Page 64 of Sapphire's Gem
“Lie.”
I growled at Soul’s reply. Having a baby brother who was an alpha male and who shared the same power as me was a pain in the ass.
“Tell the truth,” Soul followed up.
“I’m still getting random headaches, but I will be fine. Don’t you stress.”
“It’s my job to worry,” Soul retorted, and I snorted.
“I think you’re forgetting who raised whom. Look after your woman and kids. They should keep you out of trouble.”
“Yeah, Bryony gets into her own shit,” Soul said, but the love in his voice made tears come into my eyes.
“Glad you got that, Soul. Love that you found your anchor and soulmate,” I whispered, and Soul made an indistinguishable noise.
“It will happen for you one day,” he said with dedicated belief.
“He’d have to be a lunatic to put up with the club, but we’ll see. Have a good day,” I said and cut the call.
Dagger hit me like a ton of bricks as a shot boomed out. Sapphire yelped as Vengeance took her to the ground and rolled. I went down with my sister on top of me and hit my head. Damn it, I’d just got the all-clear! Dazed, I realised we were being fired upon and I shoved upwards against Dagger’s dead weight and rolled her off me. Dagger fought to keep me under her as a second shot echoed.
‘We’re being fired upon!’I screamed into my mind, aiming at Belladonna.
Darkness fell, hiding our bodies from the buildings surrounding us.
“Move,” Dagger hissed as a shot went wild.
Vengeance raised a barrier created from weeds as Dagger sent frightening images into the dark, and a scream echoed. Using the plants as a shield, we moved towards where we’d just left. Right now, we were sitting ducks.
‘Sparrow is there with Candle,’Belladonna replied.
Lightning flashed across the sky and struck at random. A second startled scream bounced off the walls. I imagined the hitman was running for cover. Hands grabbed me, and I turned and struck out. Sparrow ducked as trash cans began flinging in every direction.
Another shot rang out.
Dagger grunted and stumbled as we hid behind an entrance wall, and Candle raised her head as forked lightning struck around us. Several screams were heard as people sought cover.
I reached out, grasped Sapphire, and touched something sticky. Shit, Sapphire was bleeding. Sapphire shrugged me off and raised her gun. In the darkness, we couldn’t see anything, and she would be foolish to shoot.
“Drop your shield,” Sapphire ordered Vengeance. The plants retreated, and Dagger began slowly lightening the darkness. Sapphire squinted and searched for the attacker.
“I can’t see anyone,” Dagger called.
“No, he’s run,” Sapphire agreed.
“You need ER. Move,” Vengeance ordered.
Sapphire glared, but I saw she was wounded in two places. “What the fuck?” I gasped.
“She covered you,” Vengeance snapped as Sapphire offered me a weak grin.
“Let’s move,” Dagger snapped, and I saw Sparrow had gone. No doubt she was teleporting to see if she could track the hitman. Cyber would also probably be hacking into the cameras. With Vengeance, Candle, and Dagger crowding Sapphire and me, we headed to the ER.
“We’ve got a gunshot victim,” Vengeance yelled as we entered. A nurse looked up and hurried across as another went for a gurney.
“Who’s the victim?” the nurse demanded.
“Think that’s me,” Sapphire said dryly before her eyes rolled up and she dropped to the floor.
