The Forgotten Heiress novel Chapter 29

"You aren't touching him until you tell me who you are." Jessica braced herself; they would have to go through her before they touched her brother. The two guys shared a look and the guy holding Shane introduced himself first.

"I'm Axel."

"And I'm Christian."

"And we have about ten minutes-"

"Less," Christian interjected and Axel glared at him.

"-to get you-and your brother-inside and into an upstairs room with the least amount of windows because Nick is on his way and he is not happy."

Jessica's eyes flew open when Nick was mentioned.

Christian scoffed. "He is not happy!? He is past unhappy, crashed through mad, flipped the bird at angry, and is currently flying through livid. His plane lands at" Christian pointed at Shane "murder lane in five minutes! And if we are out here when he gets here..."

Jessica raised an eyebrow at the outburst. Wondering what would happened if she slapped some sense into him.

"Please, can you go inside with Christian and your brother? My word, that we mean you no harm. I wish I could answer your questions but I can't right now."

Jessica shook her head but stopped when Axel and Christian suddenly lifted their faces, as if scenting the air.

"Oh shit."

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"Christian, grab her and go!" Axel ordered. "Leave the brother he'll be fine."

Jessica didn't know what was going on, but one thing was sure. If the guy that was holding on to Shane so effortlessly was scared, then she should be too.

"No! I'll go, just don't leave Riley."

Axel nodded absently; he was facing the street looking up and down the road, still holding Shane at knife point. Christian crouched down to pick up the still unconscious Riley. He put him over his shoulder in the firefighter carrying position and nodded towards the door; motioning for Jessica to lead the way inside.

She obeyed and only turned back once to see Shane struggling to get free. He knew that whatever was coming wasn't going to be good for him. Out of the corner of her eye she saw two more figures running up the driveway and she would have stopped and gapped at their speed but Christian blocked her view.

"Which way?!" He demanded.