Page 90 of The Woman with the Warning

I didn’t overthink it then as the adrenaline surged through me, making me suddenly hot, and hyperaware of my surroundings.

Enough that I avoided that one creaky floorboard in the hallway.

There was no one in the living room, or the dining room.

But then, right there in the doorway of the kitchen, was a sight that made my blood ignite.

Warren.

With his gun raised.

A sick grin pulling at his face.

I didn’t have to stop to think who he was grinning at. Who he was aiming at.

Maybe my instinct then should have been to run. To go grab my son, crush him to my chest, and make a mad dash to the door.

It was right then, though, that I learned that when push came to shove, my instinct leaned a little more heavily toward fight than flight.

I didn’t even know where the speed came from, because I would swear I crossed the entire dining room in half a blink.

My arms were outstretched already as my gaze landed on Aurelio, his face pale and twisted up in pain.

Was he already shot?

Was I too late?

“No!” I screamed, shoving my full force into Warren, sending him flying.

But not before his finger could go to the trigger one more time.

Not before the bullet went soaring through the air, and lodging in Aurelio, the blood spurting out, impossibly red.

“No!” I cried out as this good, kind, amazing, strong man started to fall.

Right down to his knees.

Then onto his butt.

The light flickering out in his gorgeous eyes.

“No no no no no!” I screamed, watching Warren’s hand reach for his gun again.

I didn’t stop to think twice.

That fire that had ignited in my blood at seeing Warren in the safe house spread into a raging wildfire that burned through me as I yanked up my leg, then slammed down my foot with every bit of fear and rage and grief in my body.

A howl escaped Warren when the sounds of the bones crunching in his hand met my ears.

I wasn’t even aware of the pain that must have ricocheted up my foot and leg.

All I knew was the gun flew across the kitchen.

Too far to reach before Warren recovered.

And, damnit, I couldn’t allow that.

For him to get up.

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