Page 96 of Heartbreak Hero

Quietly, King and Rowan had the customers and employees exit the building.

With Stolts and Carson there, the DEA badges saved the argument, and the exit had been orderly.

Locked and loaded, Levi stood down the hall along with the rest of Aries as the DEA took the lead.

His finger itched.

He hoped Wilson would put up a fight. The guy deserved to be dead for putting Sara in danger.

“Police,” Stolts shouted just before another officer slammed the office door with a battering ram.

The wood splintered.

Snick.

Snick.

Stolts and the closest cops dodged back and out of the way of gunfire.

Glass broke from inside the office and Levi spun around and sprinted for the front door.

He was out and around the side with both Rowan and West on his ass.

Sure as shit, Kevin Wilson had crawled out of the window and was running down the alley.

Levi charged after the guy, and Wilson kept turning and firing behind him. Levi ducked and kept on going.

A painful grunt sounded from behind him and Levi shot a look over his shoulder to see West fall.

“No, no, no,” Rowan rasped, catching a hold of West before he could hit the ground.

Levi didn’t watch any more.

Rage lent him fuel and he gained on Wilson. The fucker might have a lead on him, but Kevin was not in good shape.

Levi held back from opening fire on Wilson when the words King spoke earlier kept spinning on repeat.

“Don’t kill them. We need their testimony to bring down the big fish,” King had said.

Running through the streets of San Francisco after a killer, Levi wasn’t going to make any promises.

Especially now that Wilson had shot West.

“Levi!” King’s voice came via the device in his ear.

“Copy,” he responded via the comms.

“West is okay. Don’t kill Wilson.”

“I make no promises!” Levi snarled and leaped up the steps and into the apartment building Wilson had disappeared inside.

“That’s a fucking order.” King’s growl was dark.

Levi didn’t answer.

Ahead of him, Wilson had grabbed a lady and was using her for a shield. The woman’s groceries fell into the hallway.

“Get back or she’s dead,” Wilson said.

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