Total pages in book: 66
Estimated words: 61929 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 310(@200wpm)___ 248(@250wpm)___ 206(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 61929 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 310(@200wpm)___ 248(@250wpm)___ 206(@300wpm)
Kai took the lead and led us across the street to the back of the Hornets’ clubhouse, keeping to the shadows to hide us from plain sight better. The darkness of night certainly helped.
Kai made us pause once we reached the back of the building. He crept closer to the back door and listened for a few seconds.
“I hear a few talking,” he whispered to me.
I relayed the message down the line so that everyone could be updated about what we were facing. We wouldn’t know exactly how many Hornets we had to face until we got inside, but that was a risk that we would have to take.
“We’ll have to hit them hard and fast,” I told Kai. “While some Hornets are gone. Our odds are better now.”
Kai nodded in agreement.
“Tell the others to get ready. We’re going in,” he said in a determined voice.
I nodded and passed the message down, watching everyone tense up and get ready to move quickly. I patted Kai on the shoulder, letting him know that we were ready to go. Hell, more than ready. I wanted Aisling back in our arms as soon as possible.
Kai breathed in deeply before yanking the door open and storming inside of the clubhouse, which was only lit up by a flatscreen television playing a UFC fight. How ironic.
“What the fuck!” a Hornet shouted as three of them sprung off the couch.
Kai ran at the first one that reached him, driving his shoulder against the Hornet’s chest to knock him onto his back.
“Bradley, look for her!” he yelled.
I watched Bradley dart past me to start looking for wherever they’d hid Aisling, leaving me to have his back. When a Hornet came running our way, I struck at him, hitting him in the face to stun him. I heard Bradley opening and slamming doors shut as he checked every room behind me.
“I can’t find her!” he shouted, sounding frustrated.
“Keep looking!” Auden yelled back before groaning as he took a punch to the stomach.
Kai slammed the Hornet he was fighting against a nearby door, knocking him out cold. He ran over to Auden to help assist, leaving me and Hayden to subdue the other two Hornets.
One on one fighting or even one on two was doable for us. We had all done enough fighting in our days to be able to take a few hits and dish out double the amount. After a few punches, my knuckles faintly ached, but the adrenaline blocked out most of the pain. They had to be close.
“That’s for taking her, you son of a bitch!” Hayden gritted out before punching the last conscious Hornet, knocking his lights out. He let the Hornet slump to the ground like the others who littered the wooden floor.
“Where the fuck is she?” Bradley bit out in frustration as he looked around the old clubhouse for her. “This place is a shithole. How could they hide her in a place like this?”
Kai suddenly lifted his finger.
“Wait. Be quiet. Listen,” he said.
I strained my ears as silence fell upon us. At first, I thought Kai was hearing things, but I started to hear a subtle voice. Aisling’s voice.
“Wait…” I murmured before lowering myself down to my knees. I pressed my ear against the wooden floor.
“Help! I’m down here!”
My eyes widened at the sound of her voice.
“She’s below us!” I shouted, wanting her to know that we heard her.
“I didn’t see a basement door. It must be hidden,” Bradley said as we all crouched down.
“Hold on, Aisling! We’re coming!” Hayden shouted to her.
“We don’t have time to look for secret doors. We need to break through the floor,” Kai replied as he grabbed a bat hanging up on a wall of sports decorations. He slammed it against the wood, making it shatter and splinter. “Close your eyes, Aisling!”
Me and the others started pulling at the wooden boards, my muscles straining as the wood snapped.
My face grew hot from the exertion, sweat threatening to bead on my forehead as we desperately fought our way to her. With one final grunt, I dug my fingertips into the edge of the last board in the way and yanked it upward, nearly reeling back as it splintered.
“There she is!” Bradley gasped.
I tossed the board aside and peered down through the gap in the floor at a small basement full of clutter and, most importantly, Aisling.
“I’m here! I can’t move!” Aisling called out, sounding choked up.
“She’s tied up,” I said, seeing that her wrists are bound to the chair arms by ropes. I couldn’t believe those sick sons of bitches tied down a pregnant woman like that. What was wrong with them!
“We’re going to get you out. Don’t move!” Hayden told her before glancing at us. “We don’t know how hurt she is.”
“I’ll jump down and get her. I’ll have to haul her up to you guys,” Bradley told us before easing himself down through the hole we ripped open. He landed heavy on his feet with a thump, but he wasn’t even jarred from the drop. He knelt in front of Aisling, cupping her face as she cried. “Hey, it’s okay. We’re getting you out of here.”