Oh my God.

I didn’t get to voice it when an alarm abruptly exploded from the audio system wired all through the mansion. An ear-piercing whirring, virtually violent in its depth.

“Let’s transfer. Now,” Ronan urged.

He handed me my gun and snatched up one of many fallen guards’ Glocks for himself.

He threw open the salon door and the second we stepped out into the hall, automated hearth thundered, coming from a number of locations without delay.

The guards had been operating far and wide, taking totally different websites of the sudden house invasion.

Ronan was throughout me then, overlaying me as he rushed us down the hall, headed for the storage.

We had been just some toes out when Bryce rushed into our path, coming from Asher’s workplace.

“Get to the basement,” he ordered. “Go along with her, hold her firm till we’ve handled this.”

“You assume these fuckers can’t breach it, you’re dreaming.”

Bryce’s eyes narrowed, suspicion setting in. “You recognize who they’re?”

“You’ll the second they step out of the shadows as a substitute of firing from there like cowards. The black hooded robes will give them away, I’m certain. To not point out, the gold one.”

“The Infidels.” To his credit score, being the hardass that he was, Bryce hid his concern extraordinarily properly and stored on level, ordering once more, “Basement, Aurora.” He glared at Ronan. “They received’t breach these doorways. They’re strengthened metal.”

Ronan shook his head. “You’ve acquired balls, buddy, it’s an actual disgrace you’re forcing my hand.”

“What—”

Earlier than Bryce might end his sentence, Ronan pistol-whipped him throughout the aspect of the pinnacle. As Bryce reeled, he took full benefit of it, ignoring my cries for him to cease, and smashing Bryce’s face into the wall as a substitute, taking a piece out of it, the brutal impression knocking poor Bryce out. I winced as he slumped down on the ground in a heap.

“Let’s go,” Ronan stated, stepping over him and holding out his hand to me.

“He’s proper concerning the basement. You shouldn’t have completed that. He’s a superb man.”

He checked out me sadly. “They’ve actually completed a quantity on you. There’s nothing good right here. This place isn’t for you. Your dad desires you with him. That is our one probability to get you out with out inciting a struggle within the course of with Asher and his flock.”

Gunfire rang out and I shot a glance over my shoulder to see 4 robed assholes rounding the nook.

Ronan and I reacted on intuition and bolted round one other nook simply as bullets bit into the wall.

However earlier than we might get various toes down this path, three extra robes turned the nook on the different finish.

Ronan fired off two rapid-fire photographs that had one of many invaders screaming out, then he bolted for the closest door, dragging me with him.

Heavy footsteps sounded from proper exterior as he locked it, then ran over to a pool desk and slammed it in opposition to it.

“That received’t maintain,” he muttered.

“No. It received’t,” I agreed, speeding over to the small window at this aspect of the mansion. “We are able to minimize a path from right here the place we’ll solely be uncovered for ten seconds earlier than we are able to disappear into the forest. The storage is not an possibility. We’ll should make it on foot, then commandeer the closest automobile we discover alongside the best way.”

He smiled as he joined me, serving to me with the rusted window lock. “Properly improvised plan.”

“My dad doesn’t know this aspect of me, who I’m now.”

“That aspect is what he’s frightened about. And one more reason why it’s essential to get out now.”

“Let’s simply focus,” I grunted, his phrases hitting far too many nerves that had simply been uncovered painfully with this go to and that decision.

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