Page 63 of Bound By Redemption
My father was behind me while the brothers were behind him. Cruz made his way up to me. “This is your rodeo. Don’t fuck it up,” he demanded, falling back just a touch.
Using hand motions, Cooper, Nox, and Jacks moved to the other side of the doors, so we’d have a view of everything. Not hearing anything from Buzz or Deke, I nodded.
Reaching out, I turned the handle, and it gave way. The door made no noise as it swung open.
Gun up, I was ready for anything.
What I wasn’t ready for … was nothing.
There was absolutely nothing inside the building.
Empty.
Where the fuck did they go?
They had to be hiding somewhere. Off to the right there were three doors. They had to be behind those. Pointing and mouthing to the brothers, we made our way to the side door.
Just then my cell rang.
“Fuck,” I whispered, pulling it out and seeing Deke’s name on the screen. “Yeah.”
“Get the fuck out of there. Now. She’s gone, and the place is rigged.”
“Out! Move!!” I ordered as all the brothers took off to the door. After getting to the door myself, I waited for the last man to get out then followed at the end just in time for the bone-jarring explosion to hit.
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Ensley
Voices.There were several of them. Male ones. I thought, but my brain was foggy.
My body ached all over, and for some reason I couldn’t move it. It was as if I were floating outside my body. Hell, the more I tried to pry my eyes open, the more they refused to follow the command. What did they do to me?
Unable to move, but damn could I feel. There was something scratchy around my wrists and feet. A cool breeze flittered over my skin, telling me I was naked. Shit. Naked? No. Just no.
Everything came back in a rush.
Daniel. Fear like no other gripped me.
I’d heard him on the phone, but until our eyes connected in the warehouse, I didn’t know for sure if it was him. It had been a long time since I’d heard him. But I knew now. Seeing him and my sister was all I remembered upon entering the building.
Now, all I heard was voices. Several of them, but I couldn’t count them.
What I didn’t hear was Katie, and that terrified me more than anything. She had to be okay.
My eyelids felt like sandpaper as I slowly was able to open my left one just a bit. Everything was blurry, but I tried my damnedest to focus which wasn’t easy.
Several grayish blurred figures came in and out of view. They were so damn fuzzy, even as I continued to work my eyes, trying to take in our surroundings.
“These bitches will get what’s coming to them, and then we’ll take over,” Daniel spoke from somewhere in the room. He wasn’t that far away but wasn’t standing right next to me either.
Several agreements came from the others. I wondered what they were planning to take over and why we had to be part of it.
Tingles formed in my fingertips and toes as I tried moving them. The more I tried the more frustrated I got. It took a few goes, but I was able to move them even if it were a tiny bit. At this point I’d take what I could get. But I needed my faculties.
Footsteps came closer, my stomach tightening, and a finger touched my chin. The man’s breath smelled like stale garbage, making me want to vomit as he spoke. “Been waiting a long time for this, Cyrus.”
The hard slap had my head swinging to the right. While I hated the fact that Daniel had hit me, the burst of pain associated with it was the key to getting my eyes to open and feeling to come to my body. That was what mattered at the moment.
