Chapter 1
Cordell Walker had just left the building when a man barged in with a gun.
"HARPER!!" the man shouted as he began firing.
Shots rang through the air as Gage and Kay Austin fired at the man. He fell to the ground. The Rangers walked over to him. Alex looked down and saw that she had been hit. Three seconds later, she collapsed to the ground, unconscious. Gage and Kay looked on in shock. Gage pulled out his cell phone and called 911.
"Shots fired at the courthouse. Alex Cahill-Walker has been hit. She is unconscious." He said.
"Ambulance and police are on their way." The 911 dispatcher replied.
Gage ended the call with a thank you and called Walker.
"Walker here."
"Captain, it's about Alex. A man barged in here about thirty seconds after you left and started shooting. Alex was hit."
"What?! How is she?"
"She's unconscious. I called 911 and an ambulance and police are on their way."
"I'll be there as soon as I can."
Five minutes later, paramedics and police officers rushed into the courthouse building. They rushed over to check on Alex.
"She has a pulse, but it's thready." The paramedic said.
Just then, Walker rushed into the room.
"How is she?" he asked, rushing to Alex.
"We're going to take her to Dallas Baptist Hospital. She's barely alive, Captain."
Walker knelt down by his wife.
"Alex, honey, you have to hang on. We're going to get you to a hospital. You'll be fine." He said.
The paramedics lifted Alex carefully onto a gurney and put her into the ambulance. Walker rode with her. Within five minutes, they were at Dallas Baptist Hospital. Alex was immediately rushed into x-ray to see where the bullet was.
"It's right by her heart. By the looks of it, I'd say she's going to make a lucky escape." The tech said. "Let's get her into surgery stat."