Total pages in book: 189
Estimated words: 181808 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 909(@200wpm)___ 727(@250wpm)___ 606(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 181808 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 909(@200wpm)___ 727(@250wpm)___ 606(@300wpm)
Slightly moving where Knox could see him while the two closest to him couldn’t, he signaled him with a sweeping hand movement, pointing toward him then two pointing to the right then himself.
Waiting for Knox’s nod, Moon raised three fingers, dropping them one by one. At the end, he pointed his gun at the two closest to him, taking them out before they could shoot a single bullet.
He quickly glanced back at Knox. He was lying on the ground then rose up after shooting the man on the other side.
Taking out his cell phone, he saw the brothers were close.
He put his cell phone away again, then unzipped a pocket on the sleeve of his jacket and pulled out a red bandana to tie it around his skull.
The bandana might be easily seen by their opponent, but it was worth taking the chance. Anything without a bandana would be neutralized without a second hesitation.
Knox signaled Moon to hold, and Moon repeated the signal to Reaper and Viper, who were now on the other side of the road. Rider, Train, and Cash were already spreading around the area he was in.
“You still there, Tanner?” Knox yelled out.
There was no reply.
“Tanner’s woman, can you hear me?”
“I’m not his woman!” the woman shouted from inside the house.
“Is Tanner the one who calls the shots?”
“He was. He’s the one you killed.”
“Who’s next in line?”
“Benie,” the woman answered.
“What’s your name?” Knox asked.
“Cielle.”
“Benie, can you hear me?” Knox shouted out.
Benie remained silent.
“Either Benie’s dead or he’s not answering; which is it, Cielle?”
When Cielle didn’t reply, Moon assumed the fucker was still alive. Knox did, too.
“Benie, you’re surrounded. There are only two ways this is going to end. Either you can come out with your hands up, or you’re going to die along with the rest of the men with you.”
“Go fuck yourself!”
A shout was then heard from inside the house.
“You try to come in here, you’ll set this whole mountain on fire. I bet you don’t want to be responsible for killing two women, and one of them pregnant, either!”
Knox gave a harsh bark of laughter. “You bet wrong, motherfucker. They’re nothing but collateral damage to me. Their deaths are going to be on your conscience, not mine. You think I’m going to lose sleep over some pissants polluting my town? Fuck no! The only reason I’m giving you a fucking chance to save yourself is because I left the camera on in my vehicle. If I hadn’t, you’d already be dead. In case you haven’t noticed, I’m not alone anymore, you stupid fucker, so come out, or the next thing you’re going to feel is your body being blasted to hell.”
Did he just see the midwife give Knox a reproachful glare? If he were Knox, he would have …
Moon took a steadying breath. Why did that woman get under his skin so fucking badly?
“We’re coming out!” Benie yelled out. “Rob, Miller, come out!”
Moon and the brothers stayed in hiding until all the men came out, and one of the women.
“Is that all of you?” Knox roared.
“Yeah!”
“Where’s the other woman?”
“She’s in the bedroom. Eryn’s in too bad of a shape to come out,” Cielle spoke up. “You might need to call an ambulance now that she doesn’t have to protect that son of a bitch.” The woman disdainfully glared at the body lying beside Knox’s Bronco.
Out of the corner of his eyes, Moon saw Larissa use the Bronco door to lift herself to her feet. She then hobbled over to the other vehicle and pulled out a crutch.
He was amazed as she navigated herself around the men and rocks to reach the porch. Then, seeing what she was about to do, Moon rushed toward her, managing to block her path before she went in the door.
“You can’t go in there until it’s checked out.”
Determined, she didn’t back away. “I’m going inside to check on Eryn. Get out of my way.”
“Give me a couple of minutes.” He tried to get her to think rationally instead of with her heart.
“I don’t know what condition she’s in; a couple of minutes might be all she has, so move!”
Moon didn’t bother arguing with her.
“Rider!” he called out.
Rider stepped forward to lift her away from the door. When she would have tried to rush forward, Rider blocked her.
“Stay here until Moon comes back.”
Moon didn’t wait to hear Larissa’s answer. Going room to room, he checked the large, two-story house out.
When he heard footsteps, he came out of a back room on the first floor to find Reaper and Viper conducting their own search. He had already retied his bandana around his mouth. The stench of rotting food had him ready to lose his breakfast. From their expressions, the smell was just as offensive to them.
“I’m surprised they didn’t give themselves up rather than stay here.”