Without Law 12 by Eric Vall

Author:Eric Vall [Vall, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-05T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

After a few moments, we reached a large chain link fence with barbed wire across the top. It looked like a damn prison, except inside the fence was filled with various plants and trees that gave the appearance of a forest. The vegetation was everywhere, and it looked like someone had taken care to plant it all and keep up with it. Whoever lived here had been here for a while. The plants were trimmed and well maintained, and it looked like the place had been raked recently, I didn’t see a single leaf out of place.

The sky had gotten overcast as we walked, and the wind started to blow, which brought the coldness of the lake with it. A storm was coming, I could smell it.

I scanned the area but saw nobody. There were supposed to be ten guards at this place at least, so where were they?

“Let’s go,” Brody said, and he threw his jacket over the barbed wire, grabbed onto the fence, and climbed up to the top. “You comin?”

It’d been a while since I climbed a fence like that, and I would have preferred to have brought something to cut it with instead, but it was Brody’s show, so I looped my fingers through the fence and started to climb.

Just as I hopped down on the other side I heard shots fired from the right and every fiber of my being wanted to run over there to check on the girls. They were rarely out of my sight when we went into battle, and I didn’t like them being with inexperienced guys who they’d have to take care of. The whole situation made me uncomfortable.

“Don’t you ever get tired of worrying about them?” Brody asked when he saw me staring off to the right.

“They’re my team,” I said. “I always worry about them.”

“Then you probably didn’t train them as well as you think you did,” he chuckled.

“And your men are trained better?” I asked with a cocked eyebrow.

“My men are trained as well as they need to be,” he replied, and the vein in his temple throbbed with anger. “But I don’t brag about how skilled they are, either.”

“I don’t brag,” I said calmly. “I just tell the truth.”

“Well, if they’re so skilled then I’m sure they can handle themselves,” Brody sneered. “Something tells me they’ll be just fine.”

The last sentence put me on edge. I knew he wasn’t afraid to go after me, but I hoped he wouldn’t be stupid enough to actually go after the girls. He had to know that I would tear him apart with my bare hands.

I took a deep breath to steady myself, then scanned the area again. I still didn’t see any guards, but another couple of shots sounded from our left.

“Where are the guards?” I asked Brody. He seemed to know a lot about this place, so I figured he should know that, too.

“Who’s to say,” he answered with a shrug. “If I had to guess I’d say they’re on the sides with the rest of our teammates.

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