Dominic by Mazzy King

Author:Mazzy King [King, Mazzy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MZK Publishing
Published: 2019-11-19T16:00:00+00:00

7

Dominic

Serena says she’s got a sister who lives on the other side of town, who she can drop in on whenever. This situation definitely constitutes a “whenever” occasion, but I’m still doing my best to play things somewhat lowkey. People don’t think clearly when they panic. Luckily my training taught me how to stay calm even in the most serious circumstances, but Serena’s not a cop. She’s one of the people I took a vow to serve and protect.

And right now, she’s the only one I want to serve and protect.

I dress quickly as she throws some clothes into a duffel bag. She hesitates, a sweater bunched in her hands.

“What is it?” I ask.

“I just…I wonder when I’ll be back here,” she says in a low voice.

“Shouldn’t be more than a day or two,” I tell her. I run my hand through her hair. “This is just a precaution.”

She faces me, and for a long moment, we lock gazes. I feel like I can see straight to the bottom of her soul through those pale gray-blue eyes. I can see her unasked questions. I can see how much she wants to trust me.

I can see her heart.

When she has her things together, I open her apartment door and glance up and down the hall. Serena told me there was an exit stairwell down the hall that we could take to avoid the elevators. She lives on the seventh floor, so it’s not going to be quick, but it’s better than getting caught in an elevator.

I grab her hand and pull her after me, and we rush down all seven floors. By the time we get to the bottom we’re both breathing hard. I give her a second to catch her breath, then tug her along through the lobby.

We make it outside and we’re almost to my car when the first shots ring out.

They’re coming from behind us, across the street. Three blond guys emerge from a black car, each holding guns—Uzis.

“Fuck!” I growl, and shove Serena to the ground behind a car parked at the curb as I draw my own gun. “Serena—your phone. The last number I dialed—call it. Tell the guy who answers I need him now.”

I don’t wait for an answer and pop up, then fire three shots in quick succession. I only have the bullets that are in the clip in my gun, and that’s it. I need Rhys yesterday.

I dip behind the car again, and Serena has the phone to her ear, the hand holding it shaking violently, but to my shock, her voice is steady.

“Um…hello? I’m…a friend of Dominic’s, and he asked me to call you and tell you we’re getting shot at. He needs you…like, right fucking now!” She listens for a beat and hangs up.

“What’d he say?” I breathe.

“He’s—he’s on the way.”

I jump up again and let off a few more shots. One of them shoots back, and the car windows above our heads explode.

She smacks a hand over her mouth to contain a scream as I cover her with my own body.

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