Page 72 of Heartbreak Hero

“Nothing. I’m coming out,” she said through the comms.

“I’m waiting.” Levi’s response was immediate and she smiled.

Having him waiting for her sent butterflies into her stomach.

“Stop,” she told herself as she left Kevin’s office and walked out into the hallway.

Levi stood with one knee bent and a boot planted against the building.

Watching the backdoor.

Waiting for it to open.

When another minute passed, he lowered his boot and walked to the door.

She should have come out by now.

Unless she was using the bathroom?

He pressed his earpiece.

“Sara?”

Nothing. No response.

Levi sprinted down the back of the building, around the side, and toward the street.

Sara’s scream pierced the night just as he flew around the front corner.

Two men had Sara, both gripping each arm. They were dragging her toward an idling SUV.

They didn’t make it.

Levi hit them with everything he had.

Snick.

Snick.

Snick.

The suppressor he’d earlier twisted on his weapon came in handy.

The first bullet hit one perp in the head. The second bullet hit the next perp high on his shoulder.

The third bullet took out the overhead street light, sending the area into total darkness. The only glow was that of the taillights on the waiting SUV.

One perp toppled dead like a stringless marionette.

Levi charged into the other perp, sending the fucker to the ground. The man gasped, rolled, and clutched at his wounded shoulder.

The waiting SUV peeled out with tires burning rubber.

Sara had already dropped to her ass on the sidewalk and Levi yanked her up and put her behind him. She fisted both hands into the back of his jacket and hung on.

Leaning over the perp still alive, Levi grabbed the front of the guy’s jacket and lifted him with one fist. With his other fist, he hit the fucker in the face, knocking him out.

Levi released the perp and pressed his earpiece. “West?”

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