Bulletproof & Locked, Loaded and SEALed by Cynthia Eden

Author:Cynthia Eden [Eden, Cynthia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488098420
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THREE

The mysterious stranger walking beside her shoved her to the ground. She thrust out her hands as she fell to her knees, her palms shredding against the asphalt.

Her instincts had failed her. The guy was turning on her, attacking her. She coiled her body into a crouch. She whipped her head to the side, ready to launch herself at his legs—but which legs were his?

Austin had one arm wrapped around another man as they staggered back and forth under a circle of light from the parking lot. Austin had his right arm thrust in the air at a weird angle, grasping the other man’s wrist.

Sophia froze as her gaze focused on the gun clutched in the man’s hand, pointing at the sky. How long would it be pointing upward?

As she scrambled toward the other side of the car, someone grunted. Gunfire ripped above her head. She flattened her body against the asphalt, the smell of oil invading her nose. The smell of gunpowder replaced it.

“Hey, hey!”

The male voice came from a distance but Sophia didn’t dare lift her head.

A rough hand grabbed her arm, and Austin’s harsh whisper grated close to her ear. “Are you okay?”

“Yes. What…?”

He practically yanked her to her feet. “Let’s go. Now.”

“But…”

He snatched the keys still clutched in her hand and herded her into the car from the driver’s side, coming in right behind her. She crawled over the console as Austin made it clear he was taking the wheel. He started the car, and she turned her head toward the passenger window.

A dark figure limped away between the remaining cars as a cop came running up the sidewalk, shining his flashlight into the parking lot.

Without turning on the headlights to the car, Austin pulled out of the lot on the other side of the officer’s probing flashlight. When he hit the street, he kept his speed slow and steady until he turned the corner. Then he accelerated until he reached the next major thoroughfare when he put on the lights and reduced his speed to the limit.

That’s when Sophia realized she was breathing in short spurts. The whole attack had gone down in a manner of seconds and she still couldn’t quite believe it had happened—except for her stinging palms…and the gun in the cup holder.

She rubbed her hands together, loosening bits of gravel into her lap. “What the hell just happened?”

“Are you absolutely sure you weren’t followed when you left the medical building?”

If she hadn’t fully absorbed the terror of the altercation in the parking lot before, it now hit her like a wall of water.

She gripped the edge of the seat, digging her fingernails into the nubbed fabric. “D-do you think that man had something to do with Dr. Fazal’s murder?”

“Of course. Could you have been followed?”

“I don’t think so.” She pressed her fingertips to her temples. “I watched, just like you said.”

He made a sharp right turn and her head bumped the glass of the window.

“Sorry.” He pulled the car to a stop along a side street near the MIT campus and jumped out.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.