Renegade Alpha (Alpha 5)
“It could have been minutes or hours. Time seemed to be standing still.
And then the gunfire finally ceased, and she waited for Lijah to return.
And waited.
And waited.
Oh God, he wasn’t coming back. None of Dair Grayson’s men were coming back. They were all dead. All— Callie forced down the hysteria and rose slowly back to her feet, knowing if that had truly happened, then Richard Stockton’s men might be entering the house even now. Searching for her downstairs.
Before coming up the stairs when they failed to find her down there?
She should have asked Lijah for his spare gun. Should have. Hadn’t.
Which meant she had nothing to fight back with.
Callie stared across at that closed and locked door, knowing the lock would offer very little resistance if anyone was determined to get to her. And if they were willing to shoot their way in here, then they, and Richard Stockton, obviously wanted her very badly. To kill? Or would they take her prisoner, like they had her father, before disposin...g of her later?MoreLess
And then the gunfire finally ceased, and she waited for Lijah to return.
And waited.
And waited.
Oh God, he wasn’t coming back. None of Dair Grayson’s men were coming back. They were all dead. All— Callie forced down the hysteria and rose slowly back to her feet, knowing if that had truly happened, then Richard Stockton’s men might be entering the house even now. Searching for her downstairs.
Before coming up the stairs when they failed to find her down there?
She should have asked Lijah for his spare gun. Should have. Hadn’t.
Which meant she had nothing to fight back with.
Callie stared across at that closed and locked door, knowing the lock would offer very little resistance if anyone was determined to get to her. And if they were willing to shoot their way in here, then they, and Richard Stockton, obviously wanted her very badly. To kill? Or would they take her prisoner, like they had her father, before disposin...g of her later?MoreLess
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