Melody's Six: Brotherhood Protectors World (Athena Project Book 4) by Regan Black & Brotherhood Protectors World

Author:Regan Black & Brotherhood Protectors World [Black, Regan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Twisted Page Press, LLC
Published: 2022-06-20T16:00:00+00:00

Dean had been flying the drone according to Andrew’s instruction when he heard the gunshot. The first, followed by two more. From a rifle. He was cursing as he brought the drone in as fast as possible.

“What are you doing?” Andrew asked.

“That was gunfire,” he barked. “Call Lacy.”

Andrew sputtered, but it was Maria who took immediate action. “She’s not answering.”

“Keep at it,” Andrew urged. “Try the others.”

Dean focused on the drone. When it was safely down, he called Mel. No answer. “Damn it.” He gathered up the drone and hauled it to the Jeep. “Do we have their position?”

“I only know the general area,” Kent said. Turning to their driver, Janine, he got everyone loaded and headed in the right direction. “Is there some sort of tracking on the Jeeps?” he asked her.

“Yes.” She reached for the radio. “I’ll call the office.” Before she could do so, they heard the call for emergency assistance. “That was Keith.” Her relief was obvious. “We won’t need GPS now,” Janine said, “we’ll just follow the responders.”

Dean didn’t want to follow anyone. He wanted to get there first. Amid the low keen of sirens rising around the park, he kept calling Mel. And praying. And reminding himself she was a total badass. She’d survived an assassination attempt. Likely more than one. No way she would fall to a random shooter.

Unless it wasn’t random.

Cursing his dark thoughts, he dialed again. This time—finally—she answered the call.

Her immediate assurance that no one was hurt did little to calm the hot spike of panic lodged under his heart. “What’s the situation?”

“Three shots and done. Nothing since,” Mel reported. “Everyone has shelter, no sign of additional threats, but we’re staying low.”

“Good. Did you see anything on the monitor?”

“Lacy only has a few scrapes.” She paused. “That’s it for injuries.”

She didn’t want to speak freely. Fine. Well, not at all fine, but he understood that if she gave him a full report it would raise suspicion about her background. He closed his eyes tight for just a minute. They’d discuss this at length once everyone was safe and out of the park.

Janine had been right about the emergency response. She followed an ambulance and a sheriff’s SUV to the scene. The sheriff’s deputy blocked the path, keeping the rest of them several hundred yards back and refusing to allow anyone close until the scene was declared safe.

Dean fumed, itching to ignore the order, but unwilling to reveal he and Mel were more than local drone operators.

“It’ll be all right, man,” Kent said.

Dean struggled not to react until he realized Kent was talking to Andrew. The man was white as a sheet as he tried to get a glimpse of whatever was going on from the front seat. Maybe having a flashback to that trip to a war zone. Dean should probably care, but Mel was his biggest concern right now. Maria remained in the Jeep, staring straight ahead, her fingers interlocked in her lap and her lips moving in silent prayer.

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