Page 48 of Come Alive
“Yara! Yara! Oh god, no!” James’s voice cut through the chaos as Kazi attempted to subdue Steve. “He shot her.”
Yara’s dead.
Kazi’s brain dissolved. His heart shriveled, turning black and dead. His vision pinpointed on the struggling Steve. On the man who killedhis Yara.
Who killed hisunborn children.
Kazi leaned back and brought his head forward, knocking into Steve’s. With the man below him discombobulated, he pulled the knife from the man’s stomach before stabbing him over.
And over.
And over.
And over.
And over.
“Get up! She’s alive, but she’s bleeding out. We have to go!”
Yara’s alive.
Kazi’s vision refocused on where they were. They had fallen halfway into a room, and Yara was slumped over a chair inside, James holding his shirt to her chest.
“He shot her, but it’s below the heart. We need an ambulance. Where is Isobella?”
Kazi pulled his gun from his waist and fired three rapid successions into the air.
Their signal.
And then he shakily got up off of Steve and stumbled his way over to Yara. She was blinking slowly, her golden hair tinted in red.
She weakly lifted a hand to his cheek. “You killed him. Thank you, K—” Her eyes shuttered closed.
Worry and terror crept along Kazi’s spine, a thousand roaches finding their way inside his clothes.
“Move out of the way!” Mateo roared into the room, shoving Kazi aside. “Yara!” Mateo quickly assessed the situation. “Kazi get us out of here.”
Mateo carefully gathered her in his arms, James held the shirt to her chest, and Kazi led the way. The three working together for Yara.
They jogged towards the exit as fast as they could. Not one of them spoke a word; their shot and pregnant woman in peril put a fire underneath all their asses.
“Where is Isobella?” James demanded as they made their way outside, his head on a swivel searching desperately.
Emilio met them at the entrance, throwing Kazi the keys. “Take the van. Isa isn’t here, but we found where she is. James, go with them, I will ensure she is safe. You have my word.”
Kazi didn’t pause, grabbing the keys midair and heading towards the front seat. But James paused, and it caused Kazi to falter.
Mateo growled. “Emilio will keep his promise and you would be no help.”
The words seemed to appease James, and he helped Mateo get into the back seat with Yara.
Kazi jumped into the driver’s seat and peeled out as fast as he could, clenching the steering wheel tightly.
“She’s going to be okay. They both are,” Mateo declared as Kazi navigated the roads, speeding their way to the closest hospital.
“How do you know that?” James asked. “I want to help find Isobella, but I also can’t leave Yara’s side. It’s tearing me apart.”
I don’t.But Kazi left his thoughts unsaid, focusing on the road instead. He couldn’t control what had happened to Yara, but he could control this car. Their speed. And how fast they made it to the hospital.
