"Lover At Last" - читать интересную книгу автора (Ward, J.R.)

It was just a bruise.

тАЬSurface wound only.тАЭ Blay dug his finger into the dense webbing of the vest and found the slug. тАЬI can feel the bullet in the vestтАФтАЭ

тАЬThen why canтАЩt I move myтАФтАЭ

The smell of the BrotherтАЩs fresh blood seemed to hit everyoneтАЩs noses at the same time. Someone cursed, and Blay leaned in.

тАЬYouтАЩve been hit under the arm, too.тАЭ

тАЬBad?тАЭ Z asked.

Over the phone, Manello said, тАЬGet in there and look around if you can.тАЭ

Blay lifted that heavy limb and flashed his penlight in at the underside. Apparently a bullet had entered the torso through the vestтАЩs small, unprotected pocket under the pitтАФa one-in-a-million shot that if youтАЩd tried to re-create, you couldnтАЩt possibly pull off.

Fuck. тАЬI donтАЩt see an exit wound. ItтАЩs right on the side of his ribs, way up high.тАЭ

тАЬHeтАЩs breathing steadily?тАЭ Manello asked.

тАЬLabored but steady.тАЭ

тАЬWas CPR administered?тАЭ

тАЬHe threatened to castrate Hollywood if there was any kind of liplock.тАЭ

тАЬLook, let me just dematerialize.тАЭ Z coughed a little. тАЬGimme some roomтАФтАЭ

Everyone offered a variety of opinions at that point, but Zsadist would have none of it. Shoving people away, the Brother closed his eyes andтАж

Blay knew they had a real problem when nothing happened. Yes, Zsadist hadnтАЩt been killed, and he was a hell of a lot better off than he would have been without the vest. But he was not able to move himselfтАФand they were in the middle of nowhere, so deep in the woods that even if they called for backup, nobody was going to be able to get an SUV within miles of them.

And worse? Blay had the sense that the slayer that had been taken down had been something considerably more than your run-of-the-mill lesser.

No telling when reinforcements would be coming in.

The sound of a text hitting somebodyтАЩs phone sounded, and Rhage looked down. тАЬShit. The others are backed up downtown. WeтАЩve got to handle this on our own.тАЭ

тАЬGoddamn it,тАЭ Zsadist muttered under his breath.

Yup. That about covered it.





SEVENTEEN


Xcor had not expected this.