#0004 White Out by Calle J. Brookes

Author:Calle J. Brookes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lost River Lit Publishing, L.L.C.

Chapter 31

Mick knew exactly what that sound meant. His first thought was for his sister—and Paige. He jumped from his chair, far faster than Sebastian.

“Go!” Sebastian yelled.

Everyone sprang into action, though the locals probably didn’t know what the sound meant.

He beat Jacobs out into the snow by seconds. Smoke and screams filled the air. Mick picked up the pace, yelling his sister’s name.

For a moment, he didn’t see her or Paige. His heart almost stopped.

And then he saw them.

Right next to the burning car.

They were pulling a body through the snow.

He assumed it was Jon Mundy from the beat-up leather jacket he had been wearing.

Al and Paige rolled the kid into the snow, extinguishing the flames eating at that leather.

They were up. They were moving.

Some of the terror that had filled him lessened.

Until he got close enough to see the damage they’d both taken. And Mundy.

The kid wasn’t moving. “He alive?”

Mick fell to his knees and checked the kid’s vitals.

“I don’t know,” Paige said.

“How badly are the two of you hurt?”

“We’ll live,” came Al’s reply. “How is he?”

“He’s out. But breathing. We need an ambulance.”

“First responders are two blocks that way,” Jacobs said as he fell to his knees next to Mundy. “What happened?”

“He touched the door handle, and it went,” Al said.

“IED, most likely,” Jacobs said.

“You have many around here who could do that?”

“We have a higher number of vets around here. It’s a way out of the quarries. I’m one myself,” Jacobs said as he used his own coat to elevate Mundy’s feet. “It’s surprising how many in this area might have been able to do this.”

Mick cursed, as they all attempted what first aid they could. Paige was right next to him. Mick looked at her quickly.

The coat he’d picked up at the local farm supply store now had char holes over the front of it. Blood dripped from a cut on her forehead. His gaze darted toward Al.

A larger cut was at his sister’s temple. Hell, did the two of them always end up bloody?

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