Book 5: Damage Control

Cal

Normally, I’d hesitate before jumping through a curtain of flames. Even to save someone’s life. If it was one of my men in there, what would I do? I wouldn’t think twice before trying to save them.

Why am I seriously considering letting that pretty girl die by herself, a victim of something she shouldn’t even be involved with in the first place?

That thought seems to renew my determination, and finding a breach in the fire, I climb through the broken window and step inside the store, immediately covering my nose with my arm.

The place is a fucking mess already, thick black smoke covering the tall shelves of books. 

I look around, frantically searching for the woman who was in this exact spot a few minutes ago. 

Did she manage to escape before the explosion? Did she even see it coming?

The front door and the back door seem to be blocked, so I don’t see how she could’ve escaped in time to avoid the fire.

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