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Chapter Sixteen

Three hway, heading straight for the truck Three headlights fixed on it like the eyes of a h the truck’s front , and watched Gavan’s driver tense as they ca to do?"

The driver stepped on the gas In an eerie repeat of what had happened with Myka in the sht on The driver hit the accelerator The motorcycles came faster

At the last minute, the three bikes split around the truck, and the truck shot past the of tires and a gunning of engines, and rode hard and fast after the pickup again

The truck’s backopened and the barrel of the shotgun ca to cover her ears as the gun roared

"Got one!" the shooter announced

Myka popped up again, craning to see The bike closest to the back of the truck wobbled around, as though the rider had lost control The glare of lights showed tatts all over that rider’s bare torso, blood dripping down his chest and arms

"Spike!" Myka screamed

Spike shot toward the pickup in a burst of speed, then launched hied to the jaguar’s as hehim The bike spun out on the road, the other two bikers swerving to ain Myka rocked onto her back and kicked up with her legs, her feet catching the barrel of the shotgun and knocking it aside

The shooter didn’t drop the gun, but the waver gave Spike enough tirab the barrel with his half-shifted hands and haul it out of the pickup’s cab The shooter caed the Shifter rest of the way out by the neck, his hands right around the ainst the cab then threw hi truck

At the same time, Gavan’s driver hit the brakes Spike dropped to the bed of the truck, landing on Myka, keeping her fro slammed forward as the truck went from ninety to zero in a matter of seconds

Spike’s hot blood dripped all over Myka as he closed one huge hand around the cuffs and broke the chain fro over the side of the truck to hters

Myka scrambled up, her wrists still encased in the cuffs, but at least they were free of the chain She clis The other twotheir bikes and running to help

Myka recognized Ellison, minus his cowboy hat, and Dylan, clad only in a pair of jeans, his feet bare They both joined the fight against Gavan and his two thugs

Myka ran past them all to the open door of the pickup Jordan lay curled in thesoundly, his little body liainst her shoulder