Watched from a Distance by Allison B. Hanson

Author:Allison B. Hanson
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-08-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixty

“You can’t shoot the broadside of a barn,” Dane said as he held up Lena’s untouched target and frowned.

Damn. She’d really thought she’d kept her eyes open that last time. But apparently not.

“I’m sorry,” she said. “I’ve never needed to shoot a gun before.”

He wadded up the target and tossed it into the trash can. “Nope. This isn’t going to work. We’ll find something else for you to do.”

She looked at him questioningly. “As in…?”

He pressed his lips together.

Suspicion dawned. Wait. He didn’t want her there when they went into Viktor’s fortress to retrieve her child? Even though he knew how much it sucked to be told he couldn’t be there for Tobey’s rescue?

Oh, hell no.

“I’m going,” she said firmly. “You need every available person to help, and I’m not staying behind just because I’m not up to your standards.”

Okay, it was clear by the lack of holes on the target she probably wasn’t up to anyone’s standards, but still. She squared her shoulders and prepared to fight him on this.

Up until now, she’d gone along with every snotty order and rude comment he’d made, but this was going too far.

“I’m going,” she repeated, making her voice even flatter.

He seemed to rethink and redirect. “Then you’ll have to do better than this, or you’ll just get yourself and possibly someone else killed. You flinched every time you pulled the trigger.”

“I don’t know how not to flinch.” She was getting defensive and her voice had risen to the same volume of his. She didn’t like the idea of putting anyone at risk because she wasn’t ready for this mission, but she needed to be there. “I used to do people’s hair! I’m sorry I’m not used to all this tactical crap.”

She might have tossed the gun at him, but she knew it was loaded, and that was a gun safety no-no.

Samantha and Angel walked up to the makeshift shooting range.

“Guys! Take a break,” Samantha ordered. “Dane, I think Garrett needs you in the kitchen.”

Without a look back, Dane stormed off in the direction of the house. Lena was glad to see him go. He was making things worse. How was she supposed to shoot when he was hovering over her shoulder and criticizing her every move?

“I’m sorry. I’m not good at this kind of thing,” she confessed to the other women. Though it was pretty obvious.

Sam smiled. “The men are not great at teaching us these kinds of things.”

Angel snorted. “I’ve been teaching Colton how to write code. If I can do that, I can surely teach you how to hit a target.” Angel crossed her arms. “Shall we begin?”

Lena nodded with more enthusiasm than she felt.

“Pick it up like you own it instead of the other way around.”

“Okay.” She didn’t know what that meant, but she reached for the gun and picked it up.

“Nope!” Angel yelled, nearly making Lena drop it.

“What did I do?” All she’d done was pick it up. And she’d done it correctly. She’d watched enough movies to know that.

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