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“Curl up on the stair, arms over your head,” I whispered the command to Callista who nodded and did exactly that.
Levi and I leapt out and started firing. The two men had no time to react. We aimed for the legs and heads; Levi going low and me high. The attackers fell instantly.
A third masked man popped out from one of the bedrooms and fired at us. Levi dove and filled the bastard’s legs with buckshot, and I ducked back into the top of the stairs, shooting from behind the wall. I hit the intruder directly in the left eye, and he crumbled to the ground half in the bedroom and half out.
Sudden fiery pain exploded in my left shoulder as blood splattered on my face. I fell into the upstairs hall, dropping my Glock.
I’d been shot.
Twisting my head, I spied two more masked men climbing the stairs. One of them nabbed Callista around the waist. No. I would kill that mother-fucker for touching her!
She screamed, kicking and fighting, but he didn’t loosen his grip as he raced back down the stairs.
His buddy covered for him, shooting at me again. I rolled, avoiding the blazing bullets. My heart thundered and my vision turned red. I was going to kill them all.
Levi charged and jumped over me. He shot at the bastard in the air, just nicking his side. The two of them exchanged a flurry of blows as I yanked my other gun from my pocket.
They were a blur. The assailant was every bit of a master at martial arts as Levi, but he missed a stair and stumbled. I shot him in the neck as Levi bashed his face in.
Callista.
I bolted up, the world swimming. Outside the thumping whirl of helicopter blades had me pushing forward even when my balance wasn’t back yet. They were going to take Callista. I couldn’t let them get away.
Levi caught me as I fell forward. His hands slipped on me, barely holding me up. Blood coated my arm and torso. “I got you, mate.”
A pair of masked men ran to the bottom of the stairs and raised their guns.
It wasn’t my life that flashed before my eyes. It was the one I wanted to have with Callista. Her beautiful smile, moaning beneath me as I knotted in her, gorgeous and full with our baby. I desperately wanted it all, but those guns said another thing.
Two cracks from behind us and the gunmen toppled over. I glanced back to see Kathryn still holding her weapon at the ready.
“Go save her!” She shouted and kicked one of the attackers’ bodies in the hall. The man groaned, and she shot him in the back, silencing him. “They’re getting in the helicopter!”
“Come on!” Levi didn’t wait for me to reply. He dragged me along with him as we sprinted to the door and into the yard.
My head was woozy and feeling too light, but anger fueled me. They were taking what was mine.
The helicopter had already lifted off the ground as we burst through the door. We started to fire, but one of the men onboard had a machine gun and strafed the front porch. Levi yanked me back inside, and we fell on the floor beside the entranceway.
They were getting away! We had to risk getting shot. We couldn’t let them take Callista.
I scrambled to stand. Outside, Van’s battle cry rose above the noise of the helicopter.
Looking out, I could see him placing a rocket launcher on his shoulder. Fuck! “NO! Van! Don’t shoot!”
Levi was bellowing beside me. “Callista’s in the helicopter!” He ran toward our friend. “Callista’s in the copter!”
Van heard him just as he readied the rocket. His dirty and bloodied face went red with fury. He roared at the retreating helicopter, but didn’t shoot. Thank fucking God he didn’t fire on them.
“Get me,” I coughed and used the wall to help myself stand. “Get me to the plane. We’ll follow them.”
Van and Levi were already running back to me. We would not let those fuckers get away. I would not lose Callista.
Chapter Twenty-Six
They put a black bag over my head. I was scared before, but when they turned my world dark, I was petrified. My screams didn’t matter. They were drowned out by the gunfire and helicopter. My tears only served to make the bag stick to my face.
Someone yanked me backward and buckled me into a seat. He then bound my wrists with a pair of zip tie restraints. My slick had wet my inner thighs, and the ache for my Alphas took a firmer hold, but there was nothing I could do about it. I’d thought they were going to kill all of us, but this was worse.
