Harlequin Intrigue April 2017, Box Set 1 of 2 by Delores Fossen

Author:Delores Fossen
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488016035
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Austin’s pulse flickered in his throat. What was she doing?

Through his scope, he saw Sophia crouch in front of the figure on the bench. Were they talking? The man, Patel, still had his head down, his chin practically resting on his chest.

Sophia now blocked his view of Patel’s body, but it looked like she’d taken his hand in hers. What the hell was going on?

He did a quick sweep of the surrounding area. The couple who’d strolled into the quad was still sitting there, their backs to Sophia and Patel. After the two women who’d peeked in at the church, nobody else had come along.

He brought Sophia and Patel back into focus. She cranked her head over her shoulder. His heart skipped a beat and he sucked in a breath.

Something had gone wrong.

His muscles tensed as he got ready to push off the wall. Then another figure came into his sights. A man had come around the corner, moving at a brisk clip, his hand in his pocket, his focus on Sophia.

Austin got the man in his crosshairs, and then he adjusted his aim downward and fired off a shot. The cement post in front of the man exploded.

The stranger jumped back, his head twisting from side to side.

Austin muttered under his breath, “You’re not getting anywhere near her, you SOB.”

He squeezed the trigger again and another cement post shattered into pieces. One of them must’ve hit the guy, because he jerked like a puppet and grabbed his leg.

Sophia lurched to her feet and Austin silently yelled at her to run. She must’ve heard him.

As the man stumbled back and the couple in the square jumped to their feet, Sophia took off. Patel remained on the bench, and Austin could now see a dark stain spreading across his front.

The stranger had taken one step toward Sophia’s retreating figure and then thought better of it. He spun around and limped off in the other direction.

Austin could no longer see Sophia and just hoped to hell she was heading back to the car in the lot. He kept watch for several more seconds.

The couple had approached Patel. They both sprang back at the same instant. The man got on his cell phone, and there was nothing more Austin could do.

He pushed away from his station, slinging the case over his shoulder, where it banged against his hip as he ran toward the staircase. He broke down his rifle at full speed while he negotiated the steps.

By the time he reached the bottom of the building, his rifle was in pieces. He leaned against the door to the street and stashed the parts back in the case. Then he pushed out onto the sidewalk and strode toward the parking structure.

He found himself chanting Sophia’s name like some magical incantation—as if that would be enough to make her appear beside the car. The sirens in the distance quickened his pace.

His bullets were untraceable, and if Patel had been shot, there would be no match between his bullets and the ones that had killed Patel.

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