Cutthroats Of The Fall: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller (The Fall Book 5) by Steve Heuzinkveld
Author:Steve Heuzinkveld [Heuzinkveld, Steve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Steve Heuzinkveld
Published: 2024-08-14T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER 34
DING!
Riley stirred awake with the coppery taste of blood in her mouth, and her eyelids feebly fluttered open, her vision blurring with the unfamiliar blaze of ceiling lights.
She was lying on her back, her arms raised above her head and in handcuffs, with Akselâs fist gripping the chain links in between as he dragged her out of an elevator into a carpeted hallway.
Jake was still unconscious, his limp body slung over one of Kubaâs brawny shoulders as the pair of captors walked side by side along the well-lit corridor.
At least Heather and Clay got away, Riley supposed, watching as the empty elevatorâs doors closed in their wake. But where the fuck are Kentaro and his people?
âHolding cells for the tournament are downstairs,â a manâs voice spoke through a tinny speaker somewhere up ahead. âWhy are you bringing your trash up here?â
âWe caught these two trying to steal a truck from the impound,â Aksel reported, coming to an abrupt stop. âThey slashed the tires on some of the convoyâs backup vehicles too.â
âSo?â the tinny voice came again.
Keeping her movements small to avoid attracting any attention, Riley turned her head to one side, peering past the backs of Akselâs rangy legs. In the corner of her eye, she could see that a security checkpoint had been set up in the middle of the hotelâs hallway.
âSo!?â Aksel slammed his palm against the security window, the reinforced glass shuddering violently. âWe want a fucking reward!â
âWell, Radekâs not in right now, so youâll just have to ââ
âYouâll just have to shut the fuck up,â Kuba derailed the manâs sentence with a menacing growl. âLet us through. Weâll wait for him inside.â He prodded the thick window with the barrel of his shotgun, âOr we can find out how tough this glass really is.â
âMiranda â I mean, The Valkyrie â sheâs here,â a jittery womanâs voice came next. âYou can talk to her instead. Hand over your weapons first, and weâll buzz you through.â
âFucking desk jockeys,â the scarred Latino snorted in amusement as he and Aksel disarmed themselves, dropping their guns into the counterâs security tray. Kuba rapped his knuckles on the glass, pointedly glancing down at his shotgun, âI want it reloaded by the time weâre done. Somebody around hereâs gotta keep the thugs outside from getting in.â
An electrical whirring sounded in the hallway, and a door without a handle popped open beside the checkpoint, granting them access to the rest of the corridor.
Riley kept one eye half-open as Aksel resumed dragging her along the floor, watching as the pair of security guards shifted uneasily in their seats before radioing ahead.
With her hands cuffed, her combat knife missing, and outnumbered by Radekâs people, there was little else that she could do but listen and wait for an opportunity to escape.
But in the back of her mind, Riley was unable to ignore the growing feeling of regret that had taken root, muddying her preference between reckless heroism and survivorâs guilt â the nagging thought that she had already lost her last opportunity to escape from the moment she left the armored truck.
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