DESPERATE CREED: (Book 5 Ryder Creed K-9 Mystery Series) by Alex Kava

Author:Alex Kava
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: dog fiction
Publisher: Praire Wind Publishing
Published: 2019-08-07T23:00:00+00:00

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Alabama

Sometime during the early morning hours, Frankie Russo had been at the window watching when she saw them make the turn into the entrance to the luxury hotel. At first, she thought she must be mistaken. She was dead tired. Her eyes could barely stay open. Exhaustion had overwhelmed her after her room service meal, and yet, she still couldn’t sleep.

So at four o’clock in the morning, she had perched in front of the window, staring out from her fourth floor window, almost as if she had expected them. She had chosen this hotel because it had just one entrance into the parking lot. And now in the dark, with only the pole lights to illuminate the inside of the vehicle, Frankie could see the huge square head of the driver, like a block on top of shoulders that looked like a tank.

At that time of morning, the parking lot was empty of people but packed with vehicles. Instead of driving around, the black sedan pulled up under the carport. He got out of the car and there was no doubt in her mind that this was the man with the scar on his neck even though she couldn’t see the scar. She knew it was the same man she saw kill Tyler; the same man she saw at the airport searching for her. The other passenger stayed in the vehicle and out of sight.

Frankie had scouted out and planned her escape route before she had even gone into her room. She’d even timed it. Her bag stayed packed, and after her shower she’d put on fresh clothes instead of pajamas. When she saw the car, she slid into her shoes and gathered the few items she’d scattered on the desk and in the bathroom. One glance out the window had told her it was still parked at the front door.

Within minutes, Frankie had taken the back stairs to an exit at the rear of the building. She had parked her Ford Escape just a few steps from that door where it was out of sight of the front entrance. The one entrance to the parking lot had been an advantage for her to see them, but she knew she’d need to leave another way. In the back of the hotel she’d found a landscaped berm that connected the hotel’s lot to another parking lot next door. Just as Frankie had hoped, her small SUV glided over the area without trampling any of the plants. She was on the interstate in less than ten minutes.

Now here she was, just an hour outside of Montgomery. She was still gripping the steering wheel. Her eyes continuously watched her rearview and side mirrors. She knew the only thing she had going for her was that she was ahead of them. But she’d have no idea when, not if, they discovered she had left the hotel.

Were they an hour behind her? Two hours? Twenty minutes?

How the hell had they found her?

Ever since she left—as

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