The Girl Who Dared to Endure (The Girl Who Dared #6)

Then Lacey gave a shrill scream of horror. I snapped my head toward her in time to see her standing, staring at where Strum was still sitting, his body still and lifeless. Suddenly another BANG barked from over my shoulder, and I ducked down instinctively, covering my head with my hands. Blood spurted from high up on Lacey’s chest, just below her collarbone.

She staggered back, and the next bullet caught her low in the stomach, at which point she disappeared behind the desk. I whirled around, finally breaking through the shock of his attack and already starting to call Dylan, when Sage said, “Scipio, lock down this room and jam all transmissions coming from this building, authorization code Pine, Ezekial 0-1-9-5-1.”

“Authorization confirmed,” Scipio replied automatically, and I heard the metallic grate of locks being slammed into place and additional security doors being lowered. My breath caught when I realized that I was trapped. Alone.

With a man I feared I had gravely misjudged.