The Wanted One by Brittney Sahin

Author:Brittney Sahin [Sahin , Brittney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: EmKo Media, LLC
Published: 2023-08-03T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

CHARLOTTE

“We really need to jump?” Mya peeked over the ledge by the waterfall. Her movement dislodged a few rocks, sending them over the edge, lost to the rushing water as she shuffled backward.

It wasn’t that far of a drop, and Carter had assured us the water down below should be relatively safe compared to that first night. Honestly, I was fine with jumping. I was still wearing the dead guy’s blood, not my favorite accessory, and it beat the alternative of waiting to be sitting ducks out of the water.

“To get to the other side, yeah, we need to go over.” Oliver set his hand to her back, and she flinched. “I’m not going to force you unless you don’t go willingly.”

“You got her?” Mason asked, and Oliver looked back at him, his brows dipping as if surprised at the lack of jealous tone there.

Oliver nodded. “Yeah, I’ve got her.”

Was this some type of olive branch from Mason? And why was that even on my radar to care?

I was on the run because of a game show. We were being chased by assailants who either wanted to capture or kill us. And I’d just witnessed my teammates take down several of those pursuers, four of them who’d “fast-roped from a helo”—Carter’s words—less than five minutes ago. I knew my life was chaos, but damn if this wasn’t starting to feel like a bit much.

I focused on Mason who quietly turned his attention to my sister.

“You up for a little refreshing swim?” Mason tipped his head, his question competing with the sound of the waterfall.

It wasn’t exactly Niagara, but it also wasn’t something you found in my neck of the woods where I’d grown up in Orange County. Of course, both Lucy and I had gone cliff diving into similar waters as these while living around the world, so I knew we could handle it.

“Let’s do this.” Lucy slipped her hand into Mason’s, and they both jumped over the edge.

“We don’t have all day,” Carter grumbled as he swiftly stepped up behind Mya, grabbed hold of her, and took her over that same edge before she knew what hit her.

“Guess he has her.” Oliver laughed. “And he’s probably the only guy she won’t smack for that.” He shrugged, tossed our backpack over, then followed it into the water.

Gwen went next, and I took that as my cue to go. I swiveled to the side, searching for the man I’d watched not only shoot multiple men, but snatch a blade from one bad guy and use it to slice his throat.

When Jack had faced me after killing that man, he’d been breathing hard and looked . . . lethal. He’d glanced at the bloody blade and his lips had parted, and he immediately dropped the knife as if horrified I’d witnessed him take a life in such a brutal manner.

Unsure why I was stalling, fixated on that last round of unknown-enemy whack-a-mole, I asked, “Will the pilot head back and get more people?”

“If there are more people in the area, yes.

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