Safe at Hawk's Landing by Rita Herron

Author:Rita Herron
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-10-13T13:09:20+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Where the hell was Bronson?

Lucas glanced in the deputy’s car, but Bronson wasn’t inside. He scanned left and right, then spotted him lying face down near the porch, his body half-hidden by the bushes.

He stooped down and eased toward him, then felt for a pulse.

Low but thready.

He quickly checked for injuries—a nasty gash on the back of his head. He turned over his body. No bullet wounds.

The bushes rustled to the right, and he spotted the shadow again. Men were going through the back door.

He punched 911, then gave them the address and shoved his phone in his pocket. Slowly he inched around the side of the house, careful not to make noise. If he could catch these guys alive, he could force them to tell him where the girls were.

Inside the house, a light glowed in the kitchen, but no other lights were on. Did Charlotte know there were men outside? Was she in the kitchen?

He inched closer to the kitchen window, but Rebecca had closed the shutters and it was difficult to see inside. Charlotte could already be in bed.

He mentally recalled the layout of the house. The master bedroom was on the opposite side of the house from the kitchen.

A noise made him quicken his pace. One of the men was inside.

Dammit.

He closed the distance to the back deck. The door to the inside was ajar. The dead bolt hadn’t stopped the bastard or even slowed him down.

He eased toward the steps, but leaves rustled behind him and the barrel of a gun dug into his back. “You’re not going to stop us,” a man growled.

Lucas froze. Dead, he couldn’t save Charlotte. But he sure as hell didn’t intend to let this bastard stop him.

“Leave her alone. She can’t identify you.”

“Orders. We never leave witnesses behind.”

Lucas didn’t hesitate. He spun around, jerked the gun into the air and slammed his fist into the man’s stomach. Rock-hard. Muscular.

He might be ex-military.

The gun went off, the bullet hitting the porch rail. The man fought back, threw his leg up and kicked Lucas in the knees. Pain knifed through him, and he dropped to the porch floor, struggling for air.

Dammit, he didn’t have time to waste. His assailant lowered the gun again and aimed it at Lucas. He quickly rolled to the side to dodge the bullet then raised his own weapon and fired.

The bullet caught the man in the chest. His eyes widened as he realized he’d been hit, then he charged toward Lucas with a rage-filled roar.

Lucas fired again, then again. A bullet pierced the man dead center in his heart. Blood gushed and the man collapsed on the porch then tumbled down the steps and landed in the bushes.

Lucas kept his eyes trained on the bastard as he grabbed the man’s weapon and tucked it in his jeans.

There was still one man inside. He couldn’t let him hurt Charlotte.

Gritting his teeth at the throbbing in his left knee, he grabbed the railing and dragged himself up then staggered through the door.

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