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It wasn’t until he started speaking that he realized he was crying.
“Someone’s shooting at us. I need the police. I need—”
The front door started to move.
Hunter dropped the phone and had the gun in his hand.
He drew back the hammer. “Freeze or I’ll shoot.”
In that instant, he meant it. If that door moved half an inch, he was pulling the trigger.
The door didn’t move. Nothing moved. Hunter was acutely aware of his breath echoing in the air around him, of Kate’s blood, a warmth that was slowly seeping into his own jeans.
The shooter’s gun went off, splintering the door and sending a round into the floor at Hunter’s feet.
He swore and jerked Kate back, trying to pull her toward the kitchen and keep his gun pointed at the same time. She cried out.
Then she said, “The address. Say the address.”
His phone was on the floor five feet away, but the display was lit up. The call was still live.
“Chautauga,” he called. He didn’t know the street number.
“Blue house at the end of Chautauga Court. Just off Ritchie—”
Another shot came through the door.
It killed his phone.
Hunter fired back. It hit the upper left quadrant of the door and took out a good chunk of wood.
But he didn’t hear anything. Kate was shaking against him.
Hell, he was probably shaking against her. His pulse was a thunderous rush in his ears, and his mouth had gone completely dry.
He kept the gun pointed, waiting for movement. Sound. Anything.
There.
He pulled the trigger.
The gun clicked empty.
Impossible. He’d only fired once. He pulled the trigger again. The hammer slammed into place, making a loud metallic click.
No spark. No kick in his hand.
No bullet flying out to stop their opponent.
The door swung wide, and Hunter gathered Kate, intending to bolt into the kitchen.
If he could even make it that far.
She felt limp in his arms, and he wondered how much blood she’d lost. It wasn’t pooling on the ground, but his sweatshirt looked like it had soaked up quite a bit.
“Freeze,” said a voice thick with an accent. “Or not. I can shoot you while you move just as easily.”
Hunter kept his gun up, because it looked better than nothing. “I can shoot you back.”
