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I thrash my body around to try and escape, but it’s no use as handcuffs are slipped over my wrists.
“The bird is in the nest,” one of them says.
“I’m no bird, you mother fuckers! Let me go or I will fuck you all in the ass with these handcuffs.”
“Bex?”
“Amelie?! Fuck, fuck, fuck! Just take me! Let her go! I promise I won’t fuck you in the ass unless you want me to.”
“Shut up,” one of them grumbles as I’m lifted from my feet and thrown over a shoulder.
After a few minutes of Bex throwing out expletives that would make anyone’s grandmother blush – well, probably not mine but a normal gran – we’re thrown into the back of a car.
“Omph, the bitch kicked me.”
“Serves you right for being a cock muncher,” she throws back.
“Bex!” I chastise. “Not smart to antagonise the kidnappers. Let’s wait and see what they want, and if it’s just to kill us then you can cuss them out to your heart’s content.”
“Fine,” she huffs.
The vehicle roars to life and we’re thrown around with the bumpy terrain. We must be cutting through the woods. It doesn’t exactly feel like we’re taking the official driveway routeout of the school. Where the fuck are they taking us? And why grab Bex?
Chapter Forty-Two
Kalen
Helicopters fill the sky. Fucking choppers! We weren’t expecting this.
Men descend on ropes and drop to the ground, gun shots from trained snipers fill the air. Our team retaliates fast, shooting at them but carefully to not bring them down onto the people below.
People are ducking and moving to take out the intruders. In a panic, I scan for Amelie, but it’s okay: Dad has her. Until she looks down. I follow her line of sight and see her father taking Chelsea to safety. He was against this plan from the start, not wanting to put her in any danger. But he didn’t have a choice; he had to be here. He may be out because of some deal, but you are never fullyoutout. If you’re called upon, you turn up. Harold would have been on our ass like grass or whatever that stupid Aussie saying is.
“Teacher dick, are you seeing…”
“Kalen shut the fuck up!” Sawyer snaps. “Find Amelie and get her to safety! We’ve been ambushed, and our priority is her. Now move.”
Jeez. Like I didn’t know this was an ambush? I swear my brothers think I’m stupidandincompetent most of the time.
I’m neither.Which I will prove when I save Amelie’s ass and play the hero—oh shit. Where’d she go?
I lost sight of her between everyone running.
Turning to run through the swarms of people, a knife comes flying through the air, right towards my pretty face.Not today, motherfucker!I manage to side step.Amelie wouldkillme if my face got messed up.
Coming around behind the knife thrower, I wrap my arm around his neck. He frantically slashes another knife back to try and hit me, and the blade slices at my pants.Elsie’s gonna be pissed about that one.Cap runs up beside me and kicks the knife from his hand. I release the guy and he falls to the ground as Cap pulls the trigger and it’s lights out.Bye bye asshole, maybe you’ll learn not to bring a knife to a gun fight in the afterlife.
I nod my thanks at Cap and he continues searching through the crowd.
Amelie’s dad has Chelsea wrapped in his arms and standing behind a massive speaker. I race towards them as a man sets his sights on them. I’ve never had to kill anyone with a gun at close range before. I always wondered what kind of blood splatter would happen if I did…No better time than the present to find out.
I sneak up behind him and as I expected it makes a huge mess. Chelsea screams. I look at her and Marco and they’re covered in blood.
“Ooops! Sorry! Go. I’ll cover you. Get inside the building and hide.”
Marco nods and drags a shaken Chelsea across the lawn, while I make sure they have a clear path. I know I need to find Amelie, but she would never forgive me if anything happened to her parents. I may as well let her die in the process if anything happened to them.
Once they reach the building, I come out from my hiding spot. I haven’t seen my brothers or Amelie since the helicopters came over.
