Page 59 of Forever Found

“What? I can hardly hear you, sweetheart. Did you say someone’s at the cabin?”

“Two men. They left their car at the end of the lane,” I said, my whole body shaking so hard I could hardly hold the phone.

“Where’s Jordan?”

“Waking Eli. I h-have to get dressed.”

“Put me on speaker while you get dressed, Addy. It’s going to be okay. Eli and Jordan can handle this,” he told me as I hit the speaker button and dropped the phone to the bed. I was on autopilot as I pulled on the jeans, then grabbed the sweater I chose and pulled that over Jordan’s t-shirt.

“Grab some shoes for me, princess. Did you call Ash?” Jordan asked as he reappeared before me, now dressed in sweats and a hoody. Eli was behind him, fully dressed too.

“Shoes, right,” I whispered as I passed him to go to my closet, grabbing my boots. I pulled them on blindly, not even thinking about the laces.

“Jordan, what the fuck?” Asher snapped over the phone.

“There’s a car outside. I already took the plate, but I don’t know how many men are out there. Addy said she saw two, but it could be more. I checked downstairs, but no one’s tried to get inside,” Jordan explained.

“Not yet,” Asher said and I couldn’t hold in my whimper. What if there were more men out there, and they got in? What if they killed us, killed Jordan and Eli? What if it was Max and Josephs men, come for me again?

“No one’s going to hurt you, Addy,” Eli soothed as he pulled me into his arms and held me tightly.

“Are there any weapons in the house?” Jordan asked.

“A rifle in the mud room. There’s a gun safe hidden in the wall beside the back door. The code’s the same as the access code. Do you know how to use a rifle?” Asher asked.

“Not really. Eli and I only ever fired handguns at the range with you,” Jordan said.

“Fuck! I never should have left you there!” Ash yelled and I pressed tighter against Eli as a sob slipped from me.

“Ash, calm the fuck down. Addy’s terrified. We have to do something!” Eli hissed angrily.

“Get the rifle and all the ammo. Barricade yourselves into Addy’s room. Anyone comes through the door you take them out. I’ll call the local police, but they’re miles from you right now,” Asher ground out.

“Stay here. I’ll grab the gun,” Jordan said, then he was gone and I tried hard to keep it together, terrified about him being down there alone.

“Deep breaths, shortcake. We’re going to be okay. I can handle myself, remember, and Jordan’s almost as good as me. We won’t let anyone get to you,” Eli soothed.

“Eli, keep me on speaker. I’m grabbing Kane and Adam and we’re heading to you.”

“You’re hours away, Ash,” Eli sighed.

“I know, but at least we can get the three of you out of there and someplace safe when we arrive.”

“We sh-should go down stairs. What if…if they got in? Jordan c-could be hurt,” I uttered shakily.

“He’ll be back any second, Addy. He’s okay. He had to open the gun safe and grab everything. He’s coming,” Eli soothed.

“Ad, wake up. We have to go. Get dressed,” Asher barked.

“What’s going on?” I heard Adam’s voice, and another sob escaped me just to hear him.

“Someone’s at the cabin where I left the others. We have to get to them,” Asher said, then it sounded like he was running.

“Help me barricade the door,” Jordan gasped as he ran into the room with a huge gun in his hands and a box of bullets under his arm.

“Jordan,” I whispered with relief.

“I’m here, beautiful. We’re gonna be okay.” He lowered the gun as he leaned in and held my head just long enough to kiss my forehead.