JINXED (LOST BOYS Book 5) by Emilia Finn

Author:Emilia Finn [Finn, Emilia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Beelieve Publishing, Pty Ltd
Published: 2023-11-09T16:00:00+00:00

Drake

CROSSING THE LINE.

I pull into the long driveway of Malone’s family home and watch in the rearview mirror as the gates close and no one else slides in after us. We run the risk, of course, of having intruders help themselves in by climbing the fences. Or maybe they slipped in while we were away.

But the security systems already in place have to be enough to keep us alive, and the fact no one on the planet knows we’re here except me, Rory, and two cops I don’t entirely like or trust, means that if our safety is blown, I’ll at least know who talked.

Then I’ll kill them just as easily as I killed a man today for aiming a gun at Aurora Swanson.

Bringing the car to a stop and lamenting the broken windshield, I cut the engine and take the keys an officer now fighting for his life in surgery placed in the ignition.

“Let’s go inside,” I murmur, pocketing the keys and pushing out of my door. I hold my gun in one hand and keep my eyes searching. Surveying. Watching, to make sure Vallejo doesn’t have access to sharpshooters, too. Stepping around to the passenger side, I open Rory’s door and remember she lost her stick.

The blood on her hands and face makes my heart quiver. Like a fucking horror film. All my nightmares dressed up in a girl with a limp and a too-short shirt that shows off her navel. Casting one last glance around the massive compound that is Malone real estate, I lean in closer and scoop my free hand around her torso to anchor my palm at her opposite hip. Hitching her up and biting down the guilt I feel when she hisses in pain, I gently pull her from the car and help her to her feet.

“Put your arm over my shoulder,” I mumble, unable to do it myself without letting go of either her or my weapon. I can’t release either, so I hold her close and take most of her weight. When she reaches across to hold on, I start through the second, smaller gate that shields the door. “I’m gonna put you in the shower, okay? I’ll grab you a chair so you can sit down, but then I need you to make sure you’re not hit.”

“Did you like my mom?”

I don’t know if she heard me or not. Or if she’s in shock, or simply that she wants to talk about something else, but I half-carry her through the gate and unlock the front door, then once in the foyer I kick the door shut until the locks snick. Finally, I holster my gun and simply scoop her into my arms. It’s easier to actually carry her than it is to carry her and pretend I’m not. The weight distribution is wrong the other way, and the fact we have to go up a flight of stairs has my patience running thin.

So I hold her tight and hate how she tucks her face into my neck.

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