Deadly Hunt by Margaret Daley

Author:Margaret Daley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic suspense, single dad, female bodyguard, inspirational romantic suspense, arizona mountains
Publisher: Margaret Daley

Chapter Five

Shane stomped on the brakes while Tess swiveled her attention to the roadside. Tension whipped down her body as she drew her gun from the holster at her side. Two men dressed in black, faces covered with ski masks, ducked into the brush on the left. But not before she glimpsed their weapons.

The tires thumped as the Lexus drove over a barbed chain that had been thrown across the road. The car slowed, coming to a stop a few yards away from the spiked roadblock.

Tess yelled, "Get down," as a shot hit the driver side window. "Stay put and call 911."

Tess, hunkered down below the window, opened her door and slipped out of the car. Adrenaline surged through her as she low walked toward the front of the hood. When another shot blasted the air, she popped up and returned fire, sending the masked thugs into a ditch. Tess scrambled toward the rear of the Lexus to keep the two assailants guessing.

As she got off another round, in the car Shane poked his head up and squeezed off a shot. He must've grabbed the spare weapon in her purse. Tess gritted her teeth. What part of stay put did he not understand?

A bullet whizzed by her head, then another shattered the side window behind Shane. Their assailants continued raining bullets down on them as though they had an endless supply of ammunition. Tess didn't. On her, she had one extra clip while the rest of her ammo was in the duffel bag in the trunk.

She heard a distant siren coming from the south and thanked God that help had been close by. Suddenly, the two men burst from their hiding place and, with guns firing repeatedly, made a mad dash toward a dirt road a hundred feet north of their position. Tess wanted to go after them and put an end to this, but her primary job was to protect Shane. After getting off a couple more shots, she squatted by the hood of the Lexus until finally, silence reigned.

The sound of another siren, further away, came from the north. She peered around the front and saw a black pickup truck. It looked like the one that had been parked next to Uncle Jack's Jeep when she'd hiked down from the cabin. The truck zoomed out of the dirt road and sped north. She tried to read the license number, but mud obscured it. All she could see was that it was a New Mexico plate. As the pickup disappeared from view, she checked on Shane. When she climbed into the front seat of the Lexus, her heartbeat pulsated against her skull from the gunfire exchange.

Shane slowly straightened from a slouch, her Glock still in his hand, shattered glass sliding off him. He looked at her, his face pale. She took her gun from him and stuffed it back in her open purse.

She had a few words for Shane, but she clamped her lips together as one of the sheriff's cars arrived from the south.

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