by Alex Ander
Jaxon cranked his head left, toward the door, and eyeballed four dark-skinned men with black beards standing just inside the front door.
The foursome pivoted their heads, each one taking in a different compass point.
One man’s gaze fell upon Jaxon. The man nudged his fellow companions and motioned.
They all stared in Jaxon’s direction.
“Table six needs four beers, Char. Can you take that for me? My act’s coming up, and I need to get ready.”
Each member of the foursome reached inside their black trench coats. Two men hauled out pistols. The other two threw back the lapels of their coats and raised rifles.
Whirling to his right and rolling over the bar...
From the front door area, four male voices: “Allahu Akbar!”
...Jaxon landed on his feet and dropped to the floor, dragging Redhead with him.
Weapons fire filled the club.
Glasses shattered.
Alcohol sprayed into the air.
Bullets slamming into their bodies, patrons and servers fell, toppling tables and chairs.
The music stopped.
The woman who had been dancing on the stage ran away from the front door.
Zipping across her bare back, a horizontal line of holes appeared.
She sprawled out face first and slid another three feet on her stomach.
On her butt, her back against the shelves that held liquor bottles, Redhead screamed. “What’s going on? Is that shooting?” She got her feet under her and made ready to stand. “Oh, my G—”
“Kaylee, get,” sitting on her right, Jaxon clutched her micro miniskirt and yanked a little too hard, “down.”
Her garment sliding down to her upper thighs, her heels losing traction, she stumbled, twirled, and fell onto her savior’s lap, their noses ending up two inches apart. She peeped into his hazel eyes and noticed golden, brownish-green hues.
He gawked at her blue eyes—wide and narrow and sporting dark eyeliner and curly lashes, “Sorry about that,” then pivoted her body off him. “Please keep your head down.”
She hiked her skirt back up to her waist. “But we—”
A sustained burst of gunfire.
Kaylee flinched and covered her head. “We have to get out of here. They’re going to kill us.”
“And we will.” He sprang to his feet and peeked over the bar.
Shooting people, shoving others, two gunmen advanced toward the bar area.
Jaxon faced the woman. “Is there another way out of here—besides the front door?”
Turning away from him and pointing to her left, she spotted Charlene and let out a truncated scream.
A hole between her open eyes, Charlene lay motionless on her right side, a line of red tracing a path across her forehead.
Seeing what she was seeing, “There’s nothing you can do for her now,” Jaxon caught Kaylee by her right elbow, helped her to her feet, then ushered her forward. “Stay low and keep moving.”
Tiptoeing over Charlene’s still form, casting a quick glance at her friend, Kaylee covered her mouth with her free hand. “I’m so sorry, Char.”
“Which way’s the exit?”
Hunched over, the server turned left at the end of the bar. “It’s through that arch—”
Projectiles shattered the mirror behind the liquor bottles, and several of the bottles exploded.
Alcohol and glass shards rained down.
Ducking lower, Jaxon and Kaylee scurried through an archway and into a short hallway.
∞=∞=∞=∞=∞=∞=∞
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Also by Alex Ander
Action & Adventure - Special Agent Cruz
Vengeance is Mine
Defense of Innocents
Plea For Justice
Jacob St. Christopher Action & Adventure
Protect & Defend
Word of Honor
A Vow to the Innocent
Above & Beyond
Hard Road to Redemption
Jaxon Reigns Action Thriller
To Reign Supreme
Jessica Devlin - U.S. Marshal Action & Adventure
Trust Fall
No Good Options
Let the Hunt Begin (Coming Soon)
Patriotic Action & Adventure - Aaron Hardy
The Unsanctioned Patriot
American Influence
Deadly Assignment
Patriot Assassin
The Nemesis Protocol
Necessary Means
Foreign Soil
Of Patriots and Tyrants
Act of Justice
The Last Kill
Standalone
The President's Man
The President's Man 2
Special Agent Cruz Crime Series
Against All Enemies
Escape & Evade
Watch for more at Alex Ander’s site.
About the Author
A big-time fan of thrillers (books and movies) for over 40 years, Alex Ander writes globe-trekking action thrillers packed with fistfights, gunfights, and heart-pounding excitement and adventure.
Alex has written more than 20 books in the military/law enforcement genre. And as an avid gun enthusiast, he cringes right along with you when a magazine is called a “clip.” That’s why you can always trust him to get the firearm terminology correct.
Currently, Alex has produced four different series with main characters from the U.S. Marines, Army Rangers, FBI, and U.S. Marshals Service. And a possible fifth series is in the works featuring a character from the CIA’s Special Operations Group.
Living in Michigan, Alex spends some of his spare time painting landscapes, playing the harmonica, reading books, and watching action thrillers with his wife of 22 happy years.
Read more at Alex Ander’s site.
