Code Name: Omega (Jameson Force Security Book 10) by Sawyer Bennett

Author:Sawyer Bennett [Bennett, Sawyer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Big Dog Books, LLC
Published: 2022-08-15T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

Abby

“Abby!” Kellen roars, his voice filled with panic and terror.

I had been lifting a pair of pajamas from my dresser, but I drop them and fly out of my bedroom.

Kellen almost collides with me as he runs through the living room, throwing the front door open with such force, the glass panes rattle violently when the knob strikes the wall. “The barn’s on fire!”

He disappears out the door, and I follow immediately. As soon as I hit the bottom of the outdoor staircase, I smell smoke. I round the back of the house, and my body goes ice-cold upon seeing the flames shoot through the roof.

“Oh, Jesus,” I moan. Where I get the presence of mind, I don’t now, but I grab my phone out of my side pocket as I run, pausing only to unlock the screen to dial 9-1-1.

I’m giving the dispatcher the address as I reach the doors that Kellen threw open on the south end. I almost go numb upon realizing the entire barn is filled with smoke so thick, I can’t see where he went.

The horses shriek in terror, and I can hear them striking at their stall doors. I shove my phone back in my pocket with the dispatcher still talking and rush inside.

“Kellen!” I scream, just as Foxy, a chestnut Tennessee walking horse that Dr. Schoen rescued a decade ago, flies at me through the smoke. I jump to the side, catching a glimpse of wild, rolling eyes as she gallops away from the stable. God, I hope she stays on the property, but getting her safely into the paddock isn’t first on my mind. It’s finding Kellen and freeing the other three horses.

Flames run up the east wall, burning through the roof where the hay is stored in the loft on that side. It’s pure fuel.

I hook my shirt over my nose, hoping to keep some of the smoke out of my lungs, but it’s so thick, I’m already choking on it.

I can barely see, and my eyes sting. I scream again for Kellen, and he answers, “Over here.”

I spin around… I don’t know where here is, but the kick of a horse against wood echoes through the crackle of fire. I blindly feel my way there rather than trying to locate Kellen.

At Nocturnal’s stall, I lift the latch and pull it open. I can’t see anything but his hulking frame as he jumps nervously side to side. I slide into the stall, slap his haunches, and yell, “Yah! Yah! Go, Noc, go!”

He bolts out, veering right and following Foxy’s path to freedom. I step out of Noc’s stall and am almost barreled over by Elsa, a sweet, dappled gray pony that used to be a lesson horse but now has gotten fat and happy in retirement. I’ve never seen her move so fast, but that’s three of the four horses out.

My heart slams against my breastbone—Lunar’s stall is at the end on the side where it’s burning the hottest.

I stumble blindly through the smoke.

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