Black Mariah: Juneau, Alaska (Black Mariah Series, Season 1 Book 3) by Lindy Ryan & Black Mariah Collective

Author:Lindy Ryan & Black Mariah Collective [Ryan, Lindy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781645481072
Publisher: Black Spot Books
Published: 2021-08-05T22:00:00+00:00

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Rachel grabbed onto Lucy, pulling the dog against her, and then maneuvered them both in front of the truck, out of harm's way. She peered around the busted body of the old clunker, focusing her attention on the top of the hill. Two men stood there, scanning the region. One was talking into a small handheld radio while the other watched her. He had a pistol in his hand, and his legs were placed apart—in shooting stance.

Military.

“What do you want with me?” Rachel screamed. Her whole body rattled.

“Do not move,” the man with the pistol shouted back. “I won’t tell you twice!”

Rain came down in sheets now, making it almost impossible for Rachel to hear what was going on around her. The water pulled her curls into tangled ropes, soaked through her clothes. Her wet bones throbbed, ached, and her eyelids felt like they were made of lead.

Lucy moved beside her, sharing her heat, her comfort. Rachel stroked the dog absently, her eyes still locked on the men now beginning to make their way down the steep incline.

Move.

Rolling onto her hip, Rachel scanned the area below. The truck had anchored itself against a tree, but the hill continued another two hundred yards before leveling off into a small, green valley bordered by a thick tree line. Beyond that, she couldn’t see anything else, but Juneau’s terrain was predictable: all peaks led to the ocean, even the ones edged in green.

“We’re not going to let these men or anyone else take us, girl.” Rachel looked into Lucy’s eyes. “You hear me?”

She ran her fingers through the fur atop Lucy’s head, then pulled her close and kissed her muzzle. “We’re in this together, and we’re going to get out of this together, too.”

The dog’s stubby tail beat back and forth in a hesitant wag. Okay.

Rachel tucked her knees up under her, moving slowly so as not to alert the approaching men. Hopefully, they’d think she was still cowering behind the shield of the truck and not preparing to make a break for it—which was precisely what she was about to do. “We’re going to make a run for it, and we’re going that way.”

She nodded in the direction of the tree line, shrugging her pack over her shoulder. Sitting for so long, the cold had begun to seep through what was left of her coat. She’d need to move fast—not only to escape the men but to keep her body warm before the chill turned her movement slow, heavy.

The men were making their way down the hill sideways, slipping and scuttling down the hill. Their movements were quick and stunted—

Like crabs, Rachel thought, and then she was moving without deciding to.

“Okay, girl,” she told Lucy. “Let’s go.”

Summoning every ounce of courage she had, Rachel flung herself forward, pushing her body downhill as fast as she could. Lucy ran beside her, a silver bullet tearing through the wet green. Mud caked onto Rachel’s clothes as she slid. Small, sharp rocks tore into the palms of her hands.

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