Bear to the Bone(60)

“Don’t do anything stupid,” the man behind her ordered. “Or she dies.”

Cage’s eyes narrowed to angry blue slits.

“Now set down the gun,” the man holding her said. He did. “Get him,” he said to the rest of the men.

The first two charged, and all Carrie could do was wait, frozen with a gun to her head, while she watched the man she loved face impossible odds.

The first man raised a gun, and Cage knocked it to the side with a quick, powerful strike and then caught the man under the chin with a hard punch. Then, as the man staggered, Cage hit the other in the stomach, making him bend forward in pain before Cage brought up a knee and smashed it to his face.

He dropped to the ground just in time for Cage to catch the staggering man by the shirt and pull him forward for a devastating punch to the nose. The man wavered, and then Cage lunged forward and planted a kick to his midsection that sent him flying back into the bikes behind him, knocking over the riders who were still watching the fight, wary of getting involved.

Cage turned to her, but before he could reach her, another man blocked his way, holding a knife. Cage did a move that put him around the man’s hand, and the next moment, the knife was his own. He tossed it into the darkness and then used both hands together to shove his elbow into the man’s chest, breaking his ribs with a crunching sound.

Carrie had never seen anything like the way Cage fought.

“Shit,” Carrie heard the man behind her mutter as he removed the weapon and started his engine. He seemed to realize there was no point in killing Carrie as Cage beat up his friends, because Carrie was his only hope at keeping the monster in the darkness from killing him.

“Cage!” she yelled as the bike started to pull out of the driveway. She saw him turn toward her in the darkness, his tall form surrounded by three or more men ready to fight. He gave her one last look and then turned to them with his fists.

She watched as he took one down, sending them flying into the night, and then another, as the third rushed him. They were in a pile together, though she could hear the crunch of bone on bone as Cage fought.

But it was going to be too late. The bike was already speeding into the night, and she couldn’t look back anymore. She heard shouts and growls and bikes knocking together and knew by the time Cage ran back to wherever he’d stashed his bike so he could sneak up on them without being caught, she and this asshole would be out of reach.

And if they made it back to the compound, then this asshole would have backup, and Cage had already been in multiple fights tonight.

Then she heard a roar and the sound of heavy galloping behind them. She looked back and gasped as she saw a huge creature rampaging after them in the dark, running impossibly fast. Cage’s bear eyes sparkled demonically in the dark, and Carrie felt a little chill go up her spine as she watched him gaining on them even at thirty miles per hour.#p#分页标题#e#

“Shit,” the man behind her said, revving the gas. But it wasn’t enough. Cage would have them soon, though what he’d do when he caught them, she didn’t know.

She heard more motorcycles starting back at Willow’s and knew the men Cage hadn’t knocked unconscious were now after them as well.

The bikes were roaring to catch up, and then Carrie heard a gunshot echo into the night and gasped. Just who did they think they were shooting at?

She heard Cage roar and looked in one of the rearview mirrors to see him swing around to face them. He caught one with a swipe of his huge paw to the front tire, sending it crashing off the side of the road. Then he pounced on the other as it passed him, bodily stopping it and leaving it in a heap before he took off, running even faster now as he tried to catch them.

The bike she was on turned onto a main road and screamed down it, literally burning rubber as the man behind her tried to accelerate from the angry bear that was now charging down Main Street in the middle of the night.

Good thing all the stores here were closed and the people long in their beds.

“Cage!” she called as she felt the man behind her reach in his coat. “Be careful. He still has a gun!”

The man turned and fired, and they lost balance, the bike swerving as the man behind her put his feet down to try to steady them. Carrie pulled again to free her hands but couldn’t. As the bike came to a stop, the man let it fall to the side, taking Carrie with it, as he turned to fire on the rampaging bear behind him.

The man walked forward, but Carrie couldn’t see anything out there anymore.

Where had Cage gone?

“Get out here, bear,” the man called. “Get out here and let me shoot you. I don’t have a tag, but I don’t think anyone will notice your monster ass gone.”