Page 43 of Wraith

Chapter Forty-One

Light startsto trickle through the small cracks of the window coverings as the sun starts to come up. Today is the day we get the hell off this mountain.We.Never thought I would be leaving this cabin with someone, let alone with someone who came here with every intent on killing me. Last night when I left her on the bed I paced outside for at least an hour trying to get my hard on to go away but it didn’t work, the cold didn’t even do anything when I took my dick out and started stroking. The thought of plunging into her while she was lying on that bed got me off in seconds. The sight of her flushed from her orgasm was all the picture I needed. “You know for a killer you don’t have hardly any weapons,” she complains, breaking into my thoughts. I look over to see her packing up the bag I gave her. The pistol and knife the weapons she is referring to lying on the bed next toher.

“And telling the woman who came here to kill me where my weapons stash is, is the best idea ever?” She laughs causing a snort to fall from her mouth. Damn that’scute.

“You have a weapons stash? I’m only asking because we could maybe use something other than a hunting knife and a pistol.” I nod in agreement and stomp over to the bed where she has stopped packing herbag.

“Move a sec.” She does as told and I slide the bed over far enough for me to pull up the small rug and expose the trapdoor.

“You son ofa—

“That she was. But that is another story, for another time.” I reach down and open up the door. Inside lie a sniper rife and two glocks, complete with four boxes each of ammunition. Along with my satellite phone. I pull it all out and stack up everything on thecountertop.

“That’s more like it,” she says, going to the weapons grabbing the sniper rifle and loading the clip. I do the same with one of the glocks. The clicking sound of the bullets clipping into the cartages is all that fills the silence until a humming noise breaksin.

“Quiet,” she hisses stopping my movements, “Do you hear that?” Her voice is a small whisper as if whatever is outside can hear her. It takes me a spilt second for the rumbling sound to find myears.

“Shit.” Quickly I snap my full clip into place and put one in the chamber. The light pours in through the crack between the window covering and the wall, just enough for me to peek out and see five snowmobiles circling the cabin pull up. I can’t tell who any of the men are, but it doesn’t matter, the semi-automatics in their hands all signify their intent. “All heavily armed,” I tell her as she comes to take my place by the window to see for herself. We are both dressed and ready to go, only now we are sittingducks.

“We know you are in there, come on out, pup and we won’t shoot.” Lara’s face drains of all her blood at the voice letting me know the dick out there is probably hermaster.

“Fu—”

“Shhh.” Her hand flies to my mouth making me stop talking. “Let me think,” she says, pulling away as she starts pacing thefloor.

“Count of five, pup,” the voice calls out again. She shoots me another warning glance to make sure I don’t speak before continuing herpath.

“Fuck this,” I grumble and shove my gun inside my coat before throwing open the cabin door. The bright sun hits me in the face making me flinch and use my hand as a guard to shield my eyes. “Something I can help you boyswith?”

“Well there he is, in the flesh. You’re a lot smaller than I thought you would be,” the same man says, coming forward a few steps before stopping in front of me, gun firmly pointed at mychest.

“And who is it you thought I wouldbe?”

“Spare me your bullshit. Where is thegirl?”

“In the cabin, sleeping off the ten orgasms I gave her last night.” I let the dig creep past him, rubbing at my stubbed jaw, with a smirk on my face. By the fire sparking in his eyes I can tell my little lie has done thetrick.

“You are lying, that bitch couldn’t muster up an orgasm to save her life, has a dry cunt, too. Frigid bitch.” He tries the same tactic but it doesn’t phase me. Fucker will have to do better thanthat.

“Guess you just need to know what you aredoing.”

“That’s enough!” Lara’s voice calls out from behind me. “I told you I could handle this, Bruce.” Figures he would have a dipshitname.

“Don’t look like it to me, pup. Got orders to off the both of you.” So, this motherfucker isn’t the Master. Just someone else I need tokill.

“You know he didn’t give the order to kill me, I’m the best hehas.”

“Not anymore, I took lead when you went rogue. Team is mine now.” Bruce flicks a glance back at the other four men still quiet, holding their guns ready to fire upon us. Each has on a ski mask covering their face from the elements and myview.

