Total pages in book: 188
Estimated words: 179794 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 899(@200wpm)___ 719(@250wpm)___ 599(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 179794 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 899(@200wpm)___ 719(@250wpm)___ 599(@300wpm)
“We can talk on the boat. I have to get to Ginny.” Reaper turned back toward the dock. “Any of you got dry clothes to spare—”
“Wait ….” Viper stopped him. “Do you know which room they have her in? We’ve been working on a plan to get you two out, but we need her location.”
Reaper closed his eyes as a gust of wind sent a chill through him. “She’s in Allerton’s office,” Reaper told them, taking a pair of blue fatigues from Lucky.
Taking the guns out of the holsters and ammo out his pockets, he tore his clothes off, then started redressing.
“I can get her out. What I’m worried about is getting past the water patrols that Allerton has stationed to keep everyone from entering or leaving.” Reaper gave a grunt as he stomped his boot down on the ground to shove his foot farther inside.
“We’ve been working on a plan. You having the boat makes it a hell of a lot easier,” Viper stated as he and Rider lifted a brown tarp that was covering a hole. The men swiftly gathered the weapons and backpacks concealed underneath.
“We’ll drop Train, Lucky, and Jonas off at the back of the island, closest to the airport to get a plane ready while we go to the main dock. Allerton’s office is closer from there. Unfortunately, it’s also close to where he keeps his security headquarters.” Viper caught his impatient expression, yet he spared a quick glance to make sure all the men were geared up. “Shade, make the call.”
Shade took out a cell phone from the front pocket of his shirt.
“Viper … we need to go.”
“We’re not going in like a bulldozer, Reaper. We’re going in like a well-oiled machine. And to do that we need Shade to make that call.”
His sense of urgency multiplied the longer he stood there helpless while Ginny was left alone with Allerton.
Shade watched him dispassionately as he spoke into his cell phone. “Be waiting by the door in ten minutes.” Placing the phone back in his pocket, Shade nodded at Viper. “He’ll be there.”
“Move out,” Viper ordered to all the brothers. “Keep to the path where Shade took out the cameras.”
The men moved as one, with Viper going first and Jackal going last. Reaper had only met Shade’s brother-in-law a few times when he had accompanied Penni to visit Shade and Lily. While Reaper had never seen him in a fight, he didn’t have any concern Jackal was able to hold his own. The man had survived being married to Penni. That in itself earned his respect.
On the boat, Reaper gave Train the keys to unlock the handcuffs on Leif.
“Why’d you cuff him if he was dead?” Train asked, putting the key in the lock.
“My bad. I thought he was still alive.” Reaper knelt down next the guard then, without remorse, started removing the uniform from the dead guard. Viper and Rider were already switching out their uniforms from the other two guards, Viper giving Rider the wet one. Reaper gave Leif’s to Cash, who seemed close to the same size. The dark color of the uniform hid the blood stains, and the wet state of the one that Rider was wearing.
Viper took the captain’s seat to start the motor while the brothers placed the three dead guards on the dock. As soon as Jackal’s boots hit the deck, Viper pulled away from Clindale, heading toward the back of Sherguevil Island, which was closer to the airport.
Reaper lay on the deck of the boat with the others while Viper, Rider, and Cash were the only ones visible if any of security guards saw the boat approaching the island.
Staring at the men, his eyes met Shade’s. “I expected you on Clindale, I didn’t see Rider, Knox or Train.”
“Guess your mind must have been on something else. Rider practically fell out of the tree he was hiding in when Ginny took off flying from that waterfall.”
“Could have left me a sign they were there.” Reaper glared at the brothers surrounding him on the deck.
“We planned to when you were out of range of the cameras, but then you got a busy and we all decided Ginny wouldn’t be exactly happy to see us. By the way, you can thank Knox for jamming the transmission of the signal. Allerton wasn’t able to make out of anything.”
Reaper wouldn’t be able to tell Ginny that when they’d waited outside Allerton’s office yesterday, he’d been watching footage of them having sex.
Train responded his glare with a raised chin. “She might have earned enough votes to belong to the Last Riders, but my old lady isn’t going to be your backup.”
The thought of Killyama being his backup had him admitting the truth: he wasn’t man enough to handle that hellcat on wheels.
“Get ready to bail.” Viper alerted them they were getting closer to the drop off point.