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“Hold on, baby.”
As we sprinted across the room, I could barely make out the figure running next to us, KA-BAR in hand, binds falling off his long skinny limbs piece by piece.
The house exploded the moment we jumped out the window, the blast so loud, so earth-shattering, I saw stars.
35
Sophia
My ears rang from the explosion. My focus was blurred. I felt confused and disoriented, but safe knowing I was in Justin’s arms. Through the ringing in my ears, I could barely discern the urgent conversation above me.
“Are you okay? Brother, are you okay?” Justin’s voice.
“You’ve been shot.” This from Nate.
“Flesh wound. I’m fine.”
“Are you sure—”
“I’m fine.”
“Holy shit, man. I can’t believe you’re here. You found me. What the hell did you do to your face?”
“That’s a story for another time. You’re scarred too—everywhere.”
“Yeah, the asshole liked to drag his knife down my skin. Jesus, man, I can’t believe you remembered our code. I can’t believe you could read my signal—”
“I looked at your fingers the second I realized it was you. You flashed me the code forfight. So, I did. You fought good, brother.”
“You saved my life.”
“Nate, I’m so sorry—”
“No. Don’t do that. Not right now. For now, we’ve got to get Viktor before he disappears. Did you see which way he ran?”
“Yes. I need you to stay here and watch Sophia. Here’s my gun. I’ll be back.”
“Where are you going?”
“To finish this.”
“Godspeed, brother. Godspeed.”
36
Justin
Iran like a crazed animal through the woods, the hilt of my knife gripped in one hand, the blade slashing violently through the ice-cold air. I couldn’t even feel my gunshot wound.
Like a lion on the hunt, I’d gone savage, blindly chasing my target with no regard to consequence or self-preservation. In that moment, my sole purpose for living was to hunt down the man who’d raped my woman and tortured my brother.
I was completely out of my mind.
I ran parallel to the manicured path that led to the boat slip at the bottom of the cliff, where I knew Viktor would be. Running like the pussy he was.
Through the darkness, the lights of the boat clicked on.
Like a shark smelling blood, I pressed faster, flying over the terrain, kicking up clouds of snow in my wake. My heart roared, my lungs burned, my fingers tingled with that insatiable urge to kill, to take, to end life.
