Avenging Angels by Dixon Chuck

Author:Dixon, Chuck [Dixon, Chuck]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction
ISBN: 9781642028461
Amazon: B086TSW29V
Goodreads: 53517856
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2014-09-12T07:00:00+00:00

The horses heard them first.

Boats was in the trees well away from and a bit above the smoldering campfire. He’d pissed in it to make it smolder. He didn’t want a blaze that would take away his natural night vision. The smoky embers would serve as a lure for the curious should anyone come snooping around.

He was half-dozing, half-waking and wondering idly how a sailor like him always wound up so far from the sea. A horse snuffled softly. Another stamped a hoof. They smelled something on the cool wind whispering through the junipers. Boats watched the trees on the opposite side of the clearing. Shadows shifted between the boles. Shapes took form and parted from the dark to stalk across the clearing through the haze created by the dying fire.

A thrum like a swarm of angry bees cut the air. The bedroll Boats left as a decoy was pincushioned with the trio of shafts. These were the fuckers who were dogging Jimbo and Bat. Boats rose silently to his feet and kept his eyes locked on the clearing where more dark shapes joined the others for a murmured exchange around the empty bundle of blankets. There were a dozen or more visible in the camp area and at least three times that number in the surrounding woods.

It was time to move on. That was it for the horses. No matter what happened, Boats couldn’t protect the remuda against this kind of odds. All he could do was lead the archers deeper into the trees and away from the rest of the team.

One of the bowmen was more pissed than the others and began cuffing some of his buddies. An officer. A real prick from the sound of it. The group began to break up to fan out for a search. Whistles and calls echoed through the forest. Boats could not have that shit happening. They were here in one bunch with their commander in range. The SEAL aimed to take advantage of that.

Boats raised the Mariner and let fly with three rounds of buck. The officer took the first load full in the chest and was flung back spraying blood. The next two rounds sent a spread of 9mm lead balls that struck three more of the archers. The officer was stone dead before he hit the ground. A second archer died gurgling. Two more thrashed and howled, causing the horses to whinny in panic at the shrill animal sounds and the rank stink of blood.

The SEAL was moving as the third load left the shotgun. He jinked left to get out of the line of fire then hooked right to climb up the hill and deeper into the trees. He topped off the Mariner as he trotted, pulling more buck rounds from the loops on his belt. A cut-down M4 was slung on his back, and a bag full of nasty goodies slapped his thigh as he ran.

A pulsing sound passed behind him, followed by a clatter in the woods to his right.

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