Out Of Time

"I told you I wanted her!"

I stepped closer to Blake, who automatically put a protective arm around my waist and hustled me into the car. I strapped the car seat into the middle of the back seat while Blake hurried to the driver's seat and started the ignition. The other officers hung back. The blond one was yelling into the darkness.

"Why don't you come out and we'll talk?" he suggested.

A red dot appeared on the chest of the blond officer, but before I could yell, a blast went off, and the o...