Smolder Road (Scorch Series Romance Thriller Book 6) by Neal Toby & Kimelman Emily

Author:Neal, Toby & Kimelman, Emily [Neal, Toby]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

Roan

I hold the walkie tight in a sticky, blood-spattered hand as I move deeper into the mine. I’m not sure where the infirmary is, but I’ll find it. She’s so close that I can almost smell that strawberry shampoo she loves.

I’m thankful the brothers let me be the one to go in after Lucy. It shows that they understand my commitment to make things right…and have probably guessed that I love the girl, damn it.

The rush of boots ahead moves me into the shadow of one of the heavy support beams. Behind me, I hear gunfire and shouts from the battle between the Lucianos and Kane’s men. But nothing is as loud as the rush of blood in my ears. Thought is a mere flicker, and reflex is everything.

Six men run by my feeble hiding place, no formation, all their attention on getting to the entrance. But the last one turns his shaved head, and spots me.

The report from my Glock is deafening. I fire five times before anyone shoots back, and that slug goes wide, taking out the lights.

Darkness falls like my grandfather’s fist slamming into my head.

There’s still one man alive.

I stand silent, Glock in one hand, hatchet in the other, waiting.

Panicked breathing and stumbling footsteps announce the skinhead’s location as clearly as if he glowed. Terror infuses his voice as he calls out the names of the men I shot: “Tommy? Billy Ray? Jedidiah? Pete? Somebody answer me!”

I’ll let the poor bastard live.

But the stupid shitkicker turns on a flashlight, and he catches me in the harsh white beam. I throw the axe into the brightness before he can get off a shot.

He falls with a guttural cry, and the flashlight arcs through the black like a light saber, landing and rolling to point a way down the tunnel.

I yank the hatchet loose from his corpse and continue. One hand on the wall, I glide through the darkness like a canoe moving through water. I left Shadow outside, and as I reach the stairs, I miss the wolf’s familiar presence, his eyes and ears—but he’s too much of a target in a situation like this, and I wouldn’t want him hurt.

As I jog down steps, the walls get increasingly wet, weeping moisture that’s freezing cold on my fingertips.

Some sort of illumination casts a warm glow on the next floor. I turn into a hall lined with doors. I slide along the damp wall, ghosting quiet, just like when I’m hunting in the deep woods. Two slumped shapes coalesce into dead bodies. She’s got to be here somewhere.

Make some noise, let me know where you are, Lucy!

As if she’s reading my mind, I hear a scuffle and a cry from the doorway emitting light—must be the infirmary.

I pull a fresh magazine from my pocket and ram it into the Glock as I approach the doorway.

Lucy wrestles with a wiry man inside a white-painted room filled with medical shit. My vision’s blown from the transition out of the dark, but my eyes focus quickly.

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