Edge of Betrayal by Shannon K. Butcher

Author:Shannon K. Butcher [Butcher, Shannon K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Suspense, Romance
ISBN: 9780451465511
Amazon: 0451465512
Publisher: Signet
Published: 2014-11-03T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-one

As soon as Adam heard the alarm sound, he knew Mira was in trouble.

The guard posted outside his door disappeared. Adam wasted no time making his escape. He pried the plastic light-switch cover from the wall and ripped the switch free from its moorings. It took a few seconds to break off a couple of pieces of electrical wiring. Once the wires were free, he slammed the post of one bed down on them to flatten and harden them.

Lockpicks in hand, he made quick work of unlocking the door before his guard returned.

Finding the commotion was easy; figuring out what had gone wrong was irrelevant. As soon as he saw Sage dragging a bleeding Mira out into the night, all he cared about was getting her back.

Sage was halfway across the open space between the building and the gate. Mira had no coat. Blood oozed from her neck where Sage held what looked to be some kind of improvised weapon made from a spoon. The tip gleamed with her blood, less than an inch from a major artery.

If Sage shoved that sharpened spoon into her throat, she’d bleed out in seconds.

“Steady,” Payton ordered the soldiers around him. “Hold your fire.”

Adam started toward Mira. He wasn’t going to let her father drag her away.

“Stop!” shouted Payton.

Adam ignored him.

There was some commotion behind him. He was vaguely aware of the guards asking if they should go after him. Whatever Payton told them held them at bay.

“I’m not letting you take her,” said Adam.

Mira’s face was pale, but she seemed solid. Coherent. “Shoot him, Adam.”

He didn’t have a weapon. He wasn’t even wearing his own clothes. The cold air stroked his skin, bleeding away the heat of his fury. “I can’t.”

Her green gaze hit his with the force of a large-caliber round right in the chest. “I need you to stop him. Whatever it takes.”

He understood her message: Don’t worry about her. Take out the bad guy. But even though he understood it, he couldn’t act on it. Not when she was in such clear danger.

Maybe she didn’t realize how close to death she really was—how little her father cared about her safety. After all he’d done to her, she should have known, but children often had superhuman powers of denial when it came to their parents.

“Let them go,” called Payton from behind him.

“You can’t let him go,” said Mira. “Neither can I.”

She was going to act. He could see it in the slight change of her posture. She was coiling, preparing to strike.

If she did, she was dead. That weapon would go right through her and Sage would use her bleeding out as a distraction.

“Don’t,” was all he said, looking right into her eyes. “I’ve got this.”

Mira relaxed. Adam closed the distance.

They were almost to the gate. He could feel the heat of crosshairs against his back from the men aiming at him.

“He’ll let her go at the gate,” said Payton. “If he doesn’t, my men will shoot.”

And hit Mira in the process.

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