Depth Charge by Andrew Warren & Aiden L Bailey

Author:Andrew Warren & Aiden L Bailey [Warren, Andrew & Bailey, Aiden L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-07T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

The two operatives covered each other as they swept through the rest of the dark warehouse. As they stalked past another room, Caine noticed three male corpses sprawled across the floor inside. Their throats were slit, and dark liquid pooled around their bodies. Tyler's handiwork, no doubt. He knew the former Delta Force operator was skilled with a knife.

When they were satisfied no one else was in the building, Caine and Tyler searched for their missing clothes. They finally found their torn, stained garments stuffed in a trash bag in a dingy corridor. Caine dressed first while Tyler kept an eye out for attackers. Then Tyler did the same while Caine provided cover.

They found Valencia in a cell. She too had been stripped naked except for a dirty bandage around her thigh. She was tied to a metal frame bed on a moldy mattress stained with old blood, and flinched when the door burst open. Her fear was quickly replaced with relief when she saw Tyler.

“Valencia, you okay?” Tyler asked as he cut her bindings.

She sat up and rubbed her wrists. "I'll live," she muttered. As she shifted her legs, a hiss of pain escaped her lips. She pulled down the bandage and checked her wound. The bullet seemed to have gone right through the muscle. It wasn’t bleeding much, but the wound was red with infection. “You're a good shot,” she said to Caine through gritted teeth. She looked up at him. "I assume you weren't trying to kill me. The wound is through and through.”

“I made a split second decision,” Caine muttered. “Glad it was the right one.

“I think it's infected though,” she said, her face a grimace of pain. "This shithole isn't exactly sterile. Gonna need some antibiotics." When neither man said a word, she glanced down at her sweating, naked body. “Some clothes would be nice too."

“Right,” Caine said, averting his eyes. "I'm on it." He felt like he was moving in slow motion. A thick haze clouded his thoughts. The adrenaline rush of the last hour was wearing off… He had been acting on instinct and muscle memory until now. The sharp, stinging agony of the hammer blows had shifted to a dull, throbbing ache. He knew the pain would not go away anytime soon. But he had to push through.

They were not yet safe.

“Caine,” Tyler added before he left. “I’ll stay here with Valencia and check this wound.”

Caine nodded, then left the room and searched the warehouse. Eventually he found their wallets and passports, along with Valencia’s police badge and car keys. He finally found her clothes as well, piled on a battered wooden table. Unfortunately, their weapons were nowhere to be seen. After scouring the entire building, the closest thing to medicine he could fine was a half-empty bottle of tequila.

He returned to find Tyler examining Valencia’s wound. “Well, she's right. The bullet went straight through, missed the bone and major arteries.”

“It still hurts like hell,” Valencia gasped.

Caine handed over the tequila. “This is the best I can do for now.

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