“Properly, nicely, nicely. I’m impressed, soldier. I assumed you’d have turned coats and saved your little buddy right here. You’ve come to this point in a brief house of time.”

I peer across the crate and see Michael and two different goons approaching Shay and the three troopers. We’re outnumbered, however we will cope. We at all times do.

“Stand down, troopers.”

All three troopers stand down, flip in my route, and maintain their palms by their sides. I peek across the crate once more, solely this time, Josh is staring instantly at me. Fuck! I curse beneath my breath. Solely, I don’t see Josh reaching for his gun, or alerting the others to me. He nods along with his eyes. Don’t ask how I do know he’s nonetheless in there, I simply do. He’ll assist us if it involves a combat. I do know he’ll.

“And we meet once more, Shay.”

“Why are you doing this? I instructed nobody about my time in captivity.”

“I doubt that very a lot. However, to reply your query, I’m doing this as a result of I can. Possibly now your little soldier boyfriend will cease being a saint. This ends in the present day. You’ll be gone they usually’ll don’t have anything to dig for.”

Shay laughs. I wish to leap in and inform her to cease. I watch the look on Michaels face fall to one in every of evil.

“I’m glad you discover this humorous.”

“No, I discover this fucking hilarious. You clearly know nothing about my soldier boyfriend. Finish me all you need, however this received’t finish issues. Shawland Safety will search for Josh. They’ll search for Keir. They’ll search for each goddamn soldier that’s MIA in your Godforsaken camp. So, I repeat, go forward and finish me. Put me out of my distress, as a result of the guilt I really feel over leaving Josh in hell will hang-out me perpetually.”

I watch Josh fastidiously. He by no means takes his eyes off the world in entrance of him, however with each phrase Shay spoke, his mouth twitched. His fists clenched. He was moved by her phrases.

“You underestimate me, Shay. It received’t simply be one physique right here for the Shawland heroes to gather.” Michael picks up his gun and fires a shot rapidly at Josh. The soldier falls to the ground immediately like a sack of potatoes.

The laughing startles me and I transfer away from the crate, purpose my gun, and fireplace a number of photographs on the three goons that walked in right here like they’re fucking gods.

Lucca shoots down on Michael’s arm and the gun falls to the ground, squeezing his wrist to stem the blood. I stroll ahead simply as Caleb and Chris stroll in from the other finish. Lucca Jumps down from the crates and goals his gun at Michael, the one asshole nonetheless standing.

“I might need guessed there could be no present with out your little boyfriend.” Michael grits his tooth.

“I’ve one query for you earlier than I blow your head off. Why? Why do all of this? Why human trafficking? Why promoting infants? You’re speculated to care about folks, you son of a bitch.”

I’m just a few toes away from Michael now, and I can really feel Shay’s eyes locked on me.

“You realize what it’s like, Clay. Working for the military is thankless. You strive placing children by way of faculty on a military wage, giving your spouse what she deserves, dwelling a lifetime of luxurious. You’d do the identical.”

I shake my head. “You probably did this for the cash. You tore lives aside for the fucking cash. You possibly can’t inform me that you simply suppose that is acceptable. That you just’ll get away with any of this.”

“Shay was by no means speculated to get combined up with this.”

“However she did. Harmless troopers have been combined up in your fucked-up mess. You didn’t must take her in the present day. You might have let her get her medal of honor and let her stroll away. As a substitute, your males have misplaced their lives. Harmless troopers have misplaced their lives,” I level over on the three troopers, together with josh. “My staff member is combating for her life in hospital. You prompted all of this.”

Caleb walks ahead with handcuffs in his hand. Chris and Lucca have his again. He pulls Michaels arms behind his again, not even listening to his grunts and protests about ache and bleeding out. None of us give a shit, he can bleed out for all we care. His spouse and youngsters should reside with this shit for the remainder of their lives. The military won’t ever be trusted once more. Everybody involved could have items to select up.

Chris rushes ahead and checks Josh over whereas I rush over and untie Shay from her restraints. Her wrists and ankles are all lower up from the tightness of her binds. I may kill that fucker for this.

“Let me go, Clay.” Shay pushes off me and crawls over towards Josh and Chris. I can see the ache throughout her face, however I drop down beside her and supply my assist and assist when wanted.

“He’s acquired a pulse,” Chris says.

Chris has torn Josh’s garments off and is slowing the blood from the bullet gap from his higher left chest and shoulder space.

“Assistance is on the way in which.” Lucca drops down behind Josh’s head. “He’s the one one which has survived. Properly, other than him.”

I look over at Michael, who’s being guarded by Caleb. The cuffs are nonetheless in place.

I look across the different troopers scattered round. This was all prompted due to greed. I can’t get my fucking head round this. Males have misplaced lives. Ladies have misplaced infants. Households have misplaced children.

“That would change the longer he’s in my sight.”

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