Total pages in book: 189
Estimated words: 181808 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 909(@200wpm)___ 727(@250wpm)___ 606(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 181808 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 909(@200wpm)___ 727(@250wpm)___ 606(@300wpm)
Viper met his eyes, holding the cell phone in the crook of his neck as he continued to listen. “Moon, they didn’t have time to stop her before she went inside.”
“Who?” he asked, though he already knew, his hands instinctively going to his handlebars.
“Larissa, and she has the baby with her.”
CHAPTER EIGHTY
They made the three-minute ride to the diner in less than two. Moon told himself Nickel and Cash would protect Larissa until he could get there. Shade and Reaper weren’t far behind them. Saffron knew it would be her death warrant if anything happened to Larissa and Jace.
When he pulled into the parking lot attached to the diner, he felt Viper searching his face as they got off their bikes.
“You good?” Viper asked.
Moon nodded. Both men had worked together in dangerous situations before, so they moved in unison as they briskly strode toward the restaurant.
As they turned the corner toward the front of the diner, Moon saw Greer running out of the sheriff’s office, starting to cross the street at a run.
“Heard gunshots!” Greer shouted.
Immediately, Moon and Viper removed their weapons and hurried toward the door. He wanted to rush inside, but his training held him in check. He would be no good to his family if his brain was blown out as he went through the door.
“Greer,” Viper spoke once Greer made the sidewalk, “take the back.”
Greer took off without arguing, his own gun at the ready.
Taking opposite sides of the door, Moon and Viper opened it, keeping their bodies to the side.
“Cash?” Viper called out.
“It’s clear,” Shade called back.
Rushing in next to Viper, Moon’s eyes frantically searched for Larissa among the bloodbath that had taken place in the restaurant.
Nickel was covered in blood next to one of the tables by the door, and Shade was doing CPR on what was left of the bloody mess of his chest. Cash was lying on the floor with gunshot wounds on his side and shoulder, unconscious.
Seeing the tip of a woman’s shoe, Moon rushed forward to kick a table aside that had been knocked over. “Larissa!” He rushed around the table to get to her but instead found Saffron’s lifeless eyes staring up at the ceiling.
A sound in the doorway had Moon reflexively turning, but it was Train and Puck walking in through the door.
“Where’s Larissa?” Moon shouted, heading toward the counter.
“She’s not here.” Shade scooted to the side so that Viper could take over Nickel’s CPR.
“Cash was able to get out a distress call. I came in the front, Reaper was going around the back on his bike. When I came in, Cash and Nickel had already been hit. Larissa and the baby were gone. Saffron was behind the table; she was going to fire another round at Cash.” Shade nodded to the table that had been overturned. “I don’t know what in the fuck tipped them off, but they must have started shooting before Cash and Nickel could pull out their weapons. Because he had his phone out, talking to Rider, he was able to hit the distress call.”
Greer came out from the kitchen door. “I saw Reaper take off after a black Camaro. Gundy Barber was driving. Charles Wells was holding the kid’s car seat up as a fucking shield, or I would have shot both of the motherfuckers.”
Moon rushed back to check on Cash. He pressed down on his side to stop the bleeding as Greer moved to stare down at Nickel, his hand going to Viper’s shoulder.
“He’s gone. Let him go.”
Viper looked up at Greer, pleading, “You could …”
The sound of the ambulance from outside could be heard as it grew nearer.
Greer’s face turned anguished. “Don’t ask.” His eyes went down to Nickel then Viper, who refused to stop giving him CPR. “It wouldn’t make no difference if I did. Where he’s gone, there’s no getting him back.” Greer stepped away to direct the paramedics to Cash, who had blood seeping from his side, and Nickel, who Viper still refused to stop working on. “There’s another one out back. They locked him in the freezer. He’s got a head wound.”
Greer’s hand went to his shoulder to key his mic. “I want an APB out on a black Camaro. It’s Gundy Barber’s. Reagan, get his plate number and send it out with an Amber Alert.”
Moon moved to the side so the paramedics could assist Cash, urgency filling him to get to his bike now that Cash was getting help.
“Where are you going?” Viper asked, rising from the floor.
“To find Larissa and Jace.” Taking out his phone, he wiped the blood off his hand and onto his jeans before pulling up the app he needed.
“Train, go to the hospital with Cash. Keep me posted,” Viper ordered when Train came rushing in, answering Cash’s distress call. “Call Rachel and tell her to go to the hospital. Then call Nickel’s family and tell them that I’ll call as soon as I can.”