Option to Kill (Nathan McBride 3) by Peterson Andrew

Author:Peterson, Andrew [Peterson, Andrew]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Published: 2012-09-06T04:00:00+00:00

Episode Five

Chapter 21

What Nathan saw caused rage, feral and deep.

Lying naked on the bed, a young Hispanic girl was blindfolded and gagged, with her wrists bound together. She’d obviously been assaulted multiple times.

The right side of her abdomen showed a fresh incision, secured by surgical staples.

Sitting on the bed next to her, a shirtless man held a can of beer, his face baring shock at the sudden intrusion. He dropped the can and reached for a nickel-plated .45, but not in time.

Nathan double-tapped him in the chest.

Suppressed, the subsonic rounds sounded like muffled firecrackers.

The guy grimaced and looked down at the raw holes before his head lolled to the side.

Nathan swung his SIG to the left.

The creep at the table dropped his food and held out his hands. “Voda said it was okay!”

“It’s not okay.” Nathan shot him in the throat.

The back of the guy’s neck exploded, spraying the wall beyond. His spinal cord severed, he fell forward and cracked his chin on the table.

Nathan tucked the SIG into his belt, pulled his Predator knife from its ankle sheath, and cut the rope binding the girl’s wrists. Pulling the bandanna from her mouth, he removed the blindfold.

She cringed away from him at the same time he heard movement in the bathroom.

Aiming a huge handgun, a third man appeared.

Nathan dived for cover beside the bed as the gun boomed. He sensed the bullet miss his head by inches.

The girl screamed.

The window shattered.

Lying on his side, he pulled his SIG and toggled the laser. From underneath the bed, he lined up on the man’s ankle and squeezed off a shot.

The man howled and cursed in Spanish.

Nathan fired again, destroying the guy’s other ankle.

His opponent collapsed to the floor, and for a brief instant, they locked eyes.

Nathan sent two bullets into the man’s rib cage before shooting his gun hand. Splattered with blood, the handgun slid across the bathroom’s linoleum and thumped against the wall.

Still screaming, the girl ran for the open door.

Nathan stuck out his foot and tripped her.

With no other choice, he wrapped his left arm around her waist. “I’m not going to hurt you!” he said in Spanish. “You’re safe now.”

Eyes wild, she struggled like a panicked cat, trying to twist free. When she attempted to bite his arm, he dropped his gun and locked her in a nelson.

“I’m here to rescue you!”

She stopped struggling and held still.

“That’s right, you’re safe now. Calm down.” This poor girl had been hysterical with fear, understandable given what she’d just endured. “I need you to get dressed as quickly as you can. Do you understand me?”

She nodded tightly.

He released her from the nelson but kept a firm grip on her arm. He didn’t want her bolting from the room.

“Do you speak English?” he asked, still in Spanish.

“No.”

Nathan pointed at the dead men. “They’ll never hurt you again.” He knew that telling her this would be an important step in her recovery. With the girl in tow, he hurried around the bed to assess the third man’s condition and check him for ID.

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