Page 20 of Her Wicked Men

Which car was she in? Could I save her if I ran off the last car of the convoy? Or would she be in one of the two middle cars? What if she was in the front?

Fuck.

My phone sounded off, and I cursed as I answered it over the bluetooth speakers.

“Good, you’re alive,” Enzo’s tone was relieved, but only for a split second when I swore.

Someone was hanging out of the backseat window of the car ahead, and they had a semi-automatic.

Bullets rained down on me, targeting my front tires and the hood of my car before littering the windshield, and I slammed my brakes on as I ducked down for cover.

They were getting brazen, and shooting at one of the main Slade members like this, they were declaring all out war.

The car jerked violently, and I cursed as I felt it spinning, knowing they’d blown a tire and I was losing control.

I closed my eyes, being grateful I’d had the sense to stick my seatbelt on.

The car plunged off the embankment, lurching downward as the back wheels rose up.

A split second of believing the whole thing was going to flip onto its roof had me bracing for impact, but then it slid further, the wheels falling back down before it came to a stop.

“Fuck!” I slammed my hands on the steering wheel, surprised the airbags hadn’t deployed, before I glanced over my shoulder towards the road.

“Zane!”

“I’m fine, Enzo, I have a license plate. I couldn’t stop them,” I ground out as the gunfire vanished.

Giving pursuit was stupid, even if it was all I wanted to do.

With every passing second, my little stray was getting further and further away, and it killed me inside.

But I’d die trying to get her back if I ran after her, and even if I was willing to die for her, it wouldn’t do her any favors. She needed me alive to save her.

My car was useless now, and I needed to come up with a new plan to get back the woman I’d promised to keep safe.

Here I was, breaking that promise, and it agonized me.

I gripped the steering wheel, the veins popping in my arms as I flexed my fingers and ground my teeth together.

“We’ll be at your location in no time. Kieran will meet us,” Enzo said, his tone hard to read.

“See you soon.”

The call ended, and I stared at the trees only a few feet in front of me. I’d been lucky to not slam into them.

Lucky. I was feeling anything but. I shouldn’t have left the lodge, if I’d not gone for a drive, I could’ve stopped all of this.

No, dwelling on the what-ifs was a surefire way to fuck up the future. I had to focus on the here and now, leave the past behind me.

Hopefully the blockades would give us results, but I knew there were too many roads and not enough personnel.

We needed the entire family on board with this situation.

I had to call my father and alert him to everything.

I let out a heavy sigh as I reached for my phone. This was going to be a shit call, but he had to understand her importance.

We had to save her.

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