Awakening by Caris Roane

Author:Caris Roane [Roane, Caris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: paranormal romance
Publisher: Twin Bridges Creations LLC
Published: 2014-12-07T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOUR

The soul

Yields every answer.

Collected Proverbs – Beatrice of Fourth

Wreckers.

Think.

They were usually men.

And she was naked.

That was a good start.

Mentally, she reached back to Apache Junction Two and the shooting range. She located the wrecking gun and a box of ammo. Holding out her hand, she folded each to her and with fingers that shook, she loaded both barrels.

The rumbling got louder. She only had seconds.

She slid the ammo beneath the bed, out of sight.

Staying close to Duncan, she rose to her feet but held the wrecking gun behind her right thigh; sawed-off worked.

The next moment, the wall that led into the living area of Duncan’s home exploded. She covered her face with her arm, but the initial break-through blast didn’t send shrapnel far. The second round would, though.

Two wreckers stood fifteen feet away, slack-jawed as they looked her up and down. She lifted her chin and drew her shoulders back to let them get a good look. She couldn’t believe she was going to do this, but Luken’s team needed more guns and she needed to protect herself and Duncan.

Each wrecker slowly lowered his weapon. She didn’t mistake the look in their eyes as they jumped the two-foot distance from the darkening grid to Duncan’s bedroom floor.

“What do you want?” she asked, a hand to her chest. It was the question all victims asked, as though it wasn’t obvious what the perpetrators were after. She trembled as much from the terrifying nature of facing warriors with guns in hand as from her fear they wouldn’t fall for her ruse.

In this case, the left wrecker smiled at the other. “This should be fun, but I’m going first.”

The other laughed. “Second works. She’ll fight harder.”

Sometimes, men were idiots.

Rachel wanted to distract the men a little more because she needed enough time to get the gun to her shoulder before they understood what she was doing. Without that extra second or two, they’d each have enough time to raise their weapons and return fire. “Do you like the lake?” she asked. She gestured toward the windows.

Both men fell for it and shifted slightly to look out at the dark body of water, lights glimmering from the homes on the opposite bank.

She lifted her gun at the same time and fired, taking the first wrecker down. The second man was raising his gun when she unloaded the second barrel. He flew backward several feet, but didn’t get his shot off.

Despite the huge spray of blood and flesh, she scrambled to find their weapons. Gathering them up, she laid hers and theirs on top of Duncan in a row, then slid into her dress. She could hear footsteps running along the grid. Maybe it would be the Third Earth clean-up crew, or more wreckers, but she wasn’t going to wait around to find out.

She stood next to Duncan and as before, she folded both of them back to the Apache Junction Two landing platforms.

~ ~ ~

Endelle stood in her private suite of rooms, off the main palace rotunda, and narrowed her eyes at Rachel.

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