Serpenti by Brooke Sivendra

Author:Brooke Sivendra [Sivendra, Brooke]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Brooke Sivendra

Reed

Reed drew a deep breath as he took a few steps backward. Then he sprinted the short length of the balcony and hurdled over the railing, catching the neighboring balcony. He swung hard, crashing into the balcony footings. He winced as his hip hit the concrete but he knew he didn’t have a second to waste.

With a deep breath, he hauled himself up and landed on the balcony like a cat. The doors opened and Reed stood with his pistol pointed. The man’s eyes doubled in size as he came to a halt.

Someone inside spoke a language Reed didn’t understand. The voice was calm, but Reed could tell the moment they realized they had a guest.

People inside began shouting and Reed charged forward, grabbing the man who had walked through the doors. He put up a fight and Reed narrowly missed a job to the cheek, but he was no match for Reed. Reed landed one blow to the man’s nose and a lighter one to his cheek; within seconds he had him subdued. That was his goal—Reed could kill a man with a punch, but that wasn’t his aim, not right now.

Reed brought his pistol to the man’s temple. “Now you’ll find out how loyal your friends are,” he said in the man’s ear.

He fought again, but Reed’s iron grip was relentless.

Inside the apartment, Reed’s eyes swept over the setup and straightaway knew this was a temporary control center of sorts, and he’d need to move fast if he wanted answers. The man’s friends had already proved how loyal they were—they’d run, leaving behind their friend.

Reed tightened his arm around the man’s neck, fighting against him until he went limp. He could hear voices below, and the fact that they hadn’t left the building told Reed they didn’t want to leave anything behind.

He sprinted in the direction of the voices, which were becoming more frantic by the second. A man ran out of a room directly in front of him, and Reed fired his pistol without hesitation, hitting the man in the leg. He howled as he fell and Reed delivered a lethal shot to his chest—his goal might not be to kill, but he wasn’t stupid, and he wasn’t letting that guy get back up. A door behind him slammed and Reed turned, his weapon poised. He crept forward, his eyes checking the open rooms as he did. Each room was a mess, but not the kind of mess that resulted from a ransacking. It was the kind of mess that told Reed they’d been stationed there for weeks, likely months. This setup wasn’t recent. He noted the bland white walls and stained gray carpet.

He paused at the door he’d heard slam. He heard muffled voices, but he couldn’t make out what was being said. Something sounded like it was being dragged and Reed’s pulse hitched. He kicked the door open before whatever piece of furniture they were dragging blocked him out. Bullets greeted him and hit the hallway wall across from the door.

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