Danger Close by Shelton S. L

Author:Shelton, S. L. [Shelton, S. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: spy, Adventure, Action, Military
Amazon: B00KHZ92TI
Goodreads: 22294518
Published: 2014-05-22T07:00:00+00:00

September 1996—Spotsylvania, Virginia

SCOTT WOLFE watched as his father launched himself across the room toward the intruder who had just stuck a needle in his mother’s neck. Hank extracted a screwdriver from his shop apron as he sailed toward the man and plunged it into his neck. The man reared back, trying to throw Hank off of him, but his father held on tight, slipping his arms around the man’s head before ripping it to the side violently—the man dropped to the floor, lifeless.

“Hank!” the man behind his father yelled. “What’ve you done?!”

Scott’s chest contracted in fear. He had seen his father angry before. He had even seen him in a rage, throwing furniture and pounding his head against the wall, but he would have never in a million years thought his father capable of killing someone with his bare hands.

“Run!” His father yelled at Scott and his sister. “Go!”

Scott grabbed his big sister, Caroline, by the wrist, and tried to flee the room, but the other man—Roger, his dad had called him—reached out and grabbed Caroline’s arm as they passed. Scott turned to free her, but his father yelled at him again.

“Go, now!” he screamed again.

Scott hesitated for a second but then did as his father had commanded, running down the stairs, his chest heaving from fear and shock. When he reached the bottom of the stairs, he was confronted by another man who appeared out of nowhere. The stranger reached out and tried to grab Scott by the arm.

Slide, whispered a voice into Scott’s ear.

Scott let his feet drop from under him as he hit the well-polished wooden floor at the base of the stairs and slid past him.

Hit him in the doodads, the voice urged using Scott’s own term for “testicles”.

Scott quickly lashed out as he slid past and punched with everything his ten-year-old body could muster. The man doubled over on himself as Scott hopped up and continued his escape through the kitchen.

As he hit the screen door, he heard crashes upstairs and the pounding of feet coming down behind him. He looked over his shoulder and saw his father crashing into the man he had slid past only seconds earlier.

CRASH! The man dropped to the floor, still not having recovered from the punch to the balls.

Scott picked up his pace, crossing the yard to the field that would lead to the driveway and down to River Road below. When he reached the long gravel driveway, he saw a car at the bottom of the hill. He ran past it but was caught unaware by another man who had been waiting there.

The man wrapped his strong arms around Scott, sending a flash of panic through him and he began to thrash and kick.

He felt a sting in his neck. He pushed hard against the man’s hand but was cut by something he was holding. Scott's hand exploded with pain.

A knife, Scott thought. He’s trying to kill me!

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