Deadly Silence by Rebecca Zanetti

Author:Rebecca Zanetti
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2016-10-04T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter

21

Zara shifted beneath the covers and tried to find a cool spot for her feet. Ryker put off a lot of heat at night. He lay on his stomach, taking up most of her bed, breathing softly into a pillow.

It felt right, ending their day together.

She swallowed. Her throat ached. Man, she was thirsty. Gingerly, she slid from the bed and drew on her fuzzy pink robe. Chances were Greg was dead asleep, but just in case, she didn’t want to freak out the kid in her Minnie Mouse shorts and tank top. She shoved hair away from her face and padded quietly through her bedroom and out into the living room.

Cool air hit her.

Good. She’d have to start sleeping with the window open if Ryker kept staying over. At least if there was a long-term heat outage, she’d be toasty warm every night with him.

If he stayed. The idea gave her warm tingles through her abdomen.

It kind of felt like he did want to stay, and she’d started to wonder if they could make it work. She reached the kitchen and poured herself a glass of water, then quickly drank it down. Better. Much better. She slowly refilled the glass.

The air felt funny. She stilled.

Muscled arms grabbed her from behind.

She stiffened and then struggled. Panic swamped her.

A huge hand, covered in hair, slapped duct tape over her mouth. She screamed for Ryker beneath it, shooting both elbows back into the guy’s gut, panic giving her strength.

Suddenly, the body behind her was ripped away, sending her sprawling into the refrigerator. She fell to the floor. Pain slapped from her hands to her elbows. Two bodies hit and kicked quickly, grunting in anger and pain. One was much slimmer than the other one. “Greg?” She shoved to her feet. The guy he was fighting with wore all black, and something covered his entire head.

Ryker barreled out of the bedroom in a rush of speed.

The front door blew open, and two more men rushed inside, both wearing ski masks and black clothing. Ryker pivoted and attacked both men, tackling them against the wall. Pictures dropped. A gun flew out and spun across the room. Something loud crunched, and one of the men screamed, pain filling the sound.

The guy in the kitchen lifted Greg and threw him. Greg hit the counter, bounced up, and lunged at the attacker right before he could reach Zara.

Zara ripped the tape off her mouth, shoved to her feet, and dove for the gun in the living room. What was going on? Her hands fumbled madly for the weapon.

A foot connected with her chin, and stars flashed behind her eyes. Nausea filled her stomach. God. Tears filled her eyes. Where was the gun? What happened to the gun? She crab-walked across the room, her hands slapping against the floor.

The attacker in the kitchen shoved Greg into cupboards, and pots and pans flew out. Greg kicked up, hitting the guy beneath the chin. The attacker flew back and into the refrigerator.

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