Addicted by Elle Kennedy

Author:Elle Kennedy
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2016-05-05T09:50:21+00:00

14

“Well, lookee here,” one of the bandits drawled. “Aren’t you a pretty little thing?”

Jamie’s gun snapped up, her pulse racing as the men rose to their feet.

Despite their various heights and builds, they all had one thing in common: they were garbage people, with tattered clothing, unkempt hair and beards, and greedy eyes. Instead of forming communities and trying to keep the peace, bandits operated on a take mentality. They stole from other outlaws. They raped their women. They killed without remorse.

Their existence had always made Jamie furious. There had to be some sort of rules in this world, some semblance of civility, some shred of humanity. But men like these were savages. They only cared about themselves. Their next meal, their survival, their cocks . . .

“Aw, put that gun down, sweetheart,” a man with a bushy red beard coaxed. He looked delighted to see her standing there. “We’re not going to hurt you.”

“No,” another one agreed. When he flashed a smile, she noticed that three of his front teeth were missing. “We just want to be friends.”

“Don’t come any closer,” she hissed when two of them stepped toward her.

They didn’t listen. They kept approaching.

She clicked off the safety and cocked her gun. The pair of them froze, but they were still smiling.

“Do you even know how to shoot that thing, honey?” Red Beard asked with a chuckle.

“Damn right I do. And I’ll shoot your goddamn balls off if you come near me.”

She lowered her aim to his groin, carefully edging backward. Her heart was pounding even louder now, because there was no fear thickening the air. Not on their parts, anyway. They seemed entertained by the fact that she was pointing a gun at them. And the hunger in their expressions was unmistakable.

“Aaron,” she heard one of them murmur.

And then a bandit with a shaved head lunged forward.

Jamie didn’t hesitate. She whipped her gun toward him and fired a shot. The bullet hit him in the chest, and the stocky man hit the grass with an agonized shout.

All hell broke loose before the crack of the gunshot even faded away. Without glancing at their fallen comrade, the other men attacked like a swarm of angry hornets. Jamie fired again, but she couldn’t hit six men at once, damn it. She shot one in the shoulder and another one in the leg before the gun was wrenched out of her hand and she was falling to the ground.

A heavy body landed on top of her, two meaty hands going for her throat. She batted at her attacker with one fist while her other hand slid down to her waistband. “Get the hell off me!” she roared as she fumbled to unsheathe her knife. Fuck. Her fingers were slippery from fear and sweat.

Still pounding her fist against the man’s jaw, she managed to clasp the handle and pull the knife out. One upward slice and the blade was lodged in the side of the bandit’s neck. A wave of blood gushed out, soaking her face.

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