A Perilous Eden by Heather Graham Pozzessere

Author:Heather Graham Pozzessere [Pozzessere, Heather Graham]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781497673953
Google: yhphBAAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 23121778
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 1989-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

7

The Alexandria, International Waters

June 15, 12:45 a.m.

He was running late. What a fool he was. He should have left things alone; he shouldn’t have been so intense; he shouldn’t have shouted out orders. There were a million other places on the ship where she might be. There was no reason to worry that Amber might run right into things.

In his cabin, he glanced at his watch. He had learned this morning that the boat would come between twelve-thirty and one o’clock. One nice thing about the senator being in on the plan was that he hadn’t needed to play any games. He’d told the man the time and the place, and that had been that. But now he had to plunge into the act, and his concentration was off. It shouldn’t be, but it was—and all because of her.

He would miss her.…

Revenge was at hand. He had waited a long, long time to know for certain, and now he did. And there just happened to be something noble that could be achieved, too—freedom for others. For the four military advisers, the two diplomats and the two bankers. And Daldrin and himself. He hoped that Daldrin would come out all right. The man had courage. Very few men would willingly step into the power of the Death Squad.

Adam quickly discarded his dress suit, then zipped up black jeans and pulled a black turtleneck over his head. He tied on black sneakers and flipped up his mattress to find his weapons, sliding his pistol into his waistband and his knife into the sheath at his calf. He took a look around the room, then abandoned it. He wanted to be on deck the moment the assailants arrived just in case something went wrong. He didn’t want to take any chances with innocent lives.

He went up to the Bahamas Deck. He could hear loud salsa music pouring out from the lounge as he hurried to the door opening to the forward lifeboat area. He glanced at his watch. It was time.

The second he opened the door, he heard the screams.

Damn! It had all gone to hell, straight to hell. Worse than that.

Amber.

Amber was on the floorboards, and one of Abdul’s cutthroats was straddled over her, his knife about to connect with her jugular. Adam raced forward in a blind fury, wrenching the man up and around.

He had forgotten. For a moment he had actually forgotten his role. He had heard her scream, had seen her lying there, had seen the flash of the blade. Nothing else had mattered then, not even revenge. Not even the eight men on the island. Nothing.

The danger was over. He left Amber where she lay and began to rail against her attacker in swift and furious Spanish. He reminded the man that he was in control, that the orders had been no violence on the ship, no bloodshed.

“Michael!” she whispered.

Run! he wanted to shout to her. Run away quickly. I’ll stop them.…

“Michael … thank God!” she said. Her eyes were wide, her hair wild, everything about her feminine and trusting.

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