Chapter 722
He spun around and shoved her into the car behind them.
But they hadn’t driven more than a few miles before several more waves of pursuers swarmed them from all sides, effectively cutting off their escape.
Sienna glanced back, her heart leaping into her throat.
The enemy had dozens of SUVs, while Declan’s crew had only four or five cars at most.
Soon, every hostile vehicle was right on their tail.
Jarred originally intended to drive down the mountain.
But the relentless convoy seemed determined to block the descent.
The different factions acted like they had coordinated this trap, intentionally leaving only one desolate mountain path open while sealing off every other route.
This was clearly a premeditated ambush, executed at any cost.
Jarred had no choice but to swerve onto the narrow path.
The mountain road was treacherous and pitch-black, their headlights cutting through the dense forest.
Blinding high beams clamped onto their bumper, and the crack of gunfire pierced the sea breeze, closing in with every second.
To protect Sienna in the passenger seat, Jarred used the driver’s side of the car to block the barrage time and time again.
Blades and bullets grazed his flesh.
Deep gashes and fresh bullet grazes riddled his back and shoulders.
Warm blood soaked through his shirt, yet he didn’t utter a single sound, his grip on the steering wheel white-knuckled.
Sienna hadn’t even noticed.
Their car was eventually forced to the absolute end of the mountain road.
Ahead lay a sheer cliff with no way forward.
Below them, the pitch-black ocean roared violently, and the freezing cliffside winds howled so fiercely it was hard to stand straight.
Jarred slammed on the brakes, kicked the door open, and practically dragged Sienna out of the passenger seat.
“Into the woods. Don’t look back.” Jarred’s voice was a low command, and he squeezed her palm reassuringly. “I’m right behind you p>
With that, he gripped her shoulders and propelled her toward the dense treeline.
Sienna snapped out of her daze, pushing aside her shock as she sprinted forward.
She didn’t dare slow down, pushing her body to the absolute limit to match his pace, desperate not to become a burden.
The convoy closed the net behind them, the sound of boots hitting the dirt drawing rapidly closer.
Looking at the dead end before them, an eerie sense of calm washed over Sienna.
This was life or death—at worst, they would die here together.
The night was eerily quiet, save for the howling wind and crashing waves.
A bullet whizzed right past Sienna’s ear, embedding itself into a tree trunk with a sharp crack.
In that exact second, Jarred yanked her to the right, putting his left shoulder squarely in the path of the gunfire.
He didn’t slow his pace, dragging her as they stumbled deeper into the woods.
His breathing was much heavier now.
As he gripped her wrist, her palm pressed against the back of his hand.
She felt a thick, warm liquid seeping through his fingers and smearing onto her skin.
She turned her head.
Only then did she realize that a dark, wet stain was spreading just below his left shoulder.
And there seemed to be countless other cuts and grazes all over his body.
“You’ve been shot p>
“Just a graze,” Jarred replied, his voice entirely steady, not even skipping a beat. “Keep running. Don’t look back!
Sienna saw blood dripping from his fingertips.
Yet the strength of his grip on her wrist hadn’t weakened in the slightest if anything, he was holding her even tighter
The footsteps behind them grew frantic.
A dozen flashlight beams sliced through the trees, sweeping wildly through the darkness.
Sienna took a few more steps before violently slamming on the brakes.
Three inches from her toes was the edge of the cliff, loose dirt apd pebbles crumbling beneath her feet and tumbling down into the endless black abyss.
Jarred stood a half-step beside her, glanced down into the drop, then looked back at the forest behind them.
The shouting was getting closer—less than six hundred feet away now.
There really was no way out!
In that singular moment, looking into each other’s eyes, they both saw the end.