Shadows In Durango

Chapter 115

*****Vincent's POV*****

The tires screeched as I swerved the car down on to the right street, having just ended a frantic call with Daryl who one second was finding no luck as he knocked on a few doors near to where he found the silver Jag to be parked, only before he started freaking out and saying he could see Sofia on a fucking roof!

The call quickly ended in a frenzy, which only forced me to press down harder on the gas to get there before it was too late!

Reid was beside me, gripping the dashboard, his face set in grim determination as Emma freaked out in the back - talking incoherently as neither of us listened.

Ahead of me, I eventually spotted Sofia, her figure barely visible on the roof of a house which caused for me to swerve the car up on to the front lawn - not caring about the damage caused to it or the car.

She looked frantic and terrified, her voice barely carrying out over the distance as she screamed out for help before calling my name.

"FUCK!" I shouted, throwing the door open before the car had even fully stopped.

I barely registered Reid yelling at me to wait as I bolted from the car. The urgency to get to her taking over all else as he quickly followed me.

But then, as we both began to take in the smashed downstairs window and the state of Sofia up on the roof, the sound of a gunshot tore through the air, a deafening crack that seemed to freeze time.

I saw Sofia flinch on the roof, her screams ripping right through me.

I barely caught a glimpse of Reid as he dove back behind the car, his hand instinctively moving to his head unsure of where the sound had even came from. Gunshots?!

I didn't think next - I just moved.

I

I sprinted towards the house, eyes darting toward the shattered window as I forced myself through it and ignored the shards of glass piercing me.

There was no time to think, no time to plan. Sofia was up there on the roof, and Ashton was armed... he could shoot her at any minute!

I scanned my surroundings once I was inside, my eyes adjusting to the chaos locked within.

The living room to my right was trashed - furniture overturned, glass shards littering the floor, as if a storm had ripped through it.

But I barely registered the destruction.

but beneath that, I could hear something someone coughing and spluttering

coming out was guttural and wet, horrific to anyone that could

the staircase where it echoed from, horrified at what I

breathed out, my voice

stairs, slumped against the wall, his clothes stained through with dark patches

sound rougher than the last, a grim gurgling noise escaping from his

him on the floor.

heart slamming into my ribs. "Fuck Daryl, just hold on! You'll make it

he croaked, blood bubbling at the corner of his mouth. "I- he's - Sof..." He coughed again, his body convulsing in

pressing my hands to his wound in a desperate attempt to stem the bleeding. But the flow was relentless, hot and slick

the pressure, but Daryl's breathing was shallow, his face growing

a hospital! But first, I have to deal

it - movement. A shadow disappearing into one of the rooms at the far

blood ran cold. This wasn't just a fight for a girl anymore - this was far more personal. Rage surged through me, a burning wave

me, Daryl, I'll be right back for you!" I state,

I couldn't waste time.

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stop Ashton before he hurt anyone

but the anger was too strong, too blinding

with the wrong fucking

into the room, expecting to find him straight away, but instead, I squint oddly to find an old woman lying unconscious on

her chest barely moving at all, with an empty pill

that wasn't what caught my attention. Out of the corner of

A glint of metal.

Ashton.

ducked, instinctively throwing myself to the side as a second shot exploded out in to the room

into the wall

door, the gun trembling in his hand, his blood coated face twisting with

getting out of this, Ashton! You don't even know who you're dealing with in this fucking

full force, sending us both crashing out into the hallway

wild punch that caught me in the

it back quickly until I heard the crack of bones as he screamed out like a girl, before I followed through with my elbow

briefly, as he only managed to slam me back into the walls, fists flying in every direction but