Christmas at His Command by Catherine Mann

Author:Catherine Mann [Mann, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Usenet, C429, Kat, Exratorrents
Amazon: B000W916I4
Publisher: Silhouette Romantic Suspense
Published: 2007-10-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

And just when she’d thought they were in the home stretch.

Damn.

Ginger clutched Hank’s tense-as-steel arm and stared at the strange man kneeling beside their car inside the repair shop. His finger probed one of the bullet holes.

That by itself wouldn’t have been too much cause for concern. Except the towering man standing beside him peering into the crowds with narrowly slitted eyes sent a shiver down her spine that had nothing to do with the brisk breeze winding a corkscrew path around the shoppers.

Here she’d been worried about something else being wrong with the vehicle. It had held out far past her expectations, surviving a shoot-out, a mad chase and record-breaking storm conditions with only a simple flat tire. Only to be finally detected by…who?

Friends or enemies? “Hank?”

She tugged on his sleeve only to find him already evaluating the situation with keen eyes. “Keep close. Be ready to make fast tracks back into the crowd.”

The tall man staring into the shopping masses brushed gazes with her, looking past. Then back.

Holding.

His hand slid inside his long duster, a hint of lethal black gun showing.

Ginger curled her toes in her shoes. “Bolt?”

“Yeah.” Hank slid his arm around her waist and tugged her into the anonymous press of merry humanity.

Her heart pounded in sync with their feet, in time with the packages slamming against her legs. “What are we going to do? You said the car-rental place was sold out for the holidays. And you didn’t want to draw attention by stealing a car. You said we’re close. Are we near enough to walk?”

“No.” He kept his arm hooked around her, guiding her through the milling shoppers while making sure they stayed side by side.

“Then what are you doing?”

“Thinking. Hoping.”

He hauled her into the anonymity of a cluster of people listening to a quartet of carolers. She wanted to ask more about his “hopeful” plan. Hank always had contingencies lined up for emergencies and this most definitely qualified. She chewed her lip and waited while he stared with searching eyes along the street vendors and stalls to where their pursuer stood by a living crèche, no longer chasing them for the moment, thank heavens.

Hank dipped his face to her ear, his smile brushing her cheek. “Forget worrying about getting caught stealing a car or walking. I’ve just found our ride.”

“You have?” Of course he had. When had Hank ever faltered? Apparently she was the only one who had fears and doubts. “I wouldn’t have thought a village this small would have two car-rental places.”

“Oh, it doesn’t have another car-rental place.” His smile caressed her cheek, swirling away some doubts but stirring up a lot more questions.

He pointed toward a line of decked-out sleighs.

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