Total pages in book: 90
Estimated words: 85569 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 428(@200wpm)___ 342(@250wpm)___ 285(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 85569 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 428(@200wpm)___ 342(@250wpm)___ 285(@300wpm)
The men began to advance on me. Oh my God! What the hell had I got into? I was ready to run; but before I could, they fanned out around me. Three men against one. One of them reached out and I swerved out of his way. The other tried and I took a step back. Soon I would be against the wall.
Shit, I was in so much trouble.
Terrified, but knowing that I was no helpless female. I had fighting skills. I just had never taken three men on at the same time. I knew I should focus on getting away any way I could … I started to bounce on the balls of my feet like a bouncer. It was a useless gesture, but I was just doing it to confuse them. Unfortunately, it didn’t work. One of them lunged forward suddenly and caught me. I was dragged over like a weightless doll. My heart was beating so fast I could feel it like a palpitation. One thing was clear. This was going to turn into a mess.
It was so fucking embarrassing. I was the best in my self-defense class. My teacher would have been mortified to see what a poor effort I had put into this fight. I kicked my leg out as hard as I could and connected with someone’s soft groin. Balls. I got him in the balls. Well-aimed kick, Montana. Fantastic. He howled with agony and dropped to his knees.
“You bitch!” he yelled as he grasped his groin and curled up on the floor.
A hand came swinging towards my face. I instantly dodged, and he missed. He stumbled, showing the force with which he had lunged at me.
“Fuck you,” I spat.
“Fucking wild cat,” a man snarled, as he grabbed me from behind.
But a fist came out of nowhere, and a blow landed on his face. It sent him reeling to the ground and pulled a gasp out of me. The man who had lunged at me earlier tried to stand so he could resume his attack, but before he could find his footing, another man appeared from behind and kicked his legs. He screamed with pain and crashed to the ground.
In the distance, I heard a shout.
Two other men appeared. They had guns. I was in shock. I didn’t know how to react. I just stared as they made short work of downing the two remaining men.
I stared down at the three men who had collapsed on the ground and were unable to get up.
“What the fuck?” I didn’t know what was happening. Then I saw the man who had landed the blow flexing his fist. He looked at me with furious eyes.
“Who are you? What’s going on?” I gasped.
He grabbed my hand. “Get the fuck out of here right now?”
“Okay, okay,” I said, but my limbs were frozen.
“Go!” he yelled. “Go find your dad and leave! Right now! Go to the ranch where you will be safe.”
I was finally able to move my frozen limbs.
“Quickly,” he urged.
I ran.
Chapter 51
Cole
How things had escalated so suddenly, I had no idea.
“Is she safe?” I barked.
“Yeah, for now,” Leila said.
“For now? Fuck that. Keep your guys on Montana and her father. Don’t take your eyes off them for an instant until I tell you otherwise.”
“What about Anya?” she asked.
“I’ve got her. Focus on Montana right now; she might be more in danger. Anya is as safe as she can be.”
“Okay, We can send more men to guard the ranch.”
“Good. Assign as many as you can find to guard Montana and her father. Bring in extra reinforcements if you need to. I don’t care how much it costs, keep her safe.”
“Gotcha.”
“Let me know if anything goes amiss.”
“Alright,” she replied.
I ended the call. I turned on the security cameras on the monitor and kept my eyes on it as I searched for things I wanted. Two more guns, one silent, my special shoes, and of course, two portable devices - my hard drive and USB stock.
Then I headed towards the panic room. I opened the door and Anya was standing in the middle of it. She looked terrified. I left the duffel bag on the floor and headed over to her. Crouching down before her, the first thing I did was give her a hug. It was a very, very long hug, and I tried to give her the strength and assurance that she would need. Truthfully, I didn’t know if I would ever see her again, but I ensured to push that thought out of my mind. As I pulled away and looked into her eyes, I loved her so much it physically hurt, and so even when I tried to speak thereafter, there was a very visible strain in my throat.
“Oh, Daddy, what’s happening?” Tears streamed down her cheeks.