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Crack!
I flinched at the shot, but this time the sound hadn’t come from outside the door…it was inside the house.
Movement drew my gaze to my right. Three dangerous men were a blur of menacing black, striding from the rear of the house, all three gazes fixed on me.
The bodyguard lunged from the doorway, looked at my brothers, then drew his weapon from his holster and spun. “Fuck!Get in the panic room!”he screamed at Killion. “Get in thegoddamn panic room NOW!”
But it was too late, for him and for Killion, as Tobias took aim.Crack!
The bodyguard spun and staggered backwards, slammed again and again by bullets to his Kevlar vest. But he didn’t go down, and he kept hold of his gun. Harsh breaths sounded as he lifted the weapon and took aim.
“Kill them!” Killion screamed, his eyes wide with panic.“KILL THEM NOW!”
Crack…crack!The guard fired back, making my brothers scatter. Two went one way, and Caleb went the other.
“Fuck!” Caleb roared.
He was on his own now. On his own in a house with only God knew how many bodyguards, cut off from his brothers while the hallway was peppered with bullets. Panic roared inside me. My own panting breaths were a rushing noise in my ears. But still, I dropped down and my trembling fingers yanked the bottom of my jeans leg up and pulled out the knife from inside my boot. We’d had to get a way in, and we’d known Killion would open the door if I was the one knocking.
They knew I’d find a way inside.
“Kill those fucking bastards!”Killion roared beside me, his spine pressed flat against the wall. He didn’t even look at me, didn’t even see me. He was too busy hiding behind his men, who opened fire at my brothers as they drew their focus.You’ll have one chance, princess.Nick’s words filled my mind.One chance and we all get to leave that place. One chance, and we’re done. Can you do that? Can you be like us?Yes. Yes, I could.
I rose on trembling legs, took one look at Killion, and froze.He was so close, so close, stabbing his finger in the air and screaming. “Fucking kill that betraying bastard.”
Crack.
Crack.
Crack.
The nearest bodyguard opened fire as thunder came from deeper in the house.Thud…thud...thud…footsteps echoed as two more came from the rear of the house. It was now or never…now or we were all going to die.
And I wasn’t about to let that happen.
I gripped the cold steel in one hand, my knees trembling as I lunged. Only it wasmyturn to grab Killion by the throat,myturn to press my body against his back with the point of the knife at his neck. He stiffened instantly, understanding the mistake he’d made.
Crack!The bodyguard fired, only my brothers didn’t fire back. They wouldn’t because I was here…
“Tell them to stop shooting,” I gasped, then drove the point harder against his neck. “Tell them to stop or I’ll stab you.”
He didn’t dare move his head.
He didn’t dare breathe.
“Ryth—“ he whispered.
But I didn’t care, gripping his neck with one hand while I pressed the point against his vein with the other. All I thought of was that recording. All I cared about was getting it back.“I said, tell them to stop.”
Killion lifted his hand into the air. “Stop…” I eased the knife a bit. “Stop it.” He croaked louder, drawing the attention of the guards.
The bodyguard stiffened, staring at the knife in my hand. He sucked in hard breaths and glanced from Killion to me. “What’s going on?”
“We want the recording, that’s all.”
“Recording?” Killion turned his head, pressing against the blade.
“That’s all we want,” I urged, staring into his hate-filled eyes. “That’s all we’re here for.”
