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“Now?” She shakes her head. “I can’t.”
“You can.”
A piece of the shed’s roof falls off. We don’t have long before they mow us down. I drop Jinx, grab her vest, and yank her to me. Jinx complains as I kiss her hard, giving her my promise of protection and love.
“You can do this, tigress.” I press my forehead to hers, then snatch Jinx’s crate. “Follow me.”
Her hand on my back, I rush out into the billowing smoke. The world is a haze around us, but there are monsters lurking in the gloom. I fire two shots to my right and hear a body drop.
Hurrying her toward my garage, I kick open the side door and rush inside.
A shot whizzes past and embeds in the doorframe. I pull her to the ground and shoot under my car.
The assassin falls and reaches for his busted ankle, but a quick bullet to the face puts him out of his misery.
“In the car.” I pull her up and yank open the back door of my Mercedes.
She jumps in, and I toss a loudly meowing Jinx after her. Once she’s in, I slam the door and lock it.
“Get in!” She slams her hand down on the leather. “Come on!”
I press my palm to the bulletproof glass. “You’ll be safe here.”
“Hey, no!” She presses her palm to the glass. “You said we were going together.”
“We are.” I hoist the rocket launcher. “But I have a few more people who need killing.”
“Don’t leave me!” Her terrified yell cuts at my heart, but she’s safe here.
“I’m coming back. I promise.” I take a deep breath and do the scariest thing I’ve ever done. I tell her the truth. “I love you.”
With that, I bust through the garage door and out into the clearing smoke, aim the rocket launcher at her house that’s still teeming with assassins, and pull the trigger.
The rocket launches right as a Sister comes around the house, her gun out, and fires a shot straight to my chest.
15
LENA
Iwatch in horror as Heath gets hit with a bullet. His body jerks back, but he doesn't fall. The rocket launcher rolls off his shoulder and hits the ground. He staggers toward me as I scream.
Even as bits of the garage explode inward from gunshots, my mind goes back to his words. He loves me. That’s what he’d said. It plays over and over in my mind. Out of everything happening right now all I can think about are him and those words. He loves me, and I know I love him. In fact, I'm pretty sure I’m crazy obsessed with him.
He loves me and someone just shot him. Oh,hellno. No one is going to ruin this moment for me. I fling the door open and push my fear to the side. Heath told me to stay put, but he needs my help. The fear of losing him spurs me onward.
I raise the gun I have in my hand to shoot the tall blond woman who’s trying to kill my man. Her hair is pulled back in a tight ponytail. Heath already has his gun raised too. They both stare at each other. I glance at him and see his shoulder is bleeding. He looks completely unfazed by it.
“Get back in the car, Lena,” Heath orders. My hand shakes but I keep the gun on the woman.
“She can’t kill us both,” I breathe out. Somehow, my words don’t tremble.
“Have you ever shot a gun, Lena?” the blonde asks.
In all black, she really does look like an assassin. There’s no downplaying her. She seems deadly as hell. I bet Kimber could take her, though. I know I’m no match for her. Most days I can’t even keep myself upright, but with my man hurt, I stand my ground. If I stand in this one spot and don’t move, I should be fine.
“Jezebel.” Heath’s tone is filled with so much warning even I get a little scared for the woman. Again, crazy. I shouldn't be scared for her.
“No more ‘Sister’?” She cocks her head at him.
