Nick,” he barked. Nick was slightly behind her, and the Dern brothers were creeping in on her. There was no way to get the upper hand when she was surrounded on all sides, and her only escape routes were blocked by the alley walls.
She could hear the releasing of the safeties on the guns that the Dern brothers held. Then she felt Nick's warm and firm hand curling around her arm.
“Put the gun down,” he said calmly. Just minutes before she had been drooling over the sound of his voice, the warmth of his touch, but now she heard them as if they were the last sounds she would ever hear. She knew the moment she put down the gun, she would have no way to defend herself. Would they kill her fast, or would they make it slow?
Chapter 4
“Goddamn, Nick, you know how to pick 'em!” Lou shook his head as he continued to glower at Alexa. “Put down the gun girl, you've got five seconds.”
Alexa considered her options quickly. She was sure she could take down the Dern brothers. Lou would be harder since he was massive, but he would go down hard. Nick was the problem. Nick was in her blind spot, and she would have to take care of him in the same moment that she took care of Lou or she would be shot dead on the spot. There really was no way out of this situation. However, when she was backed into a corner, that was when she did her best work.
“Al l right,” she said quickly. “All right, I'm sorry, I didn't know who you guys were, I was just out for a drink, like everybody else,” she said as calmly as she could. Slowly, she started lowering her gun.
“Really, Lou, it's not that big of a deal is it?” Nick asked.
“Not that big of a deal?” Lou smirked as he studied her driver's license. “I guess it's no big deal that Alexa had her tongue down your throat, hmm, Nick? How'd you like kissing a pig?” he flung her license at Nick, which bounced off the side of his head.
Alexa took the opportunity to spin in Nick's grasp. She crushed her body against his, with his hand tightening on her arm, and struck him hard in the stomach with her weapon. It made him double over in pain and release his grasp on her arm. In the same movement she slammed one foot outward, toward s the ogling Dern brothers. She managed to knock one off balance which made him collide with the other. She landed on her knees with her gun still in her hands, and aimed it upward toward Lou.
Before she could pull the trigger, she was staring down the barrel of Lou's gun. He had it pointed right at her forehead , and she knew that if he even moved his finger slightly, her life was going to be over.
As she knelt frozen before him, the other men began to get to their feet. Nick was roaring as if he was enraged when he stood up, and seemingly oblivious to Lou's weapon pointed at her head, he jerked her hard toward him, practically dragging her across the pavement of the alley.
“Stupid move, Alexa,” he shouted directly into her face, his dark green eyes flashing with fury.
Alexa was just relieved to be out from under the weapon that had been trained at her forehead. Lou reached out and wrenched her gun from her hand before she could use it. Then he grabbed her by her long strawberry blonde hair and jerked her upward off the ground.
“Oh this one's just a little crazy,” he growled and glared at Alexa when she tried to spit at him.
She was starting to panic. She had been disarmed, and there was no back up coming.
“Shame to kill her,” one of the Dern brothers muttered. “I mean, right away,” he clarified as he grabbed a strand of her hair and gave it a slight tug.
“Yeah , really, killing a cop, Lou. That's some bad business. Not something the boss needs coming down on his head right now,” Nick pointed out. “Let's just knock her around a little, send a message.”
“And what message would that be, you idiot?” Lou demanded as he glared at Nick. “A message to take right back to her cop friends covered in our DNA so they
She could hear the releasing of the safeties on the guns that the Dern brothers held. Then she felt Nick's warm and firm hand curling around her arm.
“Put the gun down,” he said calmly. Just minutes before she had been drooling over the sound of his voice, the warmth of his touch, but now she heard them as if they were the last sounds she would ever hear. She knew the moment she put down the gun, she would have no way to defend herself. Would they kill her fast, or would they make it slow?
Chapter 4
“Goddamn, Nick, you know how to pick 'em!” Lou shook his head as he continued to glower at Alexa. “Put down the gun girl, you've got five seconds.”
Alexa considered her options quickly. She was sure she could take down the Dern brothers. Lou would be harder since he was massive, but he would go down hard. Nick was the problem. Nick was in her blind spot, and she would have to take care of him in the same moment that she took care of Lou or she would be shot dead on the spot. There really was no way out of this situation. However, when she was backed into a corner, that was when she did her best work.
“Al l right,” she said quickly. “All right, I'm sorry, I didn't know who you guys were, I was just out for a drink, like everybody else,” she said as calmly as she could. Slowly, she started lowering her gun.
“Really, Lou, it's not that big of a deal is it?” Nick asked.
“Not that big of a deal?” Lou smirked as he studied her driver's license. “I guess it's no big deal that Alexa had her tongue down your throat, hmm, Nick? How'd you like kissing a pig?” he flung her license at Nick, which bounced off the side of his head.
Alexa took the opportunity to spin in Nick's grasp. She crushed her body against his, with his hand tightening on her arm, and struck him hard in the stomach with her weapon. It made him double over in pain and release his grasp on her arm. In the same movement she slammed one foot outward, toward s the ogling Dern brothers. She managed to knock one off balance which made him collide with the other. She landed on her knees with her gun still in her hands, and aimed it upward toward Lou.
Before she could pull the trigger, she was staring down the barrel of Lou's gun. He had it pointed right at her forehead , and she knew that if he even moved his finger slightly, her life was going to be over.
As she knelt frozen before him, the other men began to get to their feet. Nick was roaring as if he was enraged when he stood up, and seemingly oblivious to Lou's weapon pointed at her head, he jerked her hard toward him, practically dragging her across the pavement of the alley.
“Stupid move, Alexa,” he shouted directly into her face, his dark green eyes flashing with fury.
Alexa was just relieved to be out from under the weapon that had been trained at her forehead. Lou reached out and wrenched her gun from her hand before she could use it. Then he grabbed her by her long strawberry blonde hair and jerked her upward off the ground.
“Oh this one's just a little crazy,” he growled and glared at Alexa when she tried to spit at him.
She was starting to panic. She had been disarmed, and there was no back up coming.
“Shame to kill her,” one of the Dern brothers muttered. “I mean, right away,” he clarified as he grabbed a strand of her hair and gave it a slight tug.
“Yeah , really, killing a cop, Lou. That's some bad business. Not something the boss needs coming down on his head right now,” Nick pointed out. “Let's just knock her around a little, send a message.”
“And what message would that be, you idiot?” Lou demanded as he glared at Nick. “A message to take right back to her cop friends covered in our DNA so they
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