
Bullets pinged off the side of the cabin as Havoc tried to get a shot at one of the three men.
“Let’s go.”
Irene raced through the woods trying to make as little noise as possible, but she could hear Victoria struggling behind her.
“Wait,” Taylor whispered.
She turned to look at her cousin. This was no time to talk. What they needed to do was put as much distance between them and those men.
“We’re smarter,” she said and pushed forward a little. The path diverged in two. One way was clear and easier to climb. The other looked like it would take a great deal of effort, especially since it ended, in the distance with a cliff face.
Taylor tore off the bottom of her shirt and left the blue fabric clinging to a bush on the clear path.
“What are you doing?” Irene whispered as she kept watch all around them.
“I’m leading them away from us,” Taylor said.
Irene looked back at her cousin and smiled for the first time in what seemed like days.
“You are brilliant,” she said. “Let’s get moving.”
She heard a rustle near them and froze. They were sitting ducks in the middle of the path.
“Quick,” she whispered. “Under that bush.”
The dove through the rocks and thorns to the deepest parts of the bush. The three lay as still as they could, hardly even breathing for fear it might shake the bush.
“I didn’t see which way they went,” she heard Havoc say. A second set of feet appeared, and she wondered who his accomplice was and why he didn’t engage in the fight. “When that dumbass tried to light me on fire, I just started shooting. Think I hit Blitz, but that Wolf isn’t going to give it up. I saw the look in his eye. He’s fucking crazy.”
“His name isn’t Wolf. It’s Kert,” rumbled a familiar voice.
Irene pulled herself from out of the bush and launched herself at the one person she never expected to see.
“Ryder,” she whispered into his chest.
“I got you,” he whispered back.
Chapter Seven
“I take it she’s your woman,” Havoc said after a moment.
Ryder nodded, still holding Irene. She needed him, and he was going to live in that moment. All this time he had been so worried that something had happened to the women. While Havoc killed time talking to the men, Ryder searched all the windows of the cabin, hoping they had gotten out before they burned alive inside.
Irene pulled away and looked up at him with awe.
“What are you doing here?” she asked. “How did you know we were in trouble?”
He shook his head. “Not enough time for that. They
Wolf slipped his gun back into his holster.
“Oh now, Havoc, is that any way to talk to your brother?” He took a step forward but stopped when Havoc pulled out another gun.
“Where’s the other guy?” Victoria whispered in her ear. Irene scanned the scene and found the man edging away, likely trying to figure out who was going to be the victor before deciding what to do. She pointed to the man.
Havoc spit on the ground by his brother. “Give me my money back.”
His voice was filled with menace and Irene shivered.
“Sorry, bro.” Blitz gave an evil grin. “All spent. Maybe I can square it another way.”
Irene frowned. It sounded like a threat, but there was nothing to threaten with.
“Look out!” Taylor jumped up from their hiding spot and shouted, her blond hair flying around her like some sort of goddess.
Irene watched as Havoc jumped back as a stream of fire shot across his path.
The third man, the one she assumed was Paco, had leapt out and ambushed Havoc with what appeared to be some sort of flamethrower that seemed to come from nowhere. Then again, they were setting the forest on fire, so she supposed she shouldn’t have been so surprised, but she had assumed they were using gasoline and a few cigarettes or something like that.
“Tamm!” Wolf yelled, pointing toward Victoria. “Fucking get her!”
Bullets pinged off the side of the cabin as Havoc tried to get a shot at one of the three men.
“Let’s go.”
Irene raced through the woods trying to make as little noise as possible, but she could hear Victoria struggling behind her.
“Wait,” Taylor whispered.
She turned to look at her cousin. This was no time to talk. What they needed to do was put as much distance between them and those men.
“We’re smarter,” she said and pushed forward a little. The path diverged in two. One way was clear and easier to climb. The other looked like it would take a great deal of effort, especially since it ended, in the distance with a cliff face.
Taylor tore off the bottom of her shirt and left the blue fabric clinging to a bush on the clear path.
“What are you doing?” Irene whispered as she kept watch all around them.
“I’m leading them away from us,” Taylor said.
Irene looked back at her cousin and smiled for the first time in what seemed like days.
“You are brilliant,” she said. “Let’s get moving.”
She heard a rustle near them and froze. They were sitting ducks in the middle of the path.
“Quick,” she whispered. “Under that bush.”
The dove through the rocks and thorns to the deepest parts of the bush. The three lay as still as they could, hardly even breathing for fear it might shake the bush.
“I didn’t see which way they went,” she heard Havoc say. A second set of feet appeared, and she wondered who his accomplice was and why he didn’t engage in the fight. “When that dumbass tried to light me on fire, I just started shooting. Think I hit Blitz, but that Wolf isn’t going to give it up. I saw the look in his eye. He’s fucking crazy.”
“His name isn’t Wolf. It’s Kert,” rumbled a familiar voice.
Irene pulled herself from out of the bush and launched herself at the one person she never expected to see.
“Ryder,” she whispered into his chest.
“I got you,” he whispered back.
Chapter Seven
“I take it she’s your woman,” Havoc said after a moment.
Ryder nodded, still holding Irene. She needed him, and he was going to live in that moment. All this time he had been so worried that something had happened to the women. While Havoc killed time talking to the men, Ryder searched all the windows of the cabin, hoping they had gotten out before they burned alive inside.
Irene pulled away and looked up at him with awe.
“What are you doing here?” she asked. “How did you know we were in trouble?”
He shook his head. “Not enough time for that. They
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