Page 73 of His Hostage

The men outside fall like the others.

“Then I guess I’ll just have to marry you and move to Pennsylvania,” I say.

“What?” she asks.

“You heard me, woman,” I give a slight smile and move back toward the window to look outside again. “You want to get married, or what?”

“Yes,” she says. “I mean, I don’t know…”

“What the hell do you mean, you don’t know?” I laugh. “You either do or you don’t.”

“There’s no in between?” she calls out.

“Nope. As you can see, I come from a land of extremes.” I wink. “Three more coming for us!”

Iago runs and takes aim, firing off a good amount of rounds. The men drop like flies.

“Sound the alarm!” Iago screams.

One of his men presses a button and the lights outside turn on, brightly illuminating the entire property. An alarm system goes off that sounds nearly identical to a nuclear siren. There are men posted around the roof of the compound, firing at the incoming men.

“Fine,” Caroline says. “We’re getting married.”

I nearly drop my gun when she says it. I have to run over to her. I pull her into my arms and kiss every part of her body, despite the ongoing threat happening around us. That can wait.

This is what I truly care about.

“We’re really getting married?” I ask her, smiling.

“Yes. But we can’t do this right now,” she says, taking my hand off her pussy. “Come on, Rowan. You’re insane.”

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“Isn’t that why you love me?” I ask, kissing her.

I hug her one more time and then connect back with Iago and Jeffco. “What do we do?” Jeffco asks. “They’re early on the attack.”

“I don’t know.” Iago shakes his head, looking worried. “This isn’t good. I didn’t expect this.”

“Well, I did,” I say. “This isn’t their main attack. Save your energy. There’s more coming. This is just the first wave.”

The men keep coming through the entrance. Every so often, a trap explodes and one of the Hunters gets killed. However, this just allows the entrance to open up further for Kaine. All of this is just a distraction.

I know his game already, and I’m willing to bet my life on it.

After an hour so, things settle down. The sound of weapons firing has been replaced by the sounds of painful agony from some of the men. “We need a medic,” Iago shouts, glancing around.

A few men tend to the wounded, but there’s not much we can do besides hope the battle doesn’t last too much longer. Many of these guys will be dead in the morning. That’s the most painful part of any kind of battle. No matter what side wins, you always lose lives.

“They’re just waiting to get inside this place, aren’t they?” Iago asks.

I nod and sigh. “I’m afraid so. You’ve got some good defense, but we lack the number of men they have right now. We need the Hell Squadron, but they won’t be here until tomorrow.”

He pounds against the wall. “We’re fucked.”

“Shut the hell up,” I say, grabbing his face. “Your men need a leader right now, not some baby who’s going to sit around and punch walls. You hear me? Get off your ass and lead them, or I will do it for you.”

“You’re right,” he says. “We need to stay strong. I’ve got an idea.”

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