Till Death - Ace Merrill (BOOK 2)

Strike three

Oceane turned as she saw Jason and another unknown man walk around the car to her.

"Jason?" She asked blankly as both men came to her.

Before he could answer she felt two guns immediately pressed into her side as they grabbed at her arms, holding her in place.

"Surprised you didn't recognise me sweetheart." He said with a small smile.

She stared at him blankly.

"Oh sorry, Ace is the only guy you have eyes for now. My brother couldn't have been that important to you then." He snapped sarcastically.

Oceane's mouth dropped as he laughed.

"There it is!" He said with a laugh. "You and Ace both took my brother, Jordan. My turn to repay the favour."

Oceane's head turned to the other man as he nodded.

"And I'm the boss."

"OCEANE!"

Their heads snapped up as they all turned to the house.

Skylar and Austin had both pulled their guns and they were raised at both guys as Connie was hiding behind Skylar.

"Jason?!" She snapped out at him.

"Hello love!" He shouted back as he saw her cower behind the agent.

"Oh you are so dumped." Connie snapped back harshly.

"Step away from the girl Robin." Austin snarled out warningly as he stared at the boss.

Robin laughed and shook his head. "Why would I do that? She's exactly what I need!" He said as he pressed his gun harder into her side, knowing Austin and Skylar wouldn't shoot while she was still there.

"Besides there's only two of you?" He said as he looked around. "We well and truly outnumber you."

Austin and Skylar slowly looked around as they saw many more guys come out and over to them.

"Sure?" Skylar snapped as he nodded behind them.

Ace, the cobras and other agents all stopped walking as their guns were all pulled out in sync.

Oceane's face dropped as she saw Ace holding his.

"You we're gonna carry your gun at our wedding?!" She half snapped.

"You're really complaining?!" Ace snapped back.

Oceane remained silent as she felt Jason's gun press harder into her side. She winced as the fear crept up quick in her.

"I think this is fair Merrill." Jason said as he kept his eyes on Ace. "You took my brother, I take your fiancée right?"

Ace stared at him blankly.

"He's Jordan's brother!" Oceane shouted out.

They all clicked. That was where they recognised this other man from before. They'd seen his photo on the arrest reports. He was Jordan's boss.

"Well isn't this sweet? Now we all know." Jason said sarcastically as he turned to Oceane. "Now our deal."

"What have you got to offer to replace my brother?"

Oceane stared at him blankly, she had nothing.

Gently, she shook her head. "I don't know, I have nothing." She pleaded out.

Jason shook his head. "Oh you've definitely got something." He mumbled quietly as his eyes scanned her body in the right dress.

Oceane tried shaking her head as he nodded, "it's a fair deal sweetheart. I'm sure Ace won't mind." He brought his gun up to her face and gently used it to wipe the tear that fell.

Ace instantly went to move forward but stopped as he felt Eyeball and Hugo's hand on his chest, holding him back.

Robin and Jason's men stood around them, their guns raised at the agents and cobras as theirs all raised too, aiming straight back.

"Seems we have ourselves a little deal right?" Robin asked as he looked between the two agents.

"You all take Jordan from us, we take her?" He asked them all.

They all stayed silent as Robin smiled at Ace.

"Strike three Merrill."

Ace felt his insides clench up.

"You're out." He said with a small laugh as he gripped Oceane's arm tighter.

"Now let me tell you all how this is going to work. You play nice and all this will work out just fine!" He shouted as he looked between the two groups either side of him.

"We're gonna borrow Oceane here for a little bit," he started as he smiled sweetly at her.

"You're going to go home and wait for the letter requesting the codes her father has." He looked over at Ace and the other agents and cobras.

"Then when we receive those codes, you'll get this pretty little lady back." He said as he turned back to Oceane as she gently shook her head at him.

"Better make it quick though," he gently let his gun trail up and down her body as she gave no resistance.

"Wouldn't want anything to happen to her." He turned to Ace.

"She is very beautiful in this dress and well," he gestured to the many men he had on his side. "We're only men?"

Ace once more made to move closer but was once again held back.

"Don't worry, we'll look after her." Robin said with a laugh. "She's a precious little gem ain't she?" He asked as he looked her up and down.

"How you all restrained yourselves around something so beautiful I don't know.." he mumbled as he continued to let his eyes scan over her.

Each agent wanted nothing more than to shoot him.

Each cobra wanted nothing more than to shoot him.

Ace wanted to cut him up into pieces and spit on his burning corpse.

Connie locked eyes with Billy across the street. Though he was happy she was behind Skylar and he knew Skylar would take a bullet to protect her, he wanted nothing more than to be by her side.

Before anyone could say or do anything, a loud whirring sound was heard.

It got louder and louder as it seemed to approach.

Dust and dirt began to fly about as everyone's eyes looked up.

5 helicopters were on the fast approach, flying in such perfect formation.