A Dirty Lion by Faye Byrd

Author:Faye Byrd [Byrd, Faye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

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Randi

Shit. Shit. Shit.

I look between my nearly passed out father and a sexy gun-wielding Enzo, wondering how the fuck I got here and what the hell’s going to happen next. Jack thinks he’s going to take me, but that’ll only happen over my dead body. I’m too fucking young to die. There’s so much life left to live. I have a nursing degree to obtain and people to help—a father to get sober and a Lion to tame.

How am I going to do any of that if I’m dead?

Pulling the clip from Rodney’s shotgun, I check the number of rounds—seven—and attach it back into place before opening the 12-gauge and seeing it has three shells. Ten fucking rounds and a father who’s unable to hold a weapon, much less shoot it.

My semi-panicked eyes connect with Enzo’s, and he motions behind us as the sound of metal crunching comes from outside. “Is there a back door through there?” he whispers, pointing toward the kitchen and visibly wincing as the metal grates again. “I need to lure them away.”

“No!” I grab his arm, holding on for dear life. “You can’t leave us in here alone.”

“Randi,” he says lowly, palming my cheek. “I’ll never let them get to you. That’s why you need to let me go. Do you know how to shoot that riot gun?”

“I’ve shot it at the range.” I nod, my heart pounding. “Once.”

“You’re a natural badass, babe.” He laughs, his pretty lips lifting at the corners. “I have no doubt you can handle it, or I wouldn’t leave you in here alone. There can’t be any more than five or six men out there, and I can take them, but I need the element of surprise.”

“What if there’s someone waiting for you to come out?” I ask, terrified to watch him leave me.

“There will be,” he replies, his expression serious as he holds my steady gaze. “But this is what I do, babe, and I’m good at it. These motherfuckers don’t stand a chance. I only hope I can get my hands on Jackoff before he realizes the trouble he’s in.”

“What’s going on?” Rodney mumbles, lifting his head.

Enzo slugs him, knocking him out, and I gasp. “What did you do that for?”

“It’s for the best if you want him to live,” he says as a loud bang echoes from the front door. “I have to go.” He grabs my face and kisses me hard. “Kill anyone who enters this room.”

I nod, grabbing his arm as he starts to shuffle away. “Don’t think you can get out of our talk by getting yourself killed.”

He smirks. “Wouldn’t dream of it.”

And he’s gone, through the kitchen and out of my sight. I refocus my attention on the banging that’s coming from the front door and wince when it splinters, ducking behind the sofa and taking several deep breaths. Gunfire erupts from outside, and I think I hear the distinct rumble of a Harley racing away, but I don’t have time to be sure as a hulking body is tearing its way through the splintered wood of our front door.

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