Page 114 of Only One More Lie

Heath’s gaze darted to him.

As it did, Duke dove for the man’s gun. He tackled Heath as he shoved the man’s gun away.

Then he called over his shoulder, “Run!”

Andi remained frozen.

She didn’t want to leave him.

But Ranger grabbed her arm. “Come on!”

With one last glance at Duke, she took off with the rest of the gang. Tears wanted to blur her eyes, but it was too cold outside for tears.

Right now, she needed to keep moving. This was what Duke wanted.

But where would they go?

“This way!” Juniper called.

They took off toward the reindeer pen.

The reindeer pen? Why in the world would they go this way? They should be headed to the lodge. Somewhere with walls. Somewhere it was warm.

Andi glanced behind her.

She saw Duke rise to his feet. As he did, Heath gripped his gun and slapped Duke across the face with the barrel.

Duke fell to the ground.

“No!” she muttered.

She tried to stop and turn around, but Ranger grabbed her arm, holding her in place.

As gunfire sounded, grief clutched her chest. Duke . . .

Then Heath started toward them.

Ranger gripped her arm tighter. “Duke would want you to keep going.”

But all Andi could think about was how much she loved him. How she couldn’t see her future without him. She should have let him in. Shouldn’t have been so stubborn or prideful.

She looked at the rest of the group across the field and saw that Juniper had darted into the reindeer pen.

“What are you doing?” Ranger called as he paused a moment.

But Juniper didn’t slow down. “Come with me. Trust me. Please!”

The rest of the gang had no choice but to follow.

Maybe Juniper knew something that they didn’t.

Their lives depended on that fact.

Andi could barely think as Ranger pulled her over the fence.

The rest of the gang ran ahead of them, following Juniper.

More gunfire rang out.

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