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The sound of glass breaking behind him steals that evil grin away. Something metallic hits the wooden floor with a clang, followed by a rolling sound then a hiss. Smoke swells and fills the room. Daniel takes the gun out of my mouth and turns around.
Somebody shouts from outside. “Close your eyes, Avery!”
It’s Kellan.!
I close them tight and hold my breath as relief envelops me at the same moment that smoke engulfs the room. BOOM!
White light. Deafening silence.
A flash-bang grenade.
I’ve fallen to the side, hitting the floor with my shoulder, and it hurts like a motherfucker. I hear the door crashing open, boots thudding across the hardwood, men shouting.
“DON’T MOVE!”
“PUT YOUR HANDS UP!”
Where the fuck is Daniel?
“I see Avery!”
Fallon’s voice. The shuffling of rushed steps.
I can’t see a thing through the smoke. I’m choking and coughing. “What’s going on?” I manage, but I barely recognize my own voice.
Silhouettes swoop down around me. Somebody gently grabs my wrist and checks my pulse. “You’re okay, baby,” Fallon says.
“Fallon!” I call out and look up.
I look into his forest green eyes behind the tactical goggles. He’s in full gear, the mountain of a man clad in black Kevlar and armed to the teeth. They found us. I can’t believe they found us. I see a small blade flash as he cuts me loose. I’m finally free, my ankles and wrists burning from the pain. Relief reluctantly washes over me, something tells me it’s not over.
BANG! BANG!
I scream.
“He’s in the bedroom!” I hear Kellan shout.
“The girls are in there!” I call out. “My babies are in there!”
Fallon helps me up but he doesn’t let me go. The smoke in the cabin begins to clear. All the windows have been broken. There are over a dozen men in here, all with assault rifles aimed at the bedroom door. Writhing and flailing like a crazed lunatic, I try to get away from Fallon. I need to get to Miley and Annie.
“LET ME GO! He’s got my girls!”
“Hold on, Avery,” Fallon grunts, one arm locked around my waist, preventing me from getting up, his body covering mine for protection. “Hold on.”
I see Kellan take the lead, motioning for his men to stand down. Heavy silence falls over the cabin as he carefully moves toward the bedroom door. Cautious in every motion, he opens the door to reveal Daniel holding Miley in front of him. Thankfully, the gun is nowhere to be found, but the bastard is holding my daughter, the coward hiding behind his child with a crazed look on his face.
Miley is pale and silent, dried tears staining her face. My heart breaks when I see her, she’s too terrified to cry one more tear. Annie is wailing and screaming somewhere in a corner. I can’t even see her. Time slows down as Fallon resists my struggle to free myself.
“Every Wolfhound weapon has a GPS tracker planted in it,” Fallon whispers in my ear. “Daniel ditched your car and probably thought he’d lose us that way. He didn’t.”
“He has Miley!” I am beside myself, shaking and crying, unable to control my own body anymore.
None of the men are moving, but they’re all watching him. Kellan has his weapon raised and pointed at Daniel, who is holding Miley with one arm. I can’t even breathe.
“Don’t be stupid,” Kellan tells Daniel. “You’re surrounded. You’re not getting out of here.”
“You are not taking my kids away from me,” Daniel hisses. “I’ll kill everyone in here first before I let that happen.”
