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She was covered in blood and grinning when she stood up and took his guns. “Oh, that’s better.” She looked at the stunned Lucas. “Stay here. I have family coming. If a tentacle enters the room, introduce yourself. It’s my cousin’s husband.” She smiled. “Now, where is your alpha?”
Ven got the information, crept up to the command area, and shot the pilot. The dark camo made it so easy to decide who was a bad guy that it wasn’t even funny.
Some of the others came running, and she got to take them out one at a time. Picking her path over the bodies was awkward, but the three sharp pops from the bow got her attention. She fired, and he dropped back, but then she looked down and saw the blooms of red on her abdomen. “Shit. Time to stop playing.”
A mermaid came flying over the side of the ship, and Ven stared. She blinked as the woman got her legs under her.
“Nova?” Ven swayed.
“Yeah, Ven. Time to get out of here.”
Ven laughed. “Yeah, there are several baddies down in the hold. There are also an alpha and omega being held hostage.”
“On it.” Nova smiled and looked at her. “Ven?”
“Yeah.”
“Did you get shot in the guts?”
“Yeah.”
“Right. Jax should help.”
Nova rushed her, picked her up, whistled, and dropped her over the edge of the vessel. She called down to the darkness. “She’s been shot.”
Tentacles reached up and caught her, covering her with a clear slime. She sent a message via her link. She was in safe hands... sort of.
* * * *
Penny took possession of the sluggishly bleeding Ven, and the helicopter fired up and slowly lifted off the surface of the ocean and headed for the distant glow of the city of Emerald Island.
Mort called the hospital and warned them he was coming in with a wounded beta. “How bad are the wounds, Penny?”
Penny inhaled and said clearly, “Three gunshot wounds to the midsection. Heartbeat is slow but stable.”
She didn’t mention that the bullets were slowly oozing out of her body. She knew that Jax’s goo was good for a lot of stuff, but Ven was so still.
Her cousin muttered, “If you are freaking out, I am doing well, but I am trying to keep still, as bullets don’t like dancing.”
“I was scared when Syar called me and asked for help. Jax and Thor took time off right away, Gen took Liella, and Niko offered the flights. Nova offered her help as she loves the open ocean. Niko got us to an oil rig, and then Mort got us out on this helicopter.”
She chuckled. “Did he use an aircraft, or was there a dragon on the rig?”
Penny smoothed her hand over Ven’s silky hair. “I am not allowed to say, but a lot of monsters have worked to get you safe. Did they... hurt you?”
“A couple groped my boobs, but then I was just zip-tied to a chair for seven hours. You wouldn’t believe the other kidnap victims. Lucas and Andrew. If you see Andrew and he doesn’t have burns or bruises... they ran the kidnapping ring.”
“I will let Syar know.”
Ven nodded. “I am going to be quiet now. Don’t worry. I am still here.”
Penny spoke quickly to Syar, explaining the injuries and the healing measures that were working. She passed on the message about Lucas and Andrew.
Syar said softly, “Can I talk to her?”
Penny held the phone to Ven’s ear, and she didn’t hear what was said, but Ven murmured, “You can sob all over me once I get to hospital, sweetie, and tell Reynaldo to stop growling. He can yell at me in person. I need not to be tense now. I think we are almost at hospital. Why didn’t you tell me there was a modern city, you ass?” Ven paused. “Fine, your majestic ass. Bye.”
Penny took the phone and shouted into it, “We are landing on the hospital roof.”
