Harlequin Historical October 2015, Box Set 2 of 2 by Carole Mortimer

Author:Carole Mortimer
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459290778
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Focused on trying to come up with a way to escape, at first Josie didn’t recognize a new sound joining all the others. When she did, she glanced up and her heart soared. Scooter was speeding toward her on his motorcycle. She had to blink twice to make sure she wasn’t seeing things.

She wasn’t—in a few more yards he’d run them over.

Gravel flew in all directions as the motorcycle spun around directly in front of her.

“Get on!” Scooter shouted.

The hold on her arm was gone. Maybe she’d pulled away, or maybe the other woman had fled. Josie didn’t take time to question either possibility, just leaped on the bike behind Scooter. Wrapping her arms around his waist, not caring that she had to drop her bag in order to do so, she planted her feet on top of his and plastered her body as close to his as humanly possible.

The motorcycle was already racing forward again. Josie peeked over her shoulder. Several men, and the woman who had grabbed her, were running after them. “Faster!” she shouted to Scooter. “Faster!”

“Just hold on,” he shouted in return. “Don’t let go for anything.”

Burying her face against his back, she answered, “I won’t!” She wouldn’t, either. During the short time the woman had a hold of her arm she’d wished Scooter had known where she’d gone. He was the only one she could imagine rescuing her.

Afraid of what she might see, yet unable not to look, Josie quickly glanced over her shoulder. A car was now speeding across the parking area. “They’re coming,” she shouted. “In a car. They’re coming after us.”

“I know,” Scooter answered. “Don’t let go.”

Josie would have clung on to him tighter, but was already holding on as firmly as possible. When he leaned slightly, she leaned with him and the motorcycle shot onto the street. Horns honked and her teeth rattled as the tires thudded over the rough road.

“I told you to stay at home!” Scooter shouted above the ruckus.

“I couldn’t!” Her shout was slightly muffled by the back of his shirt billowing against her face. “Those girls have to be rescued!”

“Not by you they don’t! Neither can you save the next group Francine kidnaps. She can kidnap them a great deal faster than you can rescue them.”

Josie wanted to tell him that wasn’t true, but it was. It was a fact she hadn’t wanted to face. “So I’m just supposed to forget about them?”

“No,” he shouted, “but I told you I’d help.”

Scooter leaned the other way, and she did, too. With more horns honking, they took another corner. The motorcycle shot up the hill faster than any car she’d ever ridden in. At the top, they turned again, onto another side street.

The ride continued like that. Up hills, down hills, around left and right turns, passing other vehicles at what seemed to be lightning speed. Josie grew completely disoriented. She had no idea if they were heading north, east, south or west. Not that it mattered.

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