Passion to Protect
“She saw, too, the blood that soaked his sleeve and the defiant set of his jaw, the way his muscles coiled as he readied himself for what could only be a futile fight against the giant of a man behind him.
The need to help him surged through her veins like burning jet fuel. But before she could raise the shotgun to her shoulder, an ugly, dark-haired man with a gold front tooth shouted, aiming his gun toward her. Certain she was about to die, she shrieked, her finger contracting on the trigge...r.
A blast ripped the night in two, and something struck her squarely in the face. Gasping at the pain, she lost a stunned moment believing that she’d been shot before she realized that, with no time to brace herself against the recoil, her own gun had kicked back and dealt her a bruising blow.
Scrambling to recover, she looked back into the house. But the room had gone pitch-black again, leaving her with no idea whether the man she’d shot at was still a threat or where Jake had gone—or even if he’d been killed.MoreLess
The need to help him surged through her veins like burning jet fuel. But before she could raise the shotgun to her shoulder, an ugly, dark-haired man with a gold front tooth shouted, aiming his gun toward her. Certain she was about to die, she shrieked, her finger contracting on the trigge...r.
A blast ripped the night in two, and something struck her squarely in the face. Gasping at the pain, she lost a stunned moment believing that she’d been shot before she realized that, with no time to brace herself against the recoil, her own gun had kicked back and dealt her a bruising blow.
Scrambling to recover, she looked back into the house. But the room had gone pitch-black again, leaving her with no idea whether the man she’d shot at was still a threat or where Jake had gone—or even if he’d been killed.MoreLess
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