Chapter 16
Making it outside unseen, Tara didn't know what she was going to do. She couldn't see another house and had no idea which way to turn in the dark. Think, you can do this, she told herself running her free hand through her hair to push her bangs out of her face.
Suddenly, she recalled something Danni said when they were talking earlier. Turning to her left, Tara headed into the woods, picking her way along a shadowy path.
Tara could no longer see the farmhouse when she started feeling very dizzy and sick. The pain was unbearable but she kept telling herself to keep moving. Her body desperately screamed for her to sit, but she knew if she did, she would never get up again, and Myles needed her.
Finally, she saw another house through the trees. Propelling her feet faster, Tara stumbled up to the front door. With as much strength as she could muster, she banged on the door.
"Tara, what are you doing here?" Danni questioned when she opened the door.
"Need help," Tara strained breathlessly through clinched teeth, pain shooting through her shoulder and chest. "Deputy Webster…he's got Myles and the others."
"Got? You mean he came back?" Danni inquired, her eyes widening. At Tara's nod, she turned briefly into the house and came back with a shotgun. "Come on, let's go!" she declared powerfully.
"Where are you going?" Tara wondered, grabbing the other woman's arm before she could storm down the steps.
"To Annie's," Danni responded, turning fiery eyes towards Tara. "It would take at least 30 minutes to get help, and I'm not waiting for Web to kill my friends," she affirmed spinning back around. "You can come or I'll take him out on my own."
We need to get her at the Bureau, Tara thought with a shrug. "Wait for me!" she called, hurrying down the stairs behind the other woman as fast as the pain would allow.