Strike Force (Courage Under Fire Book 1) by Mary Alford

Author:Mary Alford [Alford, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

The explosion ripped through the cabin so quickly Sidney barely had time to realize what happened before she was propelled through the air. Thick smoke boiled from the fiery furnace that was this cabin moments earlier. With her hearing momentarily gone, Sidney squinted through the smoke and spotted Kaiden lying on the ground near the fire. Beside him, Hernandez lay in a crumpled mass. Neither man was moving. Nearby, Lincoln slowly came to.

“Kaiden,” Sidney yelled without hearing herself and ran to his side on wobbly legs. Her bad feeling had become a reality.

Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Will to her left. He was slowly standing. Sidney dropped to her knees and shook Kaiden without response. His shirt was covered in blood. A piece of wood had splintered from the cabin and lodged in Kaiden’s side beneath the vest. She leaned in to examine it.

He moaned and his eyes opened. Met hers.

“You’re okay.” She sought to reassure him. Her ears began to ring as her hearing returned.

Kaiden tried to pull out the piece of wood but she stopped him. “Leave it. It might be keeping you from bleeding out.”

“Oviok’s on his way to get us,” Will said once he finished speaking into his shoulder mic. “He’ll meet us at the road ahead. We have to get Kaiden and Hernandez out there. Lincoln, help me with him. Kaiden, can you walk?”

“I think so.” Kaiden sat up slowly with Sidney’s help and winced when he touched the back of his head. His fingers brought back blood, the sight of it terrifying.

“You may have a concussion. Let’s get you up,” she said and assisted him to his feet.

“Hernandez needs immediate attention. He could have internal injuries.” It was just like Kaiden to worry about everyone but himself.

Will and Lincoln lifted the unconscious man and started toward the road. They’d covered a short distance when their radios went crazy.

“There are at least half a dozen armed men heading your way.” Oviok’s panic came through the radio. “Get out of there.”

“Roger that,” Sidney said and ended the transmission. “Collins was expecting us. We don’t have much time.”

With her arm around Kaiden’s uninjured side, they hurried as fast as they could to the tree coverage ahead. Sidney’s thoughts tumbled over themselves. How could Collins have possibly known they were coming?

Before they reached the woods, multiple gunshots exploded all around them, striking the nearby trees and creating hell on earth.

Lincoln dropped to his knees taking Hernandez down with him.

“Can you make it on your own?” Sidney asked Kaiden. “I’ll stay behind and cover you. Get Hernandez to the van as fast as possible.”

“I’m not leaving you,” Kaiden insisted.

“You’re hurt.”

“I’ll be okay.” He turned to Lincoln. “Go. We’ll cover you.”

The two men lifted Hernandez and started toward the road while she and Kaiden returned fire on the advancing men, forcing them to seek cover.

“Let’s go,” she said once there was a lull in the fireworks. She slipped her arm around Kaiden’s waist and together they ran as fast as Kaiden was physically able while tree branches slapped their faces and arms.

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