Judy… Judy…
“You’re the one who helped Sutton before, right?”I say and help her up from her knees.I pull her away from the group of women and over to where my brothers are.
“I did, but it wasn’t enough,” she sounds so defeated and heartbroken.
“What did you mean by underground?”Stone asks.
“They have bunkers everywhere here.”She uses her shoulder as to point around the area.“Some have tunnels that lead?—”
“You will be punished for this, Judy!”the same lady as earlier interrupts her screaming.
Brass walks over and shoves the barrel of his gun in the woman’s mouth.“Say one more word, Darlin’, and you’ll get to meet your maker.”
“Where do they lead?”Bullet speaks up.
“To all of the other bunkers within the property,” she answers.
“Fuck!”Reaper mumbles.“So they could be anywhere by now?North, south?We don’t have the numbers to cover all the outhouses.”
Stone taps his earpiece as his eyes look off as if he’s listening to something, Bullet does the same.The sound of gunfire rings out in the distance.
“My men are under attack by the jet,” Bullet announces then takes off.
“Get all available brothers to the north field where the aircraft is located!”Stone orders to the men listening over the radios.
We all follow, sprinting to the north field.My legs are burning as I tear up the ground to get to Sutton before she’s taken from me again.
The moment we come up over the slight incline of a hill, we can see past the trees and plane.Our brothers are taking heat as the cartel is progressing towards the clearing.Once we get to the trees, the fight has died down to a few shots here and there.We’re crouching down as a line of men in black suits maneuver a fortifying wall to block Sanchez, Sutton, and Walter as they start to approach the aircraft.Tall brush and stumps cover most of them from the waist down.
We catch our breath for a few seconds as Sutton is being dragged along.She’s trying to put up a fight, but it’s useless compared to the trained men.Even though she’s in the direst situation, I can’t help but see how beautiful she is with her round stomach that houses our child.Something makes my woman turn her head, and she looks over at the trees, right where we’re at.It’s as if she can sense that I’d come for her.
“Watch that stray bullets don’t catch her in the crossfire,” Stone grits above a whisper.
The moment the words are out of his mouth, I’m up on my feet and coming out of the shadows and towards the group heading to the plane.Sutton sees me right away, and I’ll never forget the smile on her face when she realizes that I came for her.She’s struggling against the two large men that have a hold on her arms as they force her forward.
“Beckett!”she screams, and it’s enough distraction to have the two men loosen their grip on her, and she yanks her arms free from them, but a horrifying look crosses over her face.She clutches her stomach, and my heart drops.
Something is wrong.
“GET DOWN!”I boom as I start to fire my weapon at every cartel and cult member.
Sutton doesn’t hesitate as she drops to the ground.The men scatter for cover as their friends get hit.The return fire has us halting and crouching down behind whatever we can find.Sanchez and Walter are almost to the jet.
Peeking over brush, I watch as the leader of the Colombian Cartel commands his men.
“Get me the girl!”he yells.
Several of his men break off from the wall shielding him and start to go back to where Sutton is still on the ground out of sight.
Stone slides up beside me, “I’ll take left, you got right?”
“With pleasure,” I say.
We both rise up and aim our guns, shooting without hesitation as they are within feet of my woman.Hitting our mark, they both go down.
“We can’t get to them until the rest of backup gets here,” Stone voices as we duck and shoot towards the fleeing criminals.The jet has started as the engine roars loudly.
“Getting Sutton is enough for now,” I admit and start to crawl getting closer to where she dropped down.
