Slade (The Protectors #6)(30)
Proud of herself, she smiled, but it disappeared as soon as she heard the deep growl coming from Jared. “You’ll pay for that, cheater.”
“Not cheating if I wasn’t told I couldn’t do it,” she defended herself before she took a shot at Jared’s head, but he was too quick, knowing the shot was coming.
“Nice try, breed.” Jared smirked then gave a loud whistle before yelling, “Pinky is using her powers. Hold onto your guns.”
Whistles answered him back and they were close. Jill took off as Jared laughed and then headed for his gun. Not really knowing where Steve went, Jill headed in the direction he initially ran. A noise coming from her right had her crouching down in tall brush. Her eyes focused to see two men heading her way. She lowered herself and took aim. With two clear shots, she hit them both within seconds of each other, and then realized it was two civilian men. Oh, she was going to catch crap on this one, maybe no one would notice.
“Sorry, guys.” She grimaced, looking at the bright-pink paint spattered across their chest. Yeah, she was busted big time. She turned, looking around for Warriors before taking off.
“Son of a bitch,” one of them cursed. “Where in the hell did she come from?”
“Hell if I know.” The other one tried to wipe the paint off his chest but it just smeared.
Jill could still hear them as she found a large tree. With expert ease, she managed her way up to the top and concealed herself. It gave her a great cover, but didn’t obstruct her view. She could see all around. Spotting Sid and Jared, Jill held her breath. They stopped the two men she shot.
“Where did she go?” Jared asked, pointing to the pink on the man’s vest.
He pointed toward where she had hid. “That way.”
“We didn’t even see her before it was too late.” The other one frowned. “Ain’t gonna live this one down with the guys. Fucking pink.” He was still trying to wipe it off.
Jill slapped her hand over her mouth with a grin, even knowing she was going to be in big trouble. Sid and Jared headed her way. Slowly and quietly she moved out of sight, holding her breath and trying to slow her heartbeat. She watched with nervous anticipation as they walked right under her tree. Slowly, she aimed her gun.
“You and Slade good?” Jared asked as they looked around on alert.
“No, not really,” Sid replied, stopping also looking around for any targets running around, but then his eyes flashed to Jared’s. “His ass better watch it with Jill. She’s like a sister to me. I swear I’ll kill him if he hurts her.”
“She’s a grown woman, Sid.” Jared actually leaned up against the tree Jill was hiding in.
Jill’s finger twitched on the trigger, but she calmed herself. She could only hit one and then the other would be on her before she could do anything. It wasn’t worth it. Shooting Slade in the ass was worth it; this wasn’t worth it.
“I figured it was bound to happen between them. Hell I even bet it would, but not like that,” Sid growled.
“He just likes it rough,” Jared shrugged. “Tessa likes it when I get a little rough.”
“Too much info, bro.” Sid glared at him. “So shut the f*ck up.”
“Ah, come on,” Jared laughed. “You can’t tell me you haven’t given it to Lana, pushed the limits. Some women get off on it and it’s our job to give our women what they want.”
“Okay, first off, don’t ever talk about Lana and sex,” Sid warned him. “Secondly, I don’t think it was Jill who wanted it rough or whatever it was I walked in on.”
“Oh, and you know that because you were there,” Jared snorted as they walked away. “Sid, stay out of it and let those two work it out. I’d be the first in line to kill the doc if I thought he had hurt her in any way, but honestly, this is none of our business.”
After a few minutes of silence, Sid glanced at Jared. “So Tessa really likes it rough, huh?”
The smile that plastered on Jared’s face was full of male pride. “She’s a f*cking hellcat, my brother.”
Sid’s grin widened. “We are lucky bastards.”
“That we are,” Jared laughed as they headed deeper into the woods.
Jill let out her breath and waited for a second before slipping out of the tree. Looking around, she felt confident that she was alone. Making her way behind Jared and Sid probably wasn’t the smartest move she could make, but she did it anyway. Feeling a sting in her shoulder then hearing the pop of a gun, she took off running haphazardly, making her a harder target. “Shit.” She ran hard and suddenly her feet hit nothing but air. Seconds later, her body hit hard ground as she rolled down a steep hill until she came to a stop against a tree, knocking the wind out of her. Scrambling, she rolled into some brush and lay still.
“She’s gone.” Jax’s voice came from her left. “She must have gone across the creek.”
She barely turned her head to watch Jax and Duncan a few yards away from her. Once they were gone far enough away, she sat up, looking around. The sound of more guns popping in the distance had her standing. The Warriors had found someone. With no more thought of herself, she took off toward the sound. In a clearing, sat a building surrounded by Warriors, except she didn’t see Slade. Not knowing what to do, she glanced around frantically. Seeing another large tree, she snuck that way and climbed, finding a good area to shoot from. If they figured out where she was, she’d be screwed.