Forever Mine by Anna Zaires

Author:Anna Zaires [Zaires, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mozaika Publications

I’m nodding off next to Peter when the front door opens with a loud creak.

The adrenaline blast is so strong I’m on my feet before I can even process the sound. “Wha—”

“It’s just us,” Ilya says, stepping with Yan through the doorway. “We have to go. Now.”

I realize I’m panting, one hand pressed to my wildly hammering heart. “You’re here.” I step forward unsteadily. “You came.”

Yan is already standing over Peter. “Help me,” he orders his twin brother, and Ilya hurries over. Together, they lift Peter off the bed and swiftly carry him out of the cabin.

My brain belatedly switches on, and I grab the first-aid supplies, then run after them.

Outside is a dark-colored SUV with its headlights off but its motor running. “Get in the back with him,” Yan tells me as he and Ilya deposit Peter in the backseat, then go around to the front.

I scramble to obey. “There’s some weapons in the Toyota,” I say breathlessly as Yan gets behind the wheel. “Should we get them or—”

“No time,” Ilya says as Yan slams on the gas, and the car rips forward. “If we don’t make it out of US airspace before eight a.m., they’re going to shoot down our plane.”

I suck in a sharp breath and shut up, focusing on protecting Peter from the worst of the jolting. He’s lying in the back seat with his head on my lap, and with every pothole we hit at full speed, I’m terrified that he’ll fly off the seat and tear his stitches.

At first, I have no idea how Yan can see well enough to drive without headlights, but after a few minutes, my eyes adjust and I begin to make out the shapes of trees and bushes in the faint light of the crescent moon flickering through the clouds.

“Where’s the plane?” I ask when we finally turn onto a paved road and the teeth-rattling torture ceases. “How far is it from here?”

“Not far,” Ilya says, glancing back at me as Yan turns on the headlights—probably to blend better with the few cars that are out at this time. “Just a little longer, that’s all.”

“Okay, good.” Peter is feverishly mumbling something again, and I wouldn’t be surprised if at least some of his stitches got torn. “Do you think we’ll be able to—”

“Quiet.” Yan’s order is knife sharp. “I can’t miss this turn.”

I fall silent again, letting him concentrate on getting us to our destination. Before long, we turn off on another dirt road, and Yan switches off the headlights as we embark on another bone-rattling adventure.

I keep Peter as still as I can while stroking his sweaty hair. It seems to soothe him, and it helps keep me calm as well. As relieved as I am that we’re no longer alone, I know we’re not out of the woods yet—literally or figuratively. The tension in the car is palpable, the adrenaline thick in the air.

“Zdes’,” Ilya says suddenly, and Yan takes a sharp right, nearly sending me flying.

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