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Another fucking nightmare I get to live.
I wait for myself to jerk awake as the earth disappears beneath me. Instead, air wooshes up to expose my panties and bruised body. A silent scream contracts my throat as I plummet through the early morning light.
Chapter 10
Amiri
"This looks like the gates of an awful fucking horror movie."
I roll my eyes at Ryan's description of the forest in front of us. I can see the car tracks very clearly, but how far did Kyle manage to get in the mangled mess of dead trees and brush?
"Oh my God, the creatures in there." He turns wide-eyed to Kor standing beside him. He, too, rolls his eyes and uncrosses his arms before whacking Ryan upside the head.
Grumbling to himself, Ry rubs his hand through his mess of blonde hair on his way to Nolan. "He hit me." I can't help the snort that slips free when Nol also rolls his eyes from his crouched position.
Ryan's huff makes us all grin a little, the humor breaking some of the tension. Until he speaks again.
"I'm just saying...it looks like the branches are about to come alive and eat us."
"Smith." The sharp demand from Detective Brown has our smiles slipping away. Standing straight, he silently has us all convene around him, waiting for direction.
Police cars and other search parties are also gearing up around us, creating their own plan. This time, we get to take the lead.
"Right. I'm not sure how far we are going to make it in there with our vehicles. But that is how we are starting. I have some people stocking up the cars with hiking shit and extra food." Smith sighs before continuing, "That being said, I have no idea what we are going to find in there."
He eyes us, and my own narrow in return. Standing firm in front of him, I don't waver at their assessing gaze. I'm sick of them waiting for us to cower. Eve is in those damn woods, and we are going in.
"Do you know how to shoot?"
I'm shocked by Brown's question, but we all give her nods. It was something we learned how to do together a couple of years back. Nolan went through a paranoid phase about losing us, so we took the classes.
"Great. Take these." she hands us each our own Glock and holsters. "We will drive in first; you will follow. The rest of the teams will fan out behind us while also covering more ground. Many will be on foot as well, so stay sharp. You probably won't notice them since they will be coming in after us."
With the holsters strapped to our hips, and our Glocks secured, we soak in the information. We can't fuck this up.
The next thing handed out is a handful of walkie-talkies, one for each of us. "I'm not sure what cell signal will be like in there, especially the further we get, so don't lose these." Brown's voice is stern. I can't help but be thankful she's on our side.
Looking around the dusty ditch, my tummy flips at everyone who came out to help. Volunteers are organizing hiking packs, and officers are planning out routes; so many people have come to help Eve.
Smith told us that there is no marked exit from this trail, so the only option we have is to go in with everything we got and hope to fuck our girl is in there and unharmed.
I'm not stupid enough to think she isn't hurt; I just can't think about how bad right now.
"Oh, and this is super important, so pay attention." Spinning my head back around, I cringe a little when Smith gives me the stink eye, clearly picking up on the fact that I zoned out.
"One of the big reasons we don't know where this shitty road ends is because of the cliffs a few miles south. So please, be careful where you drive and where you step."
"I'm sorry...did you say fucking cliffs?" Ryan's voice is incredulous. I would assume that he was just being silly again, yet when I get a look at his face, all the blood has drained away.
"Yes, we are fairly close to New Mexico at this point, too, just so you know," Smith adds the tidbit of information like it matters right now.
"You said these cliffs are a few miles south?" Nolan asks gently while eyeing his boyfriend, who has begun to pace.
"Yes," Brown draws the word out like she's talking to a toddler.
"Eve is in there!" Ryan snaps, losing his cool and tossing his hands in the air.
"Yes," Smith confirms.
