Zeke (Castle Sin Book 6) by Basset Linzi

Author:Basset, Linzi [Basset, Linzi]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-07-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Taylor felt cold. Tremors shook her body as she stepped out onto the patio. She fisted her hands in an attempt to stop them from seeking out the center of her chest, to touch the pouch filled with fake blood and feel the hardness of the Kevlar vest to set her mind at ease. She had never been this scared in her life.

What if he missed and … fucking hell! What if he had been lying and she was exposing herself like a sacrificial lamb to the slaughter? An easy target, out in the open. It would be child’s play for an assassin like Hewitt to put a bullet between her eyes!

“Move a little further forward, love, and turn to face the building across the street. Pretend to appreciate the view.”

Taylor bit her bottom lip to keep the sharp retort back as Zeke’s voice floated toward her from where he stood hidden just inside the sliding door, along with his brother and three cousins.

“Relax, little one. Billy knows what he’s doing,” Shane said in a deep voice that strangely managed to soothe her frazzled mind … if only a tiny bit.

“I’m sure he does but none of you are going to tell me it isn’t going to hurt like the bejeezus. I mean, a rubber bullet, for fuck’s sake and over such a distance is going to … ugh!”

The last word was sucked from her lips as the velocity force of the bullet slamming against her chest, flung her off her feet and into the jacuzzi behind her. It was by a stroke of luck that her head missed the edge.

“Take the photos! Hurry for fuck’s sake, Parker, she’s going under.” Zeke hovered at the edge of the tub and jumped in before Parker had finished taking the third picture. “Fucking hell, she’s out cold,” he rasped as he lifted her in his arms and rushed to the bedroom. Stone was there with towels as he ripped off the dress and the Kevlar vest.

His lips pressed in a tight line as he traced the red bruise already forming and glowed in glaring contrast to her creamy skin. He had insisted on a top-grade bulletproof vest, disregarding Billy’s complaint that it would appear bulky. He had personal experience of the impact from a high-velocity bullet and needed to reduce the pain to Taylor as much as possible.

“I hope the impact didn’t cause any internal injuries,” he mumbled as he quickly dried her before he covered her with a blanket and sat down beside her. Apart from bruising, cracked ribs and internal organ damage was always a possibility when shot wearing an armored vest.

“Agh!” Taylor gasped as her eyes fluttered open.

“Easy, love. Don’t move, just try and breathe evenly,” Zeke coached as her eyes darted back and forth and she struggled to free her arms from the confines of the blanket.

“God, it hurts,” she wailed and tentatively touched the tender spot. She moaned as she pushed away Zeke’s hands and flung off the blanket.

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