Treasure of the Deep (Nick Caine Book 2) by J.R. Rain & Aiden James

Author:J.R. Rain & Aiden James [Rain, J.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-02-11T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

“Don’t fucking try anything or your brains will decorate the stalactites!” I hissed in Badri’s right ear from behind. I shoved the barrel of the Baretta deeper into his neck to where I was certain it brought a painful sting. “Tell all of your men to throw their weapons into your damned sewer...do it now!”

Everyone was in shock, cowering slack-jawed from both my turning the tables on our malevolent host and the explosion that had ignited the tents closest to the gunpowder. Flames were spreading across the other kegs, and at any moment a much bigger explosion would follow.

Naturally, the part of me grateful for the prolonged stay on Planet Earth urged me to get us all out of this place quickly. It certainly meant the rest of the victims in our group had to immediately become aggressors.

“Okay...I will tell them,” he whined, acting demure for a moment. But then he tried to squirm out of my grasp to where he could stab me with his dagger. I eluded his latest swipe and shoved the gun harder into his neck.

“Ishi, cut off his hands,” I said.

Ishi immediately withdrew his own trusty knife.

“Wait, stop!”

“This ain’t like the movies where you’ll hear an audible gun click to let you know I mean business. My gun’s safety is already released and the Beretta’s ready to fire at any time. So the next time you try to filet me, or do anything else I’m likely to frown upon, your spirit will be watching your body and what’s left of your head fall to the ground before the devil carts your sorry ass off to hell. Do you understand me?”

One of my wordier threats, I know, but it seemed to do the trick. This time Badri nodded emphatically and then shouted in his preferred gibberish to his stunned crew, who seemed alarmed by the sudden panic in his tone. I continued to apply pressure to the sensitive area between his throat and ear until every last one of the bastards tossed their weapons into the dark waters of the local latrine. Meanwhile, his stubbornness cost us precious seconds...a second explosion erupted from another gunpowder keg.

“Ishi, come over here quickly! Help me tie this asshole’s hands!” I twisted Badri’s dagger from his hand and kicked it away once it landed on the cave floor. Now that the stakes were evened out, the unarmed gunmen received a bevy of kicks and punches from the ladies in our group. Gotta like gals with some spunk. “Norema...you and your lovely comrades need to keep showing these guys the same kindness you extended to Ishi and me yesterday. You got that?”

“Yes...I’ve got that,” she replied, smiling for the first time since before we left the lagoon.

She delivered a sucker punch to the gut of the one named Singh, dropping him to his knees, and when he looked up at her in hurt surprise she spit in his face. It was a bit more than what I expected, and I worried for a moment he might retaliate and start a brawl complicating our escape plans.

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