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When the bad guys started shooting, so did Todd.
One thing he learned was how bad a shot he was. Not that he’d had a lot of practice, but the room wasn’t that big. He thought he’d be able to hit what he was aiming it, which was the heart. Ulises’ dome worked wonders. Every one of their bullets ricocheted off it. Lesson number two was the more bullets he put in someone the faster they died, so by the time they figured out to shoot into the hole two out of the three were dead.
Todd didn’t know he was yelling until he stopped making noise.
The final guy was wounded. He fell to the deck but managed to get a bullet through the hole. He nearly shot Todd’s hand off.
“Shit.” Todd didn’t have time to see if any of the victims were hit. He had to keep firing.Ulises. Tell me you’re okay.
I’m fine. No one was injured.
Todd ran out of bullets but by then Izzy entered the room. “Take down the dome, Ully.”
Ulises started crying as soon as he saw Izzy. Todd wanted to but one of them couldn’t be an emotional basket case. It wasn’t going to be Ulises or Izzy. That was for sure.
One of Izzy’s hands was shifted. He held a gun with the other. But that wasn’t the thing that made him appear demented. No, it was his reptilian eyes, and how he flashed his fangs like a rabid wolf, his expression cold.
He shot all three guards even though two of them were already dead.
The dome came down.
Izzy met Todd’s gaze. “Come here.”
He didn’t have to tell Ulises to come to him. Ulises was up and stepping on the other victims just to get to Izzy.
Izzy lifted him in his arms, holding him as though he were a child.
Todd stepped toward Izzy, wrapping him in a hug, which included Ulises.
Ulises put an arm around Todd. Izzy didn’t have an arm left.
“Are you okay?”
They spoke at the same time. “We’re safe.”
Ulises sniffed the air. “I smell blood.”
Izzy didn’t acknowledge it. Instead, he addressed the others. “Stay close.”
And with that he headed out of the room, not caring if the others followed.
Todd kept an arm around him. He needed the physical reminder that Izzy was there. Otherwise, he might think he was still unconscious on the floor of that locked room.
They made it topside without an issue. But as soon as they were outside, he saw Cain and the other guy. Cain held a gun on them.
His gaze went to Izzy’s cock, and he smirked in a lustful way that made Todd want to rip his eyeballs out.
“The big one would make a good fighter.” The rich guy said. He didn’t have an accent the way Todd half expected. He sounded as if he were from the mid-west. Probably Duchester since that was the direction the boat was headed.
“Or sex slave.” Cain sneered.
It wasn’t until Izzy chuckled that Cain paled.
“You think you’re getting off this boat alive, don’t you?” Izzy’s smile died and he set Ulises on his feet. Ulises went to Todd and held onto his waist.
I can protect us with a dome.
“No, baby. I’ve got this.”
