A Bullet Between Us: The Moretti Crime Family by K. Dosal

Author:K. Dosal [Dosal, K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781735884516
Publisher: K. Dosal Books
Published: 2021-05-25T18:30:00+00:00

Sleep wouldn’t come, and even with Davina’s bare body pressed on mine in a peaceful sleep, my mind raced. I thought about all the scenarios of how I could help keep her safe. Each solution always held the same answer—I couldn’t.

While the moon shone over her half-covered silhouette, I watched her face, watched the scar that was still too sensitive to touch. It’ll fade, eventually, but for now, the long and bulgy tissue still did its damage.

She’d wondered if I saw her differently, and I lied when I said I didn’t, because it wasn’t the way she thought I would.

I saw her strength. But mostly, I saw my way of growing more devoted to her.

The faint sound of wood creaking downstairs put my body in full alert.

This house was not meant to make a sound unless someone was here. It didn’t settle in the middle of the night or during the day like Davina’s did. No, my house was meant to tell when someone was here uninvited.

I sat up quickly. Quietly, I dressed in a pair of loose shorts, a tee, and picked up two guns and a knife from the dresser.

“Davina!” I whisper-shouted her name, causing her to stir. The sound downstairs grew and it had to be more than one person inside as doors creaked open in opposite parts of the house.

Shit.

“Davina!” I shook her body gently and traced my fingertips over her face to calmly wake her without bringing her in a state of panic. The whites of her eyes had let me know she caught on quickly to my rigid body next to the bed and over hers. “Listen to me very quickly. You need to hide inside the closet for a while. Do not come out, and if you hear someone is about to open it… you shoot,” I rushed out, placing a gun next to her hands. “It’s loaded, cocked, and ready. All you have to do is pull the trigger. Don’t think.”

Davina rose from the bed, and the sheets fell. Reaching to the nightstand drawer, I grabbed a pair of boxers and a white tee for her to wear.

“Here, hurry.”

“But…” Her chest began to heave with the clothes in her hands.

“We don’t have time. Change in the closet and hold tightly to the gun.”

I could hear whispers at the bottom of the staircase before it went silent.

Davina tip-toed toward the closet, lines on her forehead and fright in her face. She stepped inside, and quickly dressed. She stared down at the gun that shook in her hand, and her horror-filled eyes brimmed with unshed tears.

“Call Viktor. Be short and quiet,” I ordered and handed her my phone. Tears spilled from her doe eyes, and I hated to see the panic and fear inside.

I kissed her, hard and deep, before my forehead met hers.

“Don’t be afraid, I’ll be back for you shortly. But, if you hear footsteps and not my voice,” I covered my hands over her shaking fingers that held my gun, “Don’t think.

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