Total pages in book: 106
Estimated words: 100791 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 504(@200wpm)___ 403(@250wpm)___ 336(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 100791 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 504(@200wpm)___ 403(@250wpm)___ 336(@300wpm)
“Stop her!”
“Kill her!”
The gunfire resumed anew.
I couldn’t lift my head to see, but a hard, jarring crash let me know I collided with car number one. Bellowing, I jammed on the pedal—forcing the car out of the way and roaring onto the street.
I jerked the car around, my head snapping up in time for me to confirm I was pointing in the opposite direction of Liam and Sunny, and heading right back toward the cabin.
I didn’t slow down.
There was no way I could follow behind the guys now. With the Brotherhood behind them and behind me, all they had to do was box me in and get it right that time. I couldn’t take the chance.
“Hurry up! After her!”
Headlights out, bumper scraping up half the road, driver window and windshield blown out, and one of the passengers unconscious in the backseat. I prayed to Loki, Hera, and all the gods in between that this bulletunproofed piece of shit had a little bit more fight left in her.
“Come on!” The car fought me, wobbling dangerously out of control when I tried to push the speed past sixty. “Come on!”
Wind rushed through the gaping hole—whipping, stinging, and watering my eyes. I couldn’t see a thing for blinking and squinting, and my destroyed headlights weren’t helping.
I couldn’t see the turn or the cabin or even if it was coming up. I couldn’t—
Bang!
A car slammed into me, trying to finish what a tree and their bullets couldn’t.
Bang! Bang!
“FGH?” Pixie shouted. “I don’t want to stress you, but if I’m going to go out with a middle-aged woman on top of me, I’d prefer it be because I choked on caviar while she was licking my pussy! Do you have a plan or not!”
“Me? A plan? I thought you didn’t need Mama’s help?”
“Really?” she screeched. “You’re giving me shit now!?”
I shrugged. “Might be my last chance.” Jerking the car to the right, I heard a shout and squeal of tires when their attempt to ram us again went wide. “But you want a plan? Fire back, aim for the tires—or the heads—but don’t you dare fucking die! I’m not going through all of this just so you guys can go and get yourselves shot!”
They didn’t need any more instructions. Twisting around, they pointed their guns out the window and fired blindly and wildly—anything to slow down our tail.
“Come on,” I hissed, squinting through the gloom to find the cabin. Who knew that only minutes after leaving the horrible place, I’d be desperate to go back. “Come on! Where are you? Where—!”
There!
In a split, waterlogged second, the headlights from one of the cars chasing us revealed a branching turnoff on the dirt road.
“Brace yourselves,” I shouted, then yanked the car to the right, swerving onto the natural, grass-covered driveway.
I was honking the horn before we came into view. “Bane! Bane!” I bellowed. “Make yourself useful and take these bitches out! Ba—!”
Edwin’s abandoned car roared up on me, bursting into my vision. I slammed the brakes and—
—nothing.
“Hold on!”
We crashed head-on—slamming into Edwin’s car at full speed. Pain exploded in my temple—its final parting gift before dropkicking me into complete and total darkness.
Chapter Seven
The Next Morning
Bane
“Kenzie,” he croaked. “Last night... Last night was... bad.”
I glanced back at the bed where my sister lay sleeping. Our Mom held tight to her hand, stroking her cheek and murmuring softly to her.
“First, I need to know if you’re still with River.”
“We are,” she replied. “He’s sitting right next to me. Why? Do you need to talk to him?”
“I do. Hand him the phone for a sec, if you don’t mind.”
“Okay.”
Shuffle, and then my uncle’s voice came through the speaker. “Yeah?”
“Oxtail. Rice and peas.”
“Understood,” he replied without skipping a beat. “Hey, Si. Can you pull over here? I’ll drive.”
“Why?” I heard Kenzie ask. “Is something wrong?”
More murmuring, shuffling, car door slams, and then my girl’s voice was back in my ear.
“Bane, what’s going on? Are you all okay?”
“What’s going on is we got to Genny and took out the brothers—or so we thought,” I said, stepping out of the bedroom. “Turned out they called in reinforcements who caught up to Sunny, Liam, and Genny on the road.
“Genny had to spin around and drive back to me. The Scourges blew her pursuers away but Gen...”
“But Gen what?” Kenzie cried. “What happened?”
“Genny got into a crash.” I slid down against the wall, fists balled at my side. “She hit the dashboard at full speed. Our parents and the doc are with her now, but she’s got a broken nose, two black eyes, three broken ribs, and a severe concussion.”
“Oh no— How is—? Did she—? Is she okay? Is she going to be okay!”
“The doctor said she’s going to be fine,” I replied, hearing a whoosh of relief from her end of the phone. “But she’s out of this fight, Kenzie. She needs complete and total bedrest. Mom will tie her to the bed if she needs to.