Fight Fire With Fire by Amy J. Fetzer

Author:Amy J. Fetzer [Fetzer, Amy J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, General, Suspense, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 9780758244406
Google: YaDQpHd8vp4C
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2009-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

THIRTEEN

The blast knocked them off their feet and sent the flaming car into the air like a fiery geyser. Riley scrambled to Safia, covering her as the car hit the ground and exploded again, metal debris shattering windows and crashing into nearby walls and people. Car alarms buzzed the air, mixed with screams of pain. He shielded her head as more debris fell, then he rolled, taking her with him as a chunk of engine hit the ground and tumbled along the street.

“Are you hurt?”

“No, I’m okay,” she said into his chest. “-all those people. God, there was a mother pushing a stroller right beside the-” She choked, squeezed harder, then she tipped her chin up. Tears welled but never fell, and the fracture in that iron will broke his heart. He swept his hand over her head to her nape and pressed his forehead to hers. She’d spent her adult life fighting and now it was aimed at her, at her doorstep. She sniffled and he eased back, then helped her to her feet. She leaned into him, rubbed her scraped knee.

“Raven, report. Raven!” blasted in their comm-links.

“We’re okay. All emergency services to my position. We need ambulances.”

She stepped away from Riley, stunned at the damage. The remains of the car were hunks of twisted metal. The people unfortunate enough to be nearby littered the ground like bloody trash, survivors staggering to their feet, clutching wounds. Safia strode to a man staggering from the blast and helped him find a place to sit. Riley pulled a sheet from a drooping laundry line and wrapped it around the stump of his arm.

She went to the next person as Riley moved down the street, checking under debris. He heard a squeak, and when he neared the buildings, the frightened cry grew louder. He rushed to lift a fallen fence and smiled when a little black dog scrambled out and ran to find a new place to hide. He walked toward the explosion. There was little left of the car, the inside hollowed by the blast and fire. He couldn’t tell the type of explosive, but knew it was rigged on the car’s starter. That meant the rigger had to know how to get around the computer system and Safia’s key code. Not good. In the short time they were in this part of town, someone set it. Likely still near, probably watching, the sick bastard.

Riley looked to the rooftops, expecting the sniper, and then down along the length of the street. Bastards will kill anyone, he thought, then turned back. Ambulances arrived, the sirens winding down to a groan. Safia stood near a police cruiser, talking with an officer. She discretely waved Riley on and he kept walking, wondering what story she was giving the officer. With subtle hand signals, Riley told her to ‘follow, still watched,’ then headed away from the blast area and toward the metro rail station.

People ran past him to view the explosion, and he stopped at a vending machine, shoving in coins and in the dented surface, watched his back.

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