Gage (SEAL Team Ten Book 1) by Leslie North

Author:Leslie North [North, Leslie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-11-02T16:00:00+00:00

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Her head hurt. A lot. Taking slow breaths, Anna tried to press her hand to her temple, but something was preventing her from moving. A wave of nausea hit, and the stink of burning oil was making it worse.

What is going on?

Willing herself not to panic, she dragged her eyes open—and stared at darkness. Something hard bounced against her side. She tried to shift and discovered that she could barely move. The thing bounced against her again, and she realized it was a tire—she was tied up in the trunk of a car. She yelled and kicked out. Her struggles tightened whatever was around her legs and hands and her feet started to go numb. Closing her eyes, she fought to take deep breaths through her mouth as she tried to calm herself down.

Now was not a good time to be sick.

She shifted around. Think…think…think.

Curled up into a ball, she at least had her hands in front of her. Something was digging into her right hip, and she remembered putting her phone into her pocket. Moving her hands to the side, she pulled it out, hoping it hadn’t been damaged. She hit a button and the display came up—but no bars.

“Dammit.” She took another breath and reminded herself to stay calm. Okay—no signal for calls. Maybe she could get a text out. She had no idea if 9-1-1 answered texts, so she tried Gage.

In trunk of car. Please help.

She waited for the phone to show the text had gone through. It hadn’t—and asked if she wanted to try to send the text again soon as there was signal. Cursing, she texted again.

Car slowing. Need u to find me. Follow.

She hit send on the text—even if it didn’t go through now, maybe it would when she got somewhere with better coverage—and tucked the phone into a corner of the trunk. She wanted to keep it, but she knew there was too great a chance that she’d be searched once they got wherever they were going. If the phone stayed with the car, her captor or captors might not notice it, and then it could still be traced. She had to believe Gage would find her—but would he find her in time?

The car rocked to a stop, and the trunk popped open. Daylight blinded her. She groaned as hands grabbed her and dragged her out. Stiff and bruised, she stumbled. Whoever was pulling her didn’t care, and she barely avoided falling on her face, managing to get her feet under her just in time. She was led into a large redbrick house with large wooden window frames.

When they stepped inside, the shift from sunlight to darkness left her disoriented again. Her stomach knotted, and she was sure she was going to throw up. She moaned. “I’m going to be sick.”

The guy pulled her into a bedroom—empty and dark, with boarded-up windows and no furniture except a bare mattress that he dumped her on before turning away. At least it was soft, and her stomach relaxed a fraction once she stopped moving.

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