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Brick hollered for Dove. “Keep an eye on Jade!”
“You got it, boss!” Dove scooted back to where Jade crouched next to the SUV’s large tire, her claws and fangs ready to defend.
Brick raced into the melee, knocking a rifle from one male’s hand with a brutal kick and disarming another, sending him flying through the air with a well-aimed punch. Brick kept an eye on his fellow pack members and saw someone with a knife stalking toward his alpha. “Not on my watch,” he snarled, barreling into the male and disarming him before using the knife and stabbing him through the hand, anchoring him to the asphalt. As the male screamed in pain, Brick grinned at Adam.
“Thanks, man,” Adam said.
“Anytime.”
Side by side, he and Adam fought with claws and fangs, driving the humans back into their vehicles until they fled, tires screeching as they raced away. Their fallen brethren, all still breathing but none of them in good spirits, moaned and begged for mercy.
Alli pointed her bloody sword at one of the males. “Can I kill him? He kicked me.”
“Let’s let the police handle these people,” Adam said.
“Boo. You’re no fun.”
Adam shook his head with a chuckle.
Dove brought Jade to Brick and he hugged her. “You’re okay, sweetheart?”
“I am. You?”
He knew he had some cuts and bruises, which would heal soon enough.
“I’m fine, I’m just glad you’re okay.”
While they waited for the police to arrive and deal with them, Adam interrogated the ones who were conscious and eventually got out that they were indeed part of H. A. S. and had spied on them earlier that day, and also followed them to the drive-in in hopes of taking them out.
“You guys should go,” Leo said to Brick and Jade. “Adam too. I’ll stay and talk to the police.”
“If you’re sure?” Brick asked.
“Hell yes. Go. Before you’re stuck here for hours.”
“I’ll stay with Leo,” Alli said.
Dove and Linus agreed to stay as well.
“Keep me posted,” Adam said.
Brick clapped him on the shoulder. “Thanks, Leo.”
“This is what it’s all about. Fighting for the people who matter. The pack is a family and we’re supposed to have each other’s backs. Whoever my truemate is, I hope she’s not in danger like Jade has been, but at least I know I have the pack to help me keep her safe if I need it.”
“One hundred percent,” Brick said.
“Thank you,” Jade said.
Alli said, “I think that Alpha Asshole got scared away by the H. A. S. guys, but I doubt he’s going to give up so easily.”
“I doubt that too, but that’s a problem for another day,” Brick said.
The rest of the pack got into their vehicles and left before the police arrived. Jade sat next to him in the passenger seat while he drove home, with Solan and Adam in the second row.
“It was a success in some ways,” Solan said. “But a misfire in others.”
“True,” Adam said. “We won the fight but we didn’t find out where Foley has been holing up.”
