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Finally, the phone gave in to his panicked swipes. He dialed 911.
The line rang forever.
Someone was out there shooting. Calla? Silver? He had no idea.
The car was at least thirty feet from the front door, and Kate couldn’t walk. It wasn’t like this person was firing a musket. Hunter couldn’t exactly wait around for a reload so he could carry her to the jeep and back down the driveway.
And he couldn’t leave Casper.
Casper.
Casper. Casper. Casper.
The dog had been licking his hands a minute ago, and now he was—
Stop.
He had to stop. He had to focus. Or none of them would make it out of this alive.
Finally an operator picked up. “Nine-one-one emergency, do you need police, fire, or ambulance?”
All the words fell out of Hunter’s mouth in a rush. He sounded about twelve years old.
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.
