Hounds Ascend by Erika Blount

Author:Erika Blount [Blount, Erika]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-24T16:00:00+00:00

The sound of a gunshot ripped Lilly from the peaceful slumber she was submerged in. Disoriented and confused, she bolted upright in the bed and looked around, taking in her surroundings. She was alone. Cass was no longer in the room or bathroom. She listened carefully for any indication that things were going awry downstairs, but she didn’t hear anything else. She leaned over to open the drawer on the nightstand beside the bed, knowing Cass kept a piece in there.

Lilly grabbed the nine-millimeter and turned the safety off before chambering a round. If anyone was coming in here with bad intentions, she wasn’t going down without a fight. Rising to her feet, she tiptoed through the dark room toward the bedroom door that was halfway open. Peering out, she didn’t see anything, but she could hear people talking. She strained to make out anything that was being said to no avail. She eased the door open a little bit more, pistol in hand and ready to shoot, and tiptoed a few steps out of the door.

“Just grab their book and get the hell out. Meet me at the spot in twenty.” Lilly heard a man talking in a hushed voice before the front door to the clubhouse clicked closed. Whoever was there wasn’t supposed to be. The realization that a shot had been fired had Lilly on edge. She replayed their morning over and over in her head. Hell, she didn’t even know what time it was or how long she had been asleep, and the clubhouse’s lack of windows didn’t help any.

She couldn’t see what was going on down below and the only way she was going to get a glimpse was if she walked down a few of the steps, putting herself in the line of sight for anyone between the bar and the front door of the clubhouse. Thinking better of it, she eased her way back into the room and checked her cell. It was already six in the evening.

Opening her text thread, she tapped out a message to Cass.

Lilly: Someone’s here at the club house. Shots fired. I’m okay, but get here ASAP.

She pressed send, double checked to make sure it was on silent, then slid it into her back pocket. She drew Cass’s nine and tiptoed into the hallway again. She could hear rummaging coming from downstairs and it sounded like it was coming from the meeting room. Without further thought, she went as quickly and quietly as she could down the stairs.

Her heart was nearly beating out of her chest, but she kept walking forward. She peered into the meeting room and found the back of a Moccasin cut facing her. He was kneeling down, trying to break into the cabinet that sat behind the head chair. From what Lilly could see, he didn’t have a weapon on him. Good. I have the upper hand.

Lilly kept the gun trained on the intruder and commenced to sneaking up behind him. When she was close enough to press the barrel to the back of his head, she did just that.

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