Page 138 of Contract of a Billionaire

My jaw was tight. My brow was set with determination. I had to get to my woman. Get her out of this hellhole. She still hadn’t seen me. Her eyes were trained on a gun pointed at her while her bodyguard fought off three men.

“Sasha, kill the fucker pointing the gun at her,” I issued a gruff order. Thank fuck Sasha listened. He might have a way to agitate people out in the normal society, but here he was efficient and deadly.

I heard the bullet fly through the air. The whizzing sound that had the man falling to the ground. Another man went after Autumn. She threw herself onto the ground, reaching for the gun that lay on the mountain snow.

A baby screamed from somewhere. I scanned the surroundings but couldn’t see it. I returned my gaze to Autumn who now had trained a gun on one of the men.

My gun. Even from here I could see the logo on it. Another ten steps and I’d reach her. It was too far away. The enemy was slowly dwindling down. Sasha was a good shot. So was Byron. The three of us managed to reduce the number of them from thirty to ten.

Someone slammed into me. My body went tumbling down onto the snow, softening my fall. We tumbled over each other, my head slamming against one of the rocks.

I gritted my teeth, ignoring the pain in my skull.

“Alessio.” A woman’s scream. My woman’s scream.

I turned my head to see Autumn covered by some fucker, his gun pointed at her skull.

“Sasha,” I hissed, punching the fucker above me in his ribs.

“She’s fighting him too much.” His voice was dead calm, so opposite of my erratic heartbeat. “One wrong move and the bullet will hit her skull instead of his.”

The fucker on top of me refused to stop fighting too. I reached for the knife in my calf holster and stabbed him in his temple.

A howl filled the cold mountain air. It vibrated through my skull causing a buzzing in my ears. I jumped to my feet and saw Byron fighting men, trying to get to Autumn.

I raised my gun. Aimed. Pulled the trigger. Sasha did the same, clearing my path towards my woman. No wonder the guy was cocky as shit. His sniper skills were incomparable.

It seemed like it took forever to get to her. Fighting underneath the body too big for her to shove off her. My fingers gripped the guy’s hair and I jerked him off her. Without sparing him a glance, I pointed the gun to his temple and pulled the trigger.

Autumn’s high-pitched scream traveled over the mountain. Blood splattered all around us and the wide eyes full of fear darted to me. Recognition flickered in them. Her face had blood splattered on it. I didn’t care. She was still the most beautiful woman I had ever seen.

“Alessandro?” She kept blinking, as if she thought she lost her mind.

The whizzing sounds around me told me Sasha was in turbo mode, eliminating the enemy around us. I fell down to my knees and cradled her into my arms.

“I told you I’d come for you,” I rasped, my voice hoarse. “You owe me a wedding.”

Chapter45

Autumn

“You owe me a wedding.”

A choked sob burst from my lips. Of all the things to say.

“Anything you want,” I cried, throwing my hands around him and showering kisses all over his stubble chin and neck. “I stink. I’m sorry.”

He inhaled deeply and embarrassment washed over me.

“You smell like my woman,” he murmured, then brought his lips against mine. Another wretched sob escaped me. “Don’t cry, love. Let’s go home to our son.”

I swallowed, blinking the tears lingering on my lashes. He pulled me up, then shoved me behind him. I heard a faint voice, but couldn’t place it.

Alessio nodded, then turned to face me. “We have to run back to the chopper and get out of here. There are more soldiers coming this way.”

My eyes darted to the companions that stayed with me for the past four months. “We can’t leave them behind.”

“We’re not leaving anyone behind,” he reassured me. I followed his gaze and stared in shock at Byron.