“We move on three,” I say, keeping my voice down. Raising my hand in the air, I count us down. We move around the building with stealth-like precision. No one will hear us coming.
One of the guys comes out the front door and I move quickly. Snapping his neck, I lower his body to the ground before motioning for the guys to move. Half move around back, the others around the side to the other doors. I’m ready, focused on the objective: Get my girl and get the fuck out.
Kicking the front door open, we move in. When we’re spotted, shots are fired. My guys move in from all sides, taking their positions. I don’t want her hurt and I have no fucking idea where she is. Slinking along the wall, I keep my eyes open and listen intently. I peek around the corner, and when I don’t see anyone, I move. I creep along the hallway and open each door, ready to fire. The first few rooms are empty, but when I get to the last, I shove it open and find her. Curled up in the corner, she looks up at me with tears in her eyes.
“Miss me, darlin’?”
“You’re here?” she asks confused.
I nod my head and walk over, kneeling in front of her. A few shots are fired in the main room, but I ignore them all. She’s here and she looks to be okay to me. She reaches up and slowly pulls the bandana from my face, leaving it hanging around my neck. Harley studies my face a long minute before leaning in and pressing her lips to mine. Explosions rocket through my body as I sweep my arms around her and hold her close to me. Our tongues fight for dominance, but in the end, I win. Pulling back, I brush my fingers through her hair, keeping the other hand tucked behind her back with my gun.
“We gotta get outta here,” I tell her. She nods her head and stands quickly, taking me with her.
“I can’t find Angel. She’s gone. I don’t know if she’s here or not,” she rambles as I move her toward the door.
“I got her. She’s fine,” I tell her quickly before peeking out of the room. One of the guys motions for me to go ahead. I step out of the room cautiously and move down the hall until we reach the main room. That’s where I see him. On his knees in the middle of the room is her dad.
“Well look at that. On your fuckin’ knees where you belong,” I say, aiming my gun at his head. I keep Harley under my other arm, close to my side as he looks between the two of us. Then Harley bursts into laughter that startles everyone in the room.
“You were going to sell me, you piece of shit!” she screams hysterically. She pulls away from me and moves toward him, kicking and punching. His hands are zip tied behind his back, so I don’t worry about him touching her again. Instead, I watch my girl do her thing. I let her take out her frustration and anger on the man who wanted her dead. The man who was going to sell her to be used and abused. I watch her release all that anger on him and then she walks slowly back over to my side. Harley looks up at me and smiles the sweetest smile I’ve ever seen in my life.
“You feel better, baby girl?”
“A lot better now that you’re here.”
She wraps her arms around me as I raise my gun and fire. She doesn’t look back and I’m grateful for that.
With her tucked under my arm, we both turn and walk out of the place that was trying to break her and into the world of which I live.
The End.
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Always Second Best
S. Firecox
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Always Second Best
Copyright © 2021 S. Firecox
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Editing by: A.S. Grayson
Published by: Sin Cave Publishing
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Blurb
A world of sin and depravity where villains never apologize and knights don’t survive…
I’ve wanted Camilla Graves since the day she walked down the aisle and said “I do” to another man. It was an arranged marriage
