Total pages in book: 66
Estimated words: 61190 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 306(@200wpm)___ 245(@250wpm)___ 204(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 61190 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 306(@200wpm)___ 245(@250wpm)___ 204(@300wpm)
I lifted my gun to fill the small basement with light, seeing five men chained to the back wall with cloth wrapped around their mouths. Hell, one of them looked like he was only in his twenties. Dimitrik was a cruel bastard, and I couldn’t wait to help the rebels bring him down.
“I got you. Calm down,” I said as I heard sharp breaths and saw them shrinking back against the wall. My unit and the rebels hadn’t officially met until now. What a hell of an introduction. I patted down the man who had done a poor job guarding them and found a key in his pocket.
Bingo.
I hurried over to the first guy and unlocked the two cuffs that bound each of his wrists before moving to the next. When I reached the younger man, I heard footsteps descending down the stairs, making me whip around only to see David.
“Oh, good. I thought I was going to have to shoot you,” I said as I turned back around to finish unlocking the rest of the cuffs to free everyone.
“Hopefully, you never do,” David replied with a faint smirk before approaching one of the men. “English?”
An unsure look filled the man’s face as he shrugged.
“Some,” he said in an uncertain voice.
“Good enough for me. Not much time to chit-chat either,” David said before motioning for everyone to follow him. He grabbed his radio and lifted it to his mouth. “How are we looking, Amir?”
“Crystal clear, captain.”
“Perfect,” David replied before leading everyone out of the building.
“We won’t… forget this,” the rebel told us. “We go now. Talk later.”
Before David and I could tell them to wait, the rebels hurried off to where I suspected was their base. I looked at David, who shook his head.
“We should go anyway. They’ll send more people, and I don’t want to be caught in that firefight,” David replied before we hurried into the alleyway where Amir was waiting for us.
“Lucky bastards. You got all the excitement,” Amir muttered.
I chuckled and slung my arm around my brother’s shoulders.
“Maybe next time,” I told him before the three of us broke out into a jog to make it out of the city. When the last building lingered behind us, and the trees loomed ahead, we slowed down to a walk, able to relax more now. “We’ll have to get Brianna to talk to that guy.”
David walked ahead of us.
“I’m sure she’ll be happy to help,” he said.
“I wonder what sexy is in Vlasic,” Amir murmured to me.
I smirked and rolled my eyes at him. He was definitely the more outspoken brother out of the three of us.
“Is that the pick-up line you’re going to use?” I asked him.
“What would you say?” Amir replied as we kept our voices low.
“Maybe just ‘You’re beautiful’ in English,” I told him with a faint laugh.
“Yeah, she is beautiful. Gorgeous, really,” David suddenly said, making Amir and me stop in our tracks with sheepish looks on our faces. He might’ve been older than all of us, but I supposed his hearing didn’t reflect that.
“Sorry. We were just… playing,” I told him as I lowered my eyes, not wanting to get my ass kicked for commenting on the attractiveness of his wife. It was hard to ignore, though.
David didn’t even narrow his eyes. His face remained still and calm as he looked between us.
“She’s gotten even more beautiful as the years have gone on,” he said. “She doesn’t think so, but it sure is torture being away from her for so long.”
“Oh, I can imagine,” Amir commented. “I’d damn near be in tears if I had to be dragged out of bed with someone who looked as good as her.”
“I’m sure it’s been nice having her around,” I told David. Either they were really quiet, or they hadn’t been… getting busy since arriving here. I wondered why that was, because if I was him, I would’ve been all over her.
Respectfully.
“Of course. It’s nice finally being in the same bed as her,” David replied with a satisfied look on his face.
“I’m surprised I haven’t heard more noise coming from your bedroom,” Amir chuckled, nudging David in a playful manner that we were all used to. But we’d never played around before about this. Amir was the one who pushed boundaries, though.
I shot Amir a silencing look, but David’s response caught me off guard.
“I can’t promise you it’ll be quiet every night,” David said with a light laugh. “We haven’t… been together in a minute now, but it’s just that much better when we finally can.”
“I think that’s called edging,” Amir laughed. “Now, that’s a method too many guys don’t use with their women. Such a waste.”
I smirked, shaking my head at the playboy of my family.
A thoughtful look crossed David’s face.
“I haven’t tried that yet,” he admitted as he rubbed the back of his neck.