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Good to know in case they needed to loved hand, he tested the handle to the door Locked

Putting his weight into it, he rammed the door with his shoulder The flimsy lock easily broke under the pressure As he stepped inside, there was a bedroo to what looked like a kitchen/living room combination

The instant he stepped into the bedroom, he heard the front door jerk open He paused "Jayce?" Anyone else wouldn’t have been able to hear hi to check the bedroo rooust

Liah the other wolf couldn’t see him The place was colder inside than out and the stench offood accosted him He eased open the fiberboard door and quickly took in the rooe wet stain on the carpet in the corner was the source of the uy had a leak and hadn’t bothered to fix it

A few papers and bills were strewn across the desk by theLiaether and shoved the the desk drawers empty, he checked the closet, under the bed, and any place he could think of

Nothing

If this guy was hiding so, it likely wasn’t in his room And they didn’t have time to do a full-scale search When he was done, Lia the cabinets in the kitchen "Find anything?"

"Lots of porn, a around

Liaerator but there wasn’t much there He lifted a few of the condi inside it rattled He quickly opened it and found a flash drive wrapped in a plastic bag "Interesting" He shoved it in his pocket and paused at the same time Jayce did

Sirens sounded in the distance Too far away for the huuess they had five et out of there

"You ready?" Lia around, Liauy had cameras set up, but he didn’t want to take the chance

Liam opened the front door but fell back as a bullet whizzed by his head and s onto his back, he kicked the door shut He’d seen two guys holding pistols, but there could be more

The loud slaunfire Bursts of noise surrounded them as the front s exploded Glass shattered and splintered, covering the dingy furniture of the living roorowled as he crouched low and crawled away froh the wall above their heads Plastic and old insulation exploded in a burst, filling the rooet a look at the masks," Jayce said, his tone even

"I’ll take the kitchen and keep an eye on the back hallway" Lia as he spoke

The two roo roos and the kitchen had cheap linoleuunfire, Liam slowly inched his way toward theHis heart rate picked up, but he’d been in worse situations Unless the bullets were lined with silver, he wasn’t too worried Still, if he got hit, he’d be weaker and these huainst the that wasn’t going to happen again

When the shooting suddenly stopped, Liam pulled out his 9mm semiautomatic pistol from the back of his pants He didn’t like to open fire on anyone, especially in thearea, but these assholes deserved what they got He slowly stood up and grasped the botto it to the side a fraction of an inch, he peered out One guy wearing a black mask was hunkered down beside a car with no wheels Looked like he was reloading

Liam couldn’t see the other two but had no doubt they were there It was possible one of the men had rounded to the back of the house, but he hadn’t heard the door open or scented anyone

There were about twenty yards between hile But he had to take the shot

Without waiting, he aiunfire, the man cried out as he flew back into the dirt Liam smiled as the man howled and clutched his shoulder

As Liah his ar back a cry, he slid down the lower cabinets and clutched his upper arritted teeth "Got hit, though"

"Well, you hit one of those douches too"

Jayce cursed "I can’t see the others… Wait…" He fired off a couple shots