Once A Soldier (Rogues Redeemed) - Plot & Excerpts
Multiple bullets ricocheted from the boulders, and the ear-numbing blasts echoed over the gorge and the stony landscape. As she froze in shock, a hoarse voice bellowed in French, “Grab the girl—we haven’t had a camp whore in too long! Kill the British officer and the others!” Gunshots were still echoing when Will leaped to his feet, yanked his carbine from the saddle behind him, and shouted, “Take cover!” A bullet kicked up dust where he’d been sitting an instant before. As he dropped to one knee, cocked his weapon, and aimed upward at a sniper atop one of the boulders, he barked, “Athena, grab your gun and move!” Will fired and a scarlet blossom of blood appeared in the center of the sniper’s chest. With eerie slowness, the man and his rifle fell separately to the ground. The weapon discharged harmlessly when it struck. Athena smelled the sharp sulfur scent of black powder and felt the fierce compression of air from the blast of the weapons. Her brief paralysis ended and she scrambled to her feet as two men in shabby blue French uniforms burst into the clearing.
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