Free Halfway Between by Jana Leigh

out.  He saw the large man practically throw Harper into a room, Thane was hot on their tail, but he was pissed he had not been able to get there first.  Damn drugs made him slow.  No, she was asking why they cared.  Was she nuts?
    “Well, it looked to me like he had a pretty good grip on your arm,” Thane growled.
    Harper pulled up her sleeve and looked.  There were a few bruises that looked like fingers already forming, but she was light skinned.  Hell, she could brush up against a doorframe and she had a bruise.  “Oh, this little thing.  Come on, guys, I am not gonna break down and cry and complain about the Big Bad Wolf, although the cuntasorous comment would totally fit here.”
    “ But you don’t actually like him, so it doesn’t count,” Mason pointed out and the guys snickered.
    “ Please, okay, this is done.  What is the plan?”  Harper grinned.
    “ Blood thirsty little one, isn’t she?”  Vince frowned.
    “ I like it,” Drake said and took her hand.  They went back to the room where Joel was still struggling to get out of bed, apparently the drug had not fully left his system. 
    “ Damn, what happened?  Is Harper okay?” Joel demanded.
    “ Of course I am," Harper pushed through the big bodies.  “What is your guys’ deal?” she grumbled.
    Everyone was silent and so she waited them out, all of the guys shuffling uncomfortably until Drake finally rolled his eyes.  “Listen, we have seen the worst human beings every time we went on a mission.  But what pissed us off the most was the way we saw women being treated.  Some were turned into prostitutes, some beaten and the worst killed.  So when we see that, it is like a trigger for us.”
    “ Well get your Neanderthal sides under control.  I have been trained to deal with men like that, I know what I am doing,” she said confidently.
    “ Right, a little bitty thing like you going against one of us.  Face it, lady, you are outgunned.”  Jessie snorted, by the men's silence they all agreed. 
    Harper checked the room to make sure she had enough space to give them a little demonstration of her abilities.  She calculated quickly which man she could use for this.  She grinned and shook her head then walked over to Alex, he was built but she knew she was safe from these guys.
    “Really?  And you feel this way too?” she asked innocently to Alex who was looking around the room, refusing to meet her eyes.  Finally, he nodded and stared her in the eyes.
    Harper narrowed her eyes, and then nodded sadly and went to turn around.  She could see the looks of sympathy from the men out of the corner of her eye, and wanted to laugh aloud.  Harper turned around and in a fluid motion, using the techniques from her instructor about using her size to her advantage. 
    She grabbed Alex's arm, and swept his feet out from under him, with a thump he landed on his back and looked at her in surprise.  She put her foot on his neck, pressing enough to let him know she meant business while turning his wrist in a manner that would, if she pushed hard enough, break the bone.  “Nuff said.”  She smiled and backed up.
    “ Dude, you just got your ass taken down by tinker bell,” Mason howled.
    “ Shit,” Joel muttered and stared at her in admiration.
    The other guys helped Alex up and Drake threw and arm over her shoulders, “Okay, men, I think we know she can take care of herself.  Hell, she shot one guy in the nuts, and now she took down Alex.  For the grand finale, I may coax her into pantsing LC.”
    The room laughed and the men patted her on the back.  She grinned, trying to brace herself as they thumped her hard on her back after showing them her skills.  It would suck to fall down face first from a pat on the back.

    The guys were making arrangements to move while Harper was working with security to make sure until they departed, they would be locked down.  They had moved them to a large employee break room, and then she stood