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“Don’t even fucking twitch!” Nico growled as the guys came barreling through the back and pointed their guns at Edward’s back.
“How the fuck did you find me?” Edward cried, clearly scared by our abrupt arrival.
“You fucked with the wrong guys this time, asshole!” Kai spat back at him. “Where’s Willow?”
“Fuck you!” Edward hissed. He moved for the gun at his side and Nico, Kai, and I all fired instantly. Three shots center mass and he was gone. The sound of the bullets instantly took me back to the day I lost Ev. I could feel him in my arms as bullets flew all around us. I could feel his blood soaked hand clutched in mine as he slipped away from me.
“Cam?” A hand landed on my shoulder, pulling me back and I blinked rapidly until Kai stood before me.
“I’m good,” I assured him, then I forced a breath in. “I’m good.” I put my hand on his shoulder in thanks for him pulling me back.
“Find Willow. She has to be here,” Hunter barked. I turned to where Edward was now slumped in the chair, and saw Nico grabbing his cell from the floor and pocketing it.
“Grab anything the FBI could use for their case. I have a contact we can use to clean this up,” he told us all.
We started to fan out to search the shit hole, but paused when we heard movement outside. Nico backed up, raising his gun, as we all took defensive positions.
The footsteps were coming towards us fast and we all braced for there being more fuckers with this waste of space. I tried hard to ground myself, determined not to slip away at the sound of bullets this time. I needed to be here, to protect my brothers and Willow, who was likely in one of the rooms at my back. I couldn’t fuck this up.
The footsteps pounded up the porch steps and Nico stepped forward with his gun raised, the rest of us at his back.
“Fuck!” Nico hissed as he lowered his gun quickly, just as a scream broke out from outside. A scream I recognized. “What the fuck, Maddie?” Nico growled.
“It’s me! It’s me!” Maddie cried, like she feared Nico would make the mistake of shooting her, clearly panicking and terrified.
“I know, sweetheart. I know,” Nico soothed as he hurried over and pulled her into his arms. “That’s why I lowered the gun. It’s okay.”
“Fuck, Maddie. You’re fucking fast!” Tyler appeared behind her, doubling over to rest his hands on his knees as he panted hard.
“Great work, pretty boy!” Nico teased him.
“She’s so fucking fast, Nic. I couldn’t catch her,” Tyler gasped.
“What the hell, Maddie? We could have shot you!” Hunter raged, and I knew why he was angry. My heart was still pounding from the sound of her screaming as she had.
“I’m sorry. I…I know I promised, but then I heard the shots and I panicked. Where’s Willow? Is she okay? Please tell me she’s okay!”
“We haven’t found her yet. We need to search this place,” Nico explained. At hearing that Maddie pulled out of Nico’s arms and stormed inside, only stopping when she saw Edward’s slumped body. She froze, slamming her hand over her mouth.
“Is he…is he dead?” she asked as she looked to me.
“Yeah. He went for his gun,” I replied.
“Good. You’re all okay?” she asked as she looked between us all.
“We’re all good, sunshine,” Kai assured her. She nodded, then moved forward as she called for her daughter with determination.
“You’ve got yourselves a good one there,” Lincoln laughed as he slapped Nico on the back.
“We know,” Hunter agreed as he looked to me with a grin. “Let’s find our kid and get out of here,” he added. I couldn’t have agreed more.
MADDIE
“WILLOW!” I called as loud as I could as I ploughed through the filthy, dilapidated house. The guys were right behind me, but they stayed quiet, allowing me to be the one calling out for her, and listening carefully for any reply. But no reply came, which terrified me. Willow would call out to me if she heard me, I knew she would.
I went through two bedrooms, ripping open the closets and calling for my daughter over and over, but the rooms were empty, and there was no sign she had been in either.
“Where is she?” I cried as I came out into the dark hall way and ploughed into Kai.
