Dark Vengeance (The DARK Files Book 4) by Susan Vaughan

Author:Susan Vaughan [Vaughan, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Venice, Suspense, amnesia, Romance, international, Dark Files, Series, gullwod press, government officer, thriller, Susan Vaughan, Italy, antiterrorism
Publisher: Gullwood Press
Published: 2016-11-15T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

SOPHIE’S CHEST TIGHTENED as if cinched by a steel belt. This chase was worse than the one through the Venice canals.

Jack briefly covered her hand with his. “We’ll get out of this. I promise. If what I have in mind works, we’ll have a place to hole up for a few hours.”

Downshifting, he pushed the little car to its limit, but he managed to pull ahead. A series of S-curves in the narrow road blocked them from view of their pursuers.

“Now where do I turn for one of these tomb sites?” He steered through another curve.

Exactly what she longed for, a place to hide, a safe place. She drew a deep breath for calm. “Take the next right. Then there’s a dirt road on the left just after a small shrine.” The chase had swabbed her mouth dry, and she managed only a whispery voice.

“Thank God the bike’s small and not a monster that could power rings around us. They’re not close enough to shoot. We have a good chance of fooling them.”

No sign yet of their pursuers, but they must be gaining. Her heart crowded into her already tight throat. Faster, faster, she urged the intrepid Fiat.

Jack hung a sharp right onto the side road.

Beside a natural spring someone had built a stone pillar topped with a crucifix and a picture of the Virgin Mary. Roses and wildflowers bedecked the pillar’s base. “There, up there’s the shrine. See the flowers?”

Thirty feet farther along, barely visible, a narrow dirt track disappeared into a thicket.

“Got it.” Jack braked and yanked the wheel left.

Dappled emerald shade embraced them as the Fiat bumped and bounced onto the rutted dirt. He pulled into a cleared place on one side and cut the engine.

Over them arched a cool canopy of native pines and beech trees, and behind them spread thick shrubs. The familiar scents of heather and juniper drifted on the light breeze. Deep shadows shielded the black car.

“We’re hidden. I’ll give it a few minutes before we go on to the tombs.” He dug his 9mm from beneath his seat and checked it over. “Stay here.”

Sophie held her breath as she watched him. Swinging open the door, he levered his long body from the car. He pushed the door almost shut. Thigh muscles shifting under worn denim, he crouched over and edged along a sprawling juniper to where he could see the paved road. A spear of sunlight glinted off his pistol, and he lowered it.

She held her breath and listened. The hum of motors increased to a roar as the three Mafia vehicles drew near. Slowly the noise diminished to a hum.

The cars and the motorcycle passed them by!

She slumped, her pulse thumping in her ears like a drum solo.

A moment later Jack returned to the car. He examined the rear, where the bullets had hit. Then he clambered back into the driver’s seat. “Car seems all right. No sign of gas leaks. But our suitcases have new ventilation.”

“Oh, you did it! You fooled them.

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