Angel Fire by Gerri Hill

Author:Gerri Hill [Hill, Gerri]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Bella Books
Published: 2014-12-10T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Sam stared down the long corridor, trying to make sense of her feelings. Angel had violently hit Leslie, to the point of knocking her unconscious. He had killed that innocent family. He had killed so many that day. And he had abducted her at gunpoint. Tied her hands with a rope, threatened to kill her. She had been frightened, yes. But from the very beginning, from the moment she’d looked into his eyes, she’d seen something…something she couldn’t put her finger on. She thought, maybe, subconsciously, she’d known all along that he wouldn’t kill her.

“Ma’am?”

Sam turned to the young guard who stood beside her. She offered him a quick smile. “I’m fine.”

“I’ll take you down there.”

“No need,” she said. “I can manage.”

“No offense, ma’am, but he’s one mean son of a bitch,” he said.

Sam squared her shoulders. “And no offense to you, but I do this for a living.”

He raised his eyebrows.

“Dallas Police Department,” she said.

“You’re a cop?”

“Yes.”

He looked past her, down the row of empty cells. “I should still go with you. They—”

“You can wait here if you want,” she said, taking a step away from him. “He wanted to see me, not you.”

She left the guard standing where he was as she headed down to the last cell. To say she’d been shocked that Angel had been caught so quickly was an understatement. He’d gone to such lengths to escape, to stay hidden. They’d walked for days across the mountains to avoid the highway. Why had he gotten caught? Cameron questioned it as well. Tori and Andrea didn’t know Angel. Not that Sam could say she knew him well, not like Cameron. But from what she did know, he was smarter than to drive right up to a checkpoint.

“Sam? Is that you?”

She smiled when she heard his voice. “Yes.”

She walked closer, stopping at his cell. It was dark and he was sitting in the shadows. When he stood, she heard the rustle of chains. He was wearing an orange jumpsuit and his legs were shackled—leg irons. He came into the light and she gasped. His lip was split open, one of his eyes was discolored and badly swollen.

“Yeah, they had a little fun with me,” he said.

“I’m sorry,” she whispered.

He shrugged, and she noticed that his hands were cuffed as well. “At least they didn’t shoot me.”

She met his gaze through the bars. “Why did you get caught, Angel?”

“Why? It wasn’t like it was intentional.”

“Wasn’t it?”

He stared at her for a long moment, then his good eye wrinkled up in a smile. “So you made it out okay? No mountain lions?”

She smiled too. “No mountain lions. Actually, they were only about two hours behind us.”

“Oh yeah? Your Tori?”

Sam nodded.

“I guess your faith in her paid off.” He looked past her. “Am I going to meet her?”

Sam shook her head. “I don’t think that’s a good idea. She wants to shoot you.”

Angel laughed, then winced and brought his hand up to his busted lip. “Damn,” he murmured. Then, “She wants to shoot me, huh? She’ll have to get in line.

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