Abigail Roux The Archer (pdf)(1)

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.Why had it taken so little to convince Shawn he was in love with Brandtanyway? It had taken five years of loving Remy before he had realized it, but Brandthad been almost instantaneous.Why was that? Shawn supposed it had to do with hisguilty conscience.He wasn t supposed to fall in love with Remy, and so he haddenied the fact.Was that it? Shawn didn t know.He loved Brandt, sure.But nowherenear like he did Remy.Brandt wasn t enough to keep him from putting that muzzle to his templeand pulling the trigger now.Brandt wasn t Remy.Brandt could go fuck himself, too.If Shawn wanted to kill himself then, byfuck, he was going to do it.Brandt, the Organization, Thiago, Carl, Niko.Gray.John.Thierry.Whoever the fuck else was out there gunning for them.They could all gofuck themselves.And Shawn would get the job done, one way or another.He hadnothing left.He would go out on his own terms, preferably suitably liquored up, andhe would take whoever stood in his way down with him when he went.XXXVI. WHO S shooting at us? Nikolaus yelled as the five of them ducked through thedoor and out into the hallway.Thiago was bleeding profusely from what looked like a wound on his neckor shoulder.It dripped down his arm and left a trail behind him as he walked.Shawnwas bleeding from the graze on his arm and complaining about the shooter s bad aim.Nikolaus wondered how long they would have to keep Shawn restrainedbefore the suicidal urge went away.If Nikolaus had been the one to shoot Remyyeah, well, maybe they could keep Shawn in handcuffs or something.They wereeasier to haul around than ropes. Whoever it is, we have to get the fuck out of Australia, Thiago said in aweak voice as they moved cautiously down the stairwell and to their rental vehicle. Where do we go? Nikolaus asked as he watched Carl and Brandt cleartheir path through the parking garage.They moved forward quickly.Thiago andShawn were helping one another along as Brandt and Carl stayed on either side of thegroup with their weapons.The few items Nikolaus rescued and tossed into a duffelbag, Remy's duffel bag, were thrown into the trunk, and Nikolaus took the keys fromCarl and got into the driver s seat. Just drive, Thiago muttered as Brandt shoved him and Shawn into the backseat.Thiago looked a little worse for the wear, but he was conscious, and that wasalways a good thing.He held a bandana to his collarbone and Shawn sat fuming andmuttering as Brandt fussed with his arm.366 The ArcherAbigail Roux Fucker missed, Shawn kept mumbling angrily.Nikolaus tore out of the garage and headed south.XXXVII.BRANDT looked back at the receding building and pulled the switch out of hispocket.He d managed to recover it from its hiding place in the cupboard and now hegrinned as he fixated on the building. Cover your ears, he ordered just before flipping the device and placing hisown hands over Shawn s ears.The man was listless and without hope at the moment.Brandt would need to do something.Something drastic.Something like& tell him thetruth.Fucking hell, Brandt hated telling the truth.The top floor of the building didn t exactly explode.Not in the traditionalsense of the word.It crumpled first, then the centre blew up and out like an eruptingvolcano.Brandt watched it with intense glee.He d wanted to blow that fucking placeup for years now.He turned back to the others.Nikolaus watched the blast in his mirrors as hedrove, and Carl turned in his seat to look at Brandt pointedly. Was that strictly necessary? Carl asked finally in exasperation. No, Brandt replied joyously as he petted Shawn and rubbed the man shead like a dog. But it was fun.Carl rolled his eyes and turned back around, trying to hide his smirk, butBrandt saw it anyway.Thiago hissed in pain and Brandt leaned over Shawn, whoslumped dejectedly in the middle of the back seat, and began helping Thiago get hisshirt off. Shawn, did you and Remy have a predetermined place to meet? Thiagoasked as Brandt looked over his wound.It wasn t deep, but it was bleeding quite a lot.They would have to get Thiago and Shawn looking somewhat presentable if theywere to be going anywhere public.They were both covered in blood. Doesn t matter, Shawn said quietly as he laid his head against the seat andclosed his eyes. He s dead.Doesn t matter. Shawn! Get your head out of your ass, please, and think! Thiago growledangrily. Gray was trying to protect Remy, just like we were.Shawn growled and snorted at this, but Thiago continued regardless. Do you really think Gray would have told us Remy was dead? The onlything he would tell us was what he wanted us to know, and he knows that if wethought Remy was dead we wouldn t come after him. You think he s alive then? Carl asked from the front seat.The Archer 367Abigail Roux I don t know.But we have to operate under the assumption that he is, andthat he ll try to get back to us, Thiago said gruffly as Brandt poked at the wound. Stop it, dammit! That hurts! It s stopped bleeding, hasn t it? Brandt responded defensively as he stuffedthe bandana into the gaping wound. Then stop messing with it! Thiago shouted [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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