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Shade looked out, seeing Killyama running toward Fat Louise and the man who had been hired to bring both her and her sister home. They were racing toward the border,

Killyama was running toward them with soldiers parallel to her. The soldiers had the advantage of being closer and were going to reach them first.

“I’m going to beat her. She was supposed to stay out of sight,” Train said over the intercom.

“You really didn’t expect her to listen to anything you had to say, did you?” Cash’s amused voice was heard next.

“Shut up with the chit-chat and get us lower so we can fucking fire before they’re all dead,” Shade snapped.

Train dropped the helicopter, blocking the Jeeps.

“Get in!” yelled Rider, giving cover fire to the fleeing women and Cade.

Shots rang out as the soldiers began firing at the helicopter. Shade lifted his rifle, returning the fire with Viper by his side, giving them time to get inside.

Bailey threw herself into the helicopter, and then Fat Louise was lifted in by Cade who flung himself inside with his body covering hers.

Shade, Rider, and Viper kept firing, waiting for Killyama to get her ass inside. As soon as she jumped in, she yelled, “Go! Go!”

Train lifted the helicopter, flying back toward the United States’ side of the border.

Shade sank back into his seat right as Fat Louise threw herself into Killyama’s arms, bursting into tears.

Shade studied Killyama’s reaction. Her expression was rigidly controlled. If he hadn’t seen the bitch’s arms tighten around the sobbing woman, Shade would have thought her unaffected.

Killyama was saying something to Fat Louise which had her nodding then talking. They went back and forth for a while before Killyama pulled out a protein bar and handed it to her.

She had told them of Fat Louise’s medical condition, and they had used it shamelessly to get the government’s aid in helping locate her.

Killyama stared at Cade. The poor fucker didn’t know what he was in for. He probably had thought he was home free when he had jumped into the helicopter.

“He wasn’t doing a great job, was he?” she sneered, yelling to be heard.

Cade stiffened. “I was doing fine until Bailey took off like a bat out of Hell.”

Bailey flushed yet defended herself. “It worked out fine, didn’t it? We’re all safe now.”

“No thanks to you,” snorted Killyama.

The two women glared at each other.

It was twenty minutes later when they safely set the helicopter down on the roof of a hotel.

“Everybody out. I have to get this baby back before someone notices it missing,” Train yelled over the loud noise.

Cade jumped out first to help the women out. Bailey took her time, clinging to Cade much longer than necessary, and Shade rolled his eyes at Viper as Cade lifted Fat Louise out next. Then he turned back to help Killyama, but she ignored his and Rider’s helping hands as she started to jump out.

“Killyama!” Train yelled loud enough to be heard over the blades of the helicopter, stopping her. “Remember our deal. I’ll be calling it in soon.”

“Deal with this!” Killyama shouted above the roar of the blades, making an obscene gesture before jumping out of the helicopter.

“You can handle her later,” Cash told Train over the intercom. “I want to get back to Treepoint.”#p#分页标题#e#

Train gave him a thumbs-up, but his angry expression showed he had been about to shut down the helicopter and show Killyama how badly she had misjudged him. He was possibly the only other Last Rider who could equal him in the number of kills made. Shade’s had been made with his rifle, whereas Train had been trained to kill with whatever he had on hand.

“What are you laughing at?” Viper asked.

“I’m thinking I need to start collecting Train’s IOUs. I’ve got to watch when he finally gets his hands on Killyama.”

“I think she can take him,” Rider snorted, chiming into the conversation.

Viper and Shade both shook their heads.

“Killyama will chew him up and spit him out,” Cash said over the intercom.

Shade gave each of the men an innocent look. “Wanna make a bet?”





Chapter 75



Shade answered the phone on the first ring.

“Can you talk?” Evie asked.

“Hang on.” Shade stared down at Lily lying on the bed. “I need to take this call. I’ll be right back. Don’t move.”

He went outside the bedroom door, shutting it behind him. Walking down the steps, he went to the kitchen where he poured himself a glass of whiskey before coming back on the line.

“Go ahead.”

“I had a meet with Rabbit today. Remember him?” Not giving him time to acknowledge that he remembered him from the service, Evie continued, “He’s a middle man now, does transactions involving illegal commodities. He makes the buys and pays for what’s wanted then delivers the goods to whoever purchased his services.