“Here’s the deal how about I—” I don’t get to finish my sentence. A loud bang erupts at the same time blood does from Bruce’s head. The bullet pierces directly through his forehead spraying a mist of bone, blood, and brain matter before his limp body drops to the snowy ground. Only seconds later, more bullets fly from both in front of me and back. Lara is shooting off the rifle as the men with the semi autos pepper the cabin with bullets. Quickly, I drop to the ground and I crawl on my stomach to the back of the cabin, promptly getting myself to my feet with the cover. Peeking around the corner, I find one guy crouched behind a snowmobile while the other three have taken refuge behind the outhouse. Perfect. Going to the window on the wall I crack it open to call for Lara on the other side. “Lay down some cover fire, I’ll get the asshole by the snowmobile. Then get the three behind the shitter.” I don’t give her time to answer me before I’m movingagain.

Shots ring out in all directions as I dart and run for cover behind the first snow machine. Something slices through my arm before I get down to my cover. The pain is directed in the fleshier part toward my shoulder it’s just a graze, but the way it came from makes me grumble knowing she fucking shotme.

The door to the cabin is still wide open as she looks me over from the safety of the inside. “I thought you said you were a good shot,” I hiss loud enough for her to hear and she has the gull to laugh at me rightnow.

“Sorry, you got in the way.” Shaking my head, I start I maneuver myself enough to see out toward where the asshole behind the snowmobile is. I wait for only a minute before the idiot sticks his head out andpop. I put one in him. I look back over to Lara where she starts laying down more cover fire as I jump up to run toward the remaining three men moving as fast as I can in the snow. Making my way toward the outhouse, I start spraying and praying. Two of them are hit in the process as one takes off running toward the trees. That is when Lara starts firing her gun.Pop, pop. All she fucking wrote. I let my smile grow on my face as I start walking back to the cabin, ready to take one of their sleds and get the fuck off this mountain when another shot rings out. This one sends my stomach sinking into thesnow.

Right in front of me stands Lara, expressionless face holding the glock from inside. “Steven.” Her small whisper is the last thing I hear leave her mouth before she crumbles to the snow-coveredfloor.

“Little Sobakaproved to be worthless.” The Russian word causes rage to bubble in the base of my gut. That fucking voice. I have heard it in my nightmares more than I can count. At night when I wake in a cold sweat vowing to myself that I will gut him from end to end for all the hell he put me through.Sebastian. “I knew she would fail as soon as she took off withoutinstruction.”

“Youare her fucking master?” I growl at Sebastian stepping closer, uncaring he has his gun leveled right at my gut. He lets out that laugh that always made the hair on the back of my neck stand on end. Notanymore.

“I am. Dug her out of the very grave you put her in. Groomed her to be a killing machine, to kill you. I fueled her fire, her need to get even with you all the while getting my revenge in return.” He pauses gesturing to Bruce on the ground. “How does it make you feel to know that she was fucked each and every night by that man? That when you tried to get her out of the compound you put her into an even worse living environment.” He clicks his tongue. “Don't know how many of my men—” I don’t listen to any more, instead I raise my gun and pull the trigger. Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Click. Click. Click. Click. Over and over until I hear a small whimper break into my haze. I snap out of my funk and my eyes find Lara, unmoving on the ground. Instantly I’m onher.

“Don’t you fucking dare be dead!” I yell to her as I pick her up and carry her inside. “Lara, look at me.” Holding her face in my palms I try to get her to open her eyes but nothing happens. Ripping off her coat and tee shirt to begin searching for her wound. What I find causes my heart to stop. Right there, almost directly in the center of her chest, is a hole greeting me, along with what seems to be buckets of blood. Her face now ashen letting me know this shit isn’t going to end well. And that end will come soon if I don’t figure something out. I know what I need to do but the thought sickens me nearly as much as the thought of losing her does. Ripping my own coat and shirt from my chest I use my tee shirt and bundle it together to press down hard onto her chest to try and stop the bleeding. Then, I quickly step away to find my satellite phone on the counter. Powering it on seems to take a lifetime, but when it finally comes to life I hit send on the only number programedin.

“Yeah?”

“Need an E-vac. Right fucking now. Bring medical,” I bark into the phone before tossing it to the side and go back to her chest to apply more pressure, holding out hope that she keepsbreathing.

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