Dead03 - Dead By Nightfall by Beverly Barton

Author:Beverly Barton [Barton, Beverly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance - Suspense
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp
Published: 2011-11-29T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Nicole had no idea where they were—what country, what city or town. They had gone by motorboat somewhere out to sea, staying within sight of land the entire trip. Concentrating completely on doing everything within her power to keep Jonas MacColl alive, she had paid little attention to anything else, but she felt certain the boat had docked within an hour. Wherever they had initially landed had been an isolated cove and not a conventional harbor of any kind. Armed men had met them and escorted them off the boat, two of them lifting Jonas and carrying him ashore. She had tried to pull free from York to go with Jonas, but York had kept a tight hold on her.

“You can see him later,” York had told her. “If he lives. They have a doctor here who’ll patch him up.”

Once inside one of the small, shabby buildings only yards from the shore, York had locked her in a tiny, dark room, no bigger than a broom closet, and left her there. Feeling grimy, her dress ripped to shreds, Jonas’s blood all over her, and dying of thirst, Nic had sat quietly and tried to meditate. What else could she have done?

Hours later, York had sent one of the guards to fetch her. She’d been given a change of clothes—cotton slacks and shirt, both men’s clothing and a size too large—a bottle of water, and a couple of slices of stale bread.

They had traveled by jeep caravan—four vehicles, each with an armed driver and an armed soldier riding shotgun. During their journey, she had searched the heavens for any signs of direction, but thick clouds overcast the sky, hiding the stars. She catnapped on and off until they had reached their next destination—a small plane. Nic had recognized the aircraft as a Piper Seneca V, a six-seater, with piston twins and Hershey bar wings.

Sometime during the night, they had landed and had once again traveled by jeep to a wall-enclosed house in the middle of nowhere. Another island retreat? Or a vast compound in Colombia or Venezuela or somewhere in Central America, South America or the Caribbean?

She had asked about Jonas, but had been given no information. York had turned her over to a guard who had escorted her to a room on the upper level. Completely exhausted, she hadn’t bothered with checking out her accommodations. She had known that there would be time enough for surveying her prison later, after she rested. Fully clothed, she had dropped sideways onto the bed and fallen asleep instantly.

Nic had awakened when a young girl of no more than twelve had entered the room, placed a tray on a bench at the foot of the bed, and pulled back the heavy curtains to reveal the luminous morning sunshine. When Nic spoke to the girl, the girl stared at Nic with big, round, frightened eyes and scurried from the room as if being chased by demons.

So, there she was in another gilded cage, albeit somewhat smaller than the first one Linden had placed her in several days ago.

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