Hidden Wolf

17 Buy Time

"He's not yours... is he?" I ask quietly as the panic rises within me.

Before Chris can answer the imposter lunges at me, snarling and knocks the phone from my hands.

My heart races as I run around my kitchen table. The guy is huge, easily dwarfing me. His short brown hair and brown eyes fit the uniform but his energy does not. 

So stupid to have not noticed it sooner.

He rips the table from the floor sending it flying to the far side of the kitchen. Fuck, instinct takes over as I manage to twist away from his lunge again. I break for the back door where a hand snags my hair snapping me backwards. My lungs burn as I hit the deck back first knocking the air out of me.

"They said she was a runner," a man sneers standing above me. I see a third guy off to the side as stars dance in my vision.

The guy dressed as a Guardian walks past me towards a car. "Grab her, let's go, it won't take him long to get here," he growls out.

Hair puller leans down to grab me, but I've caught my breath. He didn't expect the impact from my steel toed shoes as I brought them hard to his face sending him back over the railing. I used the momentum to get back on my feet as I desperately looked around.

Imposter was already at the car but thug number three was meer feet away. Thug two was groaning on the lawn several feet away.

"Looks like we get to have some fun after all," thug three says menacingly. I spun on the spot and booked it to the barn, slamming the barrel bolt home. They crashed into the door with such force the steel door shook but didn't cave.

Fuck, no phone and those guys were going to get in eventually.

'Buy time, Chris is coming, you just need more time.' 'Oh is that all.'

*Snap*

I look in horror as I see one of the hinge pins snap as the men continue their assult on the door. I can do this, they're training me just for this kind of thing. Sara would tell me to split them up. Jace would tell me to make them meet me on my terms, not theirs.

I cut through to the second section of the barn, slamming the door and putting the board block across it. They'll just break the wood to get through, but it's a pinch point. With a final groan and a crack the steel door snaps open as they enter.

"Why do you bitches always have to make things difficult?!"

I hear them hit the wooden door before they start kicking and breaking the boards. Thug three sticks his head through the hole to crawl through first. I was waiting for him and brought the dagger down burying it to the hilt in the side of his neck. He collapsed on the spot as I withdrew and ran.

One down two to go. I jumped on the ladder and scaled it as fast as I could. Thug two grabbed my foot trying to rip me off of it. A couple swift kicks and I connected with his face dropping him as I made the last bit to the rafters.

I quickly dragged the ladder up to prevent them from following. Still no sign of the imposter but number two was back on his feet cursing up a storm. Now what?!

In a terrifying moment I watched number two parkour his way up to the upper level and block my way. Panicked, I scanned around for anything to give me a way out. The barn was old and not as structurally sound as it once was.

He made his move running at me and his foot broke through the floorboard sending him crashing into me. We broke through the wall and fell to the ground below.

I was able to twist mid fall and drive the dagger home, but the force of the impact still hit like a ton of bricks. He broke the fall for us, but the burning in my left wrist told me something was seriously wrong as I rolled off of him.