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

sound coming out was guttural and wet, horrific

from, horrified at what I find

breathed out, my voice catching

against the wall, his clothes

each sound rougher than the last,

on the floor. His eyes were unfocused, his

I muttered as I bounded up the steps two at a time, my heart slamming into my ribs. "Fuck Daryl, just hold on! You'll

a second as I reached him, but they were glassy, barely conscious. "V-Vin..." he croaked, blood bubbling at the corner of his mouth. "I- he's -

his wound in a desperate attempt to stem the bleeding. But the

Daryl's breathing was shallow, his face growing paler with

move fast to get him to a hospital! But first, I have to deal

it - movement. A shadow disappearing into one of the rooms at the far end of the corridor and reminding me of why we were

this was far more personal. Rage surged

with me, Daryl, I'll be right back for you!" I state, even though I wasn't sure

I couldn't waste time.

the joy of reading with others and spread the

had to stop Ashton before he

nerve in my body was screaming to be careful, but the anger was too strong, too blinding as I rushed towards the room at the end of

gone too far with the

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

at all, with an empty

what caught my attention. Out of the

A glint of metal.

Ashton.

myself to the side as a second shot exploded out in to the room

past my head, embedding itself into the wall behind

gun trembling in his hand, his blood coated face twisting with a mixture of rage and

even know who you're dealing with in this fucking town!" I roared, suddenly charging at him before he could get

him with full force, sending us

but Ashton wasn't done. He lashed out with a wild punch that caught me in the side of the head, the impact making my vision blur

screamed out like a girl, before I followed through with

to slam me back into