Stalker - Clarissa Wild Page 0,13
pushed his head underwater. I take a step forward to see if I can rescue him, but the man only pushes him down further.
“Ah-ah, make a move and your friend here is dead,” he says, crushing him.
Damn, he’s even stronger than DeLuca. That’s a first.
“What do you want?” I ask, swallowing my pride.
“I want to come with you.”
“Is that it?”
“And you’d better not rat me out or throw me to the wolves, or things will get ugly,” he adds.
“Fine, yes,” I say.
“Is that a deal then?” He plucks DeLuca from the water, allowing him a much-needed breath.
“Yes! Deal!” I repeat. “Now let him go.”
He releases DeLuca from his grip, who barely manages to catch himself before he falls headfirst into the water again. I help him up in the narrow space as the man tries to push past me in an effort to get out first.
“Stop,” I say. “If you force your way through, the whole thing will collapse on top of us.”
“So? I just want to get the fuck out of here.”
“We’ll be trapped, or worse, we’ll die,” I repeat while I help DeLuca stand.
The guy muffles a laugh. “So you dig out a cave, only to have it bury us alive?” He frowns. “Son of a bitch.”
“At least I did something to get us out of here,” I say, narrowing my eyes. “What did you do? Nothing.”
“I can still kill him, you know.” He cracks his knuckles. “So either you let me tag along, or you’re both dead.”
As if he could kill me. I’d have jammed his own fucking teeth into his skull before he’d had a chance to come near me. I’m the fastest motherfucker they’ll ever see. However, I won’t let him touch DeLuca again. DeLuca is supposed to be one of the strongest men in the organization, and yet this fucker got him weak. I’ve never seen this shit before. Damn.
DeLuca’s lost way too much energy from that chokehold just now, and carrying him through the narrow passage doesn’t give me enough time to react should the guy decide to attack me again.
So I opt for the easy route. “Fine. Go on ahead. We’ll be right behind you.”
He smiles. “Good. Name’s Drago, by the way. Just in case you have something to say.”
“Charming,” I say, as I drag DeLuca along.
“I’m fine, Nix,” he says, coughing a little. “You can let go now.”
“Fuck, no. I won’t have you drowning in this shithole.”
“I can stand on my own legs,” he says, but then he’s almost choking on his own saliva again. Drago really did a number on him.
“I won’t let him get away with what he did,” I whisper to him.
“I know you won’t.” DeLuca looks at me. “But you won’t get him before I do.”
We both smile and laugh, continuing our journey through the hole until we get to the other side. The cold water has caused us to shiver, and by the time I’ve lifted DeLuca out on the other side of the fence, I can barely feel my own feet anymore.
Right at that moment, an alarm sounds and lights flood the premises.
“Shit!” I yell, as I pull myself out of the hole.
“They’re on to us,” DeLuca says.
I glance back at the guards streaming out of the facility. Rifles are being prepared. The lights zoom in on us.
Panting, I scream, “Run!”
The alarms screech louder and louder as we leg it toward the nearest forest. It’s not too far ahead, but the grasslands are completely empty, and we’re like targets with a bull’s-eye on our backs out here. DeLuca still has trouble running, so I help him along as Drago runs on ahead. We’re almost to the forest as they start shooting. I can hear the bullets ricochet off the ground behind us.
“Don’t look back,” I say, running as hard as I can.
DeLuca shakes his head. “Go, go on.”
“Not without you,” I growl, pulling him along with me.
The bullets are so close, I can feel them graze along my skin, leaving a track of blood in their place, but I’ll stop at nothing to achieve my goal. Three more steps. Two more steps. One big jump and we’re behind the line of trees.
Into the darkness we go, rushing across the fallen leaves deeper into the forest. The further we get, the less I can hear the alarm, and the bullets have ceased. We keep running for our lives, never looking back, but sticking close together like a pack of wolves let out of their cage for