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by Charlie Hart


  I move out of the truck, fear blazing in my belly, and I catch Giles’ gaze. His lips curl back and his nostrils flare, but it’s the only indication he gives that he sees me.

  Ignoring the fear that strangles me, I move around the truck towards the man with the gun.

  Giles’ brows draw down in confusion. “Tia, no,” he shouts, his voice filled with worry. No, not worry. Panic.

  The man turns, but not quick enough. I have the gun against his back.

  “Drop the gun,” I order, my words shaky.

  “You going to shoot me, bitch?”

  “If I have to.”

  “I don’t believe you-” He moves quickly. So damn quick that I don’t have time to think, all I can do is press the trigger.

  It’s life and death. All of this.

  There’s no time to consider. Only time to act.

  Two shots ring out, one after the other, and I feel something sharp against my chest.

  “Tia,” Giles screams, but it sounds so far away.

  My heart beats in my ears mixed with the sharp metallic sound of the shots’ reverberation. He falls toward me, and with horror I catch his fall, both of us stumbling in the deep snow.

  The man’s gaze is on me, wide, shocked, as a sticky warmth soaks through my jacket, coating my hand that still holds the gun.

  “Bitch,” he gurgles, as he falls to his knees, his gun dropping from his hands.

  Giles is beside me, grabbing the gun from my trembling fingers, and kicking the other one into the bushes. His hands are on my shoulders, turning me, and his voice is desperate, “Are you okay?”

  “I...I...” I don’t know. I glance down at the blood that coats my parka. So much blood.

  “Look at me,” Giles barks.

  I blink up at him. “I think so.”

  The other men are cursing, tearing at their hair, but they stay back.

  Giles pulls open my jacket, unzipping it, large hands pulling at my shirt, searching my skin. “You’re not shot.”

  “No.” But I can’t breathe, can’t think, and my hands are shaking. Another man’s blood covers me.

  The man I shot drops to his side beside us, blood gurgling in his throat and foaming at his mouth. And I see the second the light leaves his eyes.

  I stand there, motionless, feet cemented to the icy ground, unable to take my eyes off the man at my feet. A small whimper leaves my lips. And the adrenaline that had been racing through my blood, the only thing holding me up, seems to leave me in a whoosh.

  My legs give out, and I collapse to my knees, fingers planted in the crimson snow. A small sob bubbles up in my chest.

  I barely hear the words Giles says to the other men, or to me. I’m in shock. I know the symptoms. Confusion. Weakness. Rapid heart rate.

  One large arm wraps around me, and I’m lifted against Giles’ solid chest.

  I’m shaking, my chest feels like it’s bruised, and one thought rolls over and over in my brain - I killed a man.

  Continue the journey in the Wife Protectors, Six Men of Alaska, Book 2

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  Also by Chantel Seabrook

  Reverse Harem Fantasy

  Cara’s Twelve

  Therian Agents Series

  Chasing Payne

  Turning Payne

  Taming Kiera

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  Men with Wood Series

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  Second Shot

  Fighting Blind Series

  Theo

  Moody

  Wild Irish Series

  Wild Irish

  Tempting Irish

  Taming Irish

  Savages & Saints Series

  Torment

  Standalones

  Melting Steel

  Charlie Hart

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  BOOKS BY CHARLIE HART: DAUGHTERS OF OLYMPUS:

  Daughters of Olympus:

  Their Siren

  Their Mate

  Their Phoenix

  Their Shade

  Their Goddess

  MOUNTAIN MAN CANDY MOUNTAIN MAN CAKE MOUNTAIN MAN BUN

    

  Stand-Alone Romance:

  BEAUTY AND THE MOUNTAIN MAN

  HIS BILLION DOLLAR SECRET BABY UNTAMED

  RUGGED

  HIS MAKE BELIVE BRIDE

  HIS KINKY VIRGIN

  WILD AND TRUE

  BIG BAD WOLF

  MISTLETOE MOUNTAIN: A MOUNTAIN MAN’S

  CHRISTMAS

  F*ck Club:

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  Our Virgin:

  Protecting Our Virgin Craving Our Virgin Forever Our Virgin

  From the HIS Collection:

  HIS Everything

  The Mountain Man’s Babies:

  TIMBER BUCKED WILDER HONORED CHERISHED

                         

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  CLAIMED BY THE MOUNTAIN MAN

  ORDERED BY THE MOUNTAIN MAN

  WIFED BY THE MOUNTAIN MAN

  EXPLORED BY THE MOUNTAIN MAN

  CROWN ME:

  COURTED BY THE MOUNTAIN PRINCE

  CHARMED BY THE MOUNTAIN PRINCE

  CROWNED BY THE MOUNTAIN PRINCE

  CROWN ME, PRINCE: The Complete Collection

  Las Vegas Bad Boys:

  ACE KING MCQUEEN JACK

  Los Angeles Bad Boys:

  COLD HARD CASH

  HOLLYWOOD HOLDEN

  SAINT JUDE

  THE COMPLETE COLLECTION

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