Jude snapped, “Damn it, Rain, get your ass up here.”
“No time.” Rain hissed as he jumped off the bed and rolled under it.
Jude barely had time to close the crawl space door before the bedroom door was kicked open, and all Rain could do was pray that whoever it was left thinking no one was up here.
It seemed that if it weren’t for bad luck, Rain would have no luck at all because within seconds he felt his ankle grabbed and Rain was being dragged out from under the bed and coming face to face with Danny himself.
“Well, well, well. If it isn’t just the man I’ve been wanting to kill. You just saved me a shit ton of money,” Danny said with his evil as fuck smirk he used during the trial.
“Danny, you don’t want to hurt me,” Rain said, hearing the shake in his voice.
Danny gave a laugh that brought so much fear to Rain he tasted metal.
“Oh, Rain, I want to do more than hurt you, or did you forget you had me sent to prison for life?” Danny asked with a growl at the end.
Shaking his head, Rain crab walked until his back hit the bed before using the bedframe to stand up, anxiously saying, “No. You did that when you killed all those people.”
“Fuck you! You could have just walked the fuck away.”
Rain’s eyes widened, “You killed twenty-eight people, Danny. How the fuck does someone just walk away from that? Those people were someone’s brother… sister… son… daughter, and you just… you just killed them.” Rain shook his head, rasping as the images of so many dead bodies filled his mind once again. “They went to a birthday party, Danny. You had no beef with them and you just killed them… as if they were nothing. Somehow, I don’t think their loved ones felt the same.”
Regret of his words hit Rain when Danny’s eyes went tight with anger, as he growled, “Where is Noah?”
No words came out of Rain’s mouth.
Danny took a threatening step towards Rain, snarling, “Where is my son!”
Instead of answering, Rain snapped, “What do you care? Because of you and your bullshit, he’s being hunted.”
Danny got in Rain’s face and took his throat in hand, leaned in, hissing, “He is my son. I’ve done everything I can to keep him safe. Now where the fuck is my son?”
“I wouldn’t tell you shit even if I did know.” Rain ground out, his legs shaking so bad he knew he wouldn’t be able to stand if Danny didn’t have the hold on him, he did, even if it was making it very difficult to breathe.
The moment Danny pulled out his gun and placed the barrel to his head, Rain knew he was going to die.
Thoughts of his mate filled his mind and then a whispering,“Little mouse, where are you guys? We have the men in custody. It’s safe to come out now.”
Fuck, how had Rain forgotten about their mind link? He was so stupid. He should have remembered… maybe… no, he couldn’t think about that. Right now he had to tell his mate his final words.
A tear rolled down his cheek as he whispered,“I… I wish it were. I’m sorry. I…I wish we’d had more time together, Wyatt. You… You’re a wonderful mate and an even better man.”
“Rain? What the fuck is going on? Where are you?”Wyatt asked in a panic.
“I know I’ve been giving you mixed signals about moving to Montana, but that was only because I was worried about what I might bring to Drago… if they’d accept me.”
“Damn it, Rain, stop talking as if you’re going to die! You are not going to die. I’m coming, baby. I’m coming. Just hold on for me,”Wyatt begged.
“I asked you a question, motherfucker! Where is my son!” Danny snarled.
The door to the cubby hole swung open, as Noah shouted, “Don’t shoot him! Don’t shoot him! I’m right here.”
Danny turned quickly holding the gun to Rain’s head as his back pressed against the man’s chest. “Noah, we need to get out of here.”
“The only place anyone is going around here is you, Danny… and that place is back to prison where you belong,” Jude said as he jumped from the cubby hole they’d been hiding in.
Everything happened so quick, but it seemed in slow motion as Danny leveled his gun onto Jude. Without giving it a thought, Rain grabbed Danny’s gun hand and lifted it up, slammed his head into Danny’s face so hard he heard bone break as the door to the room was kicked open and Wyatt was on Danny like flies on shit.
Noah screamed as he covered his ears, the gun went off, and all Rain could do was scream his mate’s name. However, it wasn’t Wyatt that dropped to his knees and fell to the ground, it was Danny.
