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CHAPTER
37
Archer
“We’ve searched everyhouse out here. There are no more.” Riker said, walking up with Slade as they met up with Dalton and myself.
“Where the fuck could they have taken her?” I asked with panic running its way through my veins.
“Excuse me?” All of us turned to see an old man walking a dog. “I couldn't help but overhear your conversation, you're looking for someone?”
“Yes. A woman was kidnapped by two men and another woman. Have you seen anyone like that around here?” Dalton asked.
Rubbing his chin as he thought about it for a moment, then his eyes suddenly grew big. “As a matter of fact, I did see two couples going into the old Stevenson place over on the back side of the lake when I was out for my walk yesterday. The two men were big guys and one woman had red hair.”
I charged forward. “Yes! Yes, that's them! Did you see a woman with brown hair and blonde highlights with them?”
“Yes. One of the men said something about his woman having too much to drink, so he had to carry her back to the house.”
“Where? Where is this house?” After the old man told us where to find it, we all hopped back in the SUV and took off.
Pulling onto the street, that the house was located on, we parked down the way just a bit after we spotted a car in the driveway. “She's got to be okay,” I prayed out loud, trying to reassure myself.
“Okay, let's have two in the front, two on the sides to the back. Archer, you, and Slade take the sides and back. Riker and I will crash the front door; hopefully sending them back your way. Check your weapons, be careful everyone, and stay alive.” Dalton instructed as we all got out of the vehicle and took our positions around the house. Hearing Dalton and Riker bust into the front side of the house, both Slade and I stayed on the sides of the house with our heads around the corner, watching for any runners. After a few seconds had passed, we saw no one. Making our way to the backdoor, we were just about to break it in when I heard Dalton and Riker yellall clearbefore Riker opened the backdoor. “No one seems to be here.” Dalton said.
Hearing what sounded like a clanging noise come from below us, we all went back on high alert. “I beg to differ,” I said in a low voice as we walked around, looking for a door.
Finding no doors to a cellar or basement, Slade said, “I think I saw an entrance on my side of the house when we were approaching. Come on, I'll show you.” We all filed outside and spotted a small box like set of doors under the stairs that led to the front porch. “There it is.”
Opening the door, I headed inside first down the rickety set of stairs, my gun drawn. As I got to the bottom, I spotted a light on and moved towards it. And that's when I saw my worst most darkest nightmare come true. “Oh God, no! No! Sloane! Oh God, please be okay, baby. Someone call 911!” I shouted out as I prayed that she was still alive. “Dalton! Dalton get down here now!” I yelled as I tossed Jared’s body off of hers. “Please God, please let her be okay.” Checking her pulse, it was there, but faint, and that's when I noticed the cuts on both of her wrists.
Hearing a gurgling like sound, my attention was drawn to Jared on the floor as I watched his eyes open and stare at me with a smirk of satisfaction on his face. “Y-you’re too late, she’s mine, n-now and f-forever.”
Moving quicker than I ever knew my body could, I found myself seconds later with my hands firmly gripped around his throat, taking from him what life was left in his eyes, as I watched it fade away. “You willneverhave her, you hear me?! She is Mine!” I shouted inches from his face before there was nothing left of him but a corpse.
Running down the stairs Dalton looked at me as I hovered over Jared’s lifeless body, then asked. “What's wrong with her? Does she have a pulse?”
