“You shouldn’t be driving.” Jameson’s voice was in my ear. When I’d rushed to my truck, he’d been right on my heel, jumping in before I managed to stop him.
I swerved around traffic, slamming my hand on the horn a half dozen times. If the motherfuckers didn’t get out of my way, I’d roll over them.
“Calm down or you’re not going to get there in time.”
Hissing, I threw him a look. “The fire was set intentionally.”
“You don’t know that. You also don’t know that Kenzie hasn’t gotten out.”
“Then why hasn’t she called? Why?” I dialed her number again, taking gasping breaths as I swung around a corner, almost losing control.
“Hi, this is Kenzie Sterling. Please leave a…”
I didn’t bother, ending the call and tossing the phone onto the dashboard. “No answer. I knew I shouldn’t have left her at the council meeting by herself. Someone did this to her.”
Jameson sighed. “Let’s just get to the fire. Okay?”
When I was forced to stop at a traffic light, I slammed my hand on the steering wheel and went through it, narrowly avoiding getting us T-boned.
“Fuck. Let me check on the fire engine.”
“Yeah, you fucking do that.” I rolled, hitting speeds in excesses of eighty. I glanced into the rearview mirror, thankful the others were following closely behind.
With no water, all we could do was to try to minimize the danger. All I cared about was getting her out of there alive.
“Just fucking get there as soon as possible!” Jameson hissed, tossing his phone onto the dashboard.
I made a final turn, glancing at him. “How far out?”
“Far enough. We need more firefighters just like we need more of us.”
“Is that what the damn meeting is about?”
He snorted. “Yeah, the captain raised holy hell.”
“Well, it’s possible that beautiful woman did as well.”
I could feel the heat of my brother’s stare. “You love her.”
With another hard twist of my hand, I nodded. “Yeah, I do. I think I have for a very long time.”
A strange silence settled in.
“Will would be damn proud of you, Axe. He always told me he knew you’d end up with Kenzie.”
I don’t know why hearing the words touched me as much as they did, but for a split second, I could see his smiling face.
“Oh, my God.”
Jameson’s voice broke the peaceful moment and I stared out the window.
At a raging fire already consuming the barn.
There was no second guessing, no time to waste. I pressed my foot down on the accelerator as I rolled down the driveway
There were several vehicles parked at a distance with their headlights pointed at the horrific scene, but I rolled closer, barely tossing the gear into park before jumping out.
I heard male voices, screams from all around, but I ignored every one of them as I rushed toward the collapsing barn.
