Caught In the Crossfire by Nichole Severn

Author:Nichole Severn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2020-07-13T18:24:14+00:00

“CUT HIM DOWN!” an unfamiliar voice shouted. “And find Kate!”

White light brightened the backs of his eyelids, and he forced himself to open his eyes. Hands hanging over his head, he blinked to clear the haze. Five beams of light bounced in front of him. Or was it ten?

“Her phone pinged over by that fallen tree. Vincent, you’re with me.” Female voice this time. Recognition flared as two flashlight beams swung off to his right. Elizabeth Dawson?

“Declan, you alive?” Sullivan Bishop appeared in front of him, the reflective light from Blackhawk Security founder’s flashlight deepening the very serious creases in his forehead.

“As far...as I can tell.” The words barely slipped from his frozen lips. The last thing he remembered was trying to reach the knife he’d dropped when the trap had hung him upside down. After that... He couldn’t remember. Which wasn’t a new feeling. “Where’s... Kate?”

“We’re looking for her.” Sullivan twisted around as another flashlight closed in. This one belonging to Anthony Harris. “Give me your knife. I need you to catch him when I cut the line.”

“How did you...know...” Declan’s body urged him to close his eyes, but he fought against the drugging effect of the cold. They hadn’t found Kate yet. The second her team cut him down, he’d go out and look for her. He wouldn’t stop until he found her.

“Kate hit the emergency settings on her phone, which pinged Anchorage PD and us. We came as soon as we got the call. Police are searching the cabin where you and Kate left the SUV. We came straight here.” Sullivan disappeared from Declan’s peripheral vision. The sound of something scratching against tree bark filled his ears. Sullivan was climbing the tree holding Declan hostage. “What the hell happened to my profiler?”

“He took her.” Another storm of rage exploded through Declan, but he couldn’t act on it. He couldn’t do anything right now, but the bastard would pay for every broken hair on her head. Declan guaranteed it. “He took her. I tried to stop him. I wasn’t fast enough.”

“We’ll find her.” Sullivan’s voice dipped into dangerous territory. “Trust me. This is what we do best.”

“I’m trying to come up with a reason you’re still alive with that much blood on you.” Anthony took position directly under Declan’s shoulders. “Why is it every time we meet, you’re literally dying?”

“You got a better...first impression...in mind?” Every breath was agony. Cold worked through him, and the loss of blood didn’t help. The wound in his side had gone numb a while ago. Hell, he didn’t know how long he’d been strung up like an animal. How long had Kate been missing? Declan rolled his fingers into fists. To prove he had the strength. “I need to find her.”

“You need an ambulance.” The branch wrapped with trapping line bounced as Sullivan pushed out farther, knife in hand. The flashlight in his mouth skimmed over Declan’s face, and Declan blinked at the sudden brightness. “You can’t do anything for Kate if you’re dead.

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