Black Canyon Conspiracy by Cindi Myers

Author:Cindi Myers
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-08-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Instincts honed from years of training kicked in as Marco turned to face the two guards who appeared at the window. He had to buy time for Lauren to get out of range of their guns, but he had no weapon of his own.

Correct that—he had no firearm. But he had a quick mind and an agile body, two powerful weapons he could use to his advantage against foes who were certain of the superiority provided by all their hardware.

He dived to one side, out of sight of the guards. “Run!” he urged Lauren. “As fast and as far as you can.”

“But I can’t leave you,” she protested, her face contorted with anxiety.

“I’ll catch up with you, I promise. Go!”

She hesitated only a moment more before turning and racing away, her feet pounding over the rough ground. The guards began firing after her, bullets striking the ground with small thuds, little volcano eruptions of dirt marking the spot where each one hit.

One of the guards leaned out of the window, bracing his weapon against the frame for a steadier shot. Marco scooped a rock from the ground at his feet and fired it, a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball to the side of the man’s head. It struck with all the force of a missile, dropping the guard to his knees, blood trickling down the side of his head.

The second guard turned and located Marco, aiming point-blank. No way would he miss at this close range. Marco dived sideways and rolled, the bullet whistling past him. He sprang to his feet and ran, dodging and weaving, presenting as difficult a target as possible. He raced toward the sun, forcing the shooter to aim into the glare, and he wove behind piles of boulders and the gnarled trunks of piñons whenever possible. The guard’s fire became less and less accurate, until Marco was out of range. He began looking for Lauren.

“Marco! Over here!”

He stopped, and turned to look behind him. She was crouched in the narrow space between a group of scrubby post oak trees and a rounded gray boulder, its surface painted with green, yellow and red lichen. The deep shadows of her hiding place almost completely hid her from view, though as Marco approached, she emerged farther, sunlight gilding her pale blond hair.

“Are you all right?” he asked as he drew nearer.

“Terrified, but I’ll be okay. What about you?” She swept her gaze over him, brow knitted.

“I’m good.” Better than good. If not for the danger to her, he might have exulted in this feeling of power and strength. The past weeks of the necessary tedium of an investigation had left him feeling dull and slow. Their encounter with the guards had sharpened his senses and summoned all the warrior skills around which he’d shaped his life.

He took her arm and helped her the rest of the way out of her hiding place. “We have to keep moving,” he said. “They’ll be looking for us.”

“Moving where?” she asked, even as she hurried to keep up with the brisk pace he set.

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