Page 84 of Forbidden Whispers
The scraping came again, louder, and this time accompanied by a high-pitched sound.
Johnny lifted the gun and with his other hand, yanked open the door.
A giant, growling ball of sharp white teeth and black-and-gold fur shot into the room.
Noah blinked as the normally mild-mannered Boon knocked Johnny to the floor, barking ferociously before biting down hard on his gun-wielding hand.
Johnny screamed in pain as the gun fell from his nerveless fingers. Maggie wasted no time in scooping it up with her bound hands and trained it on Johnny.
In the same instant, Valentina rose to face Nick. With a lightening move, she gripped the back of his head with one hand, and with the other, slashed the flat side of her palm along his jawline in a single fluid motion. Nick dropped like a stone. Without hesitating, Valentina snatched the knife from his hand and turned to Noah. “Bind him,” she ordered, indicating the duct tape.
“What did you do?” Maggie asked, her mouth gaping.
“Pressure point,” Valentina said. “Doesn’t take much strength, but it’s very effective.”
Valentina switched places with Noah, assisting Eric back down onto the bed, while Noah wrapped the unconscious Nick’s wrists and ankles with copious amounts of tape.
Next, he stepped over to Johnny, who was unable to move as Boon kept him pinned to the ground. The dog continued to growl right in the man’s face, his teeth bared.
“Get him off me!” Johnny whined. “He’s gonna kill me.”
Noah shook his head at the irony of the man’s words as he bound Johnny’s ankles.
“It’s okay now, boy,” Noah said to Boon. The German Shepherd immediately removed his paws from Johnny’s chest and went to sit down next to Maggie, panting, while Noah tightly bound Johnny’s wrists.
Valentina handed Noah the knife, which he used to remove the tape from Maggie’s wrists. He had just pulled out his phone, when to his relief, he could hear sirens in the distance, growing louder.
“Woohoo!” Maggie cheered as she exchanged a look with Noah. “She shoots, she scores again!”
“What?” Valentina frowned in confusion.
“It’s a very helpful trick Maggie knows.” Noah grinned. “Suffice it to say, the cavalry is coming.”
There was a groan from the floor as Nick regained consciousness, his eyes fluttering open. He struggled to sit up, pulling against the bonds holding his hands behind his back. “What happened?”
Noah had already moved to the open doorway and was waving his arms at the police car pulling into the lot.
He glanced back at the two trussed up men sprawled on the floor. “Let’s just say, there was an unexpected ‘boon’ that put a big kink in your sick plan.”
Boon thumped his tail on the floor at the mention of his name.
“Oh, you are just hilarious,” Maggie said with a shake of her head, but she couldn’t suppress a smile.
“I know, right?”