Heart of Danger_An Aegis Group Novella_Body of Danger by Sidney Bristol

Author:Sidney Bristol [Bristol, Sidney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: friends to lovers, alpha hero, workplace romance, interracial multicultural romance, romantic suspense series
Publisher: Inked Press
Published: 2017-12-18T18:30:00+00:00

7.

FRIDAY. LA PLAYA DE Belén, Colombia. 8 days until Christmas.

Val flattened herself against the wall and listened to the voices around the fire.

Shit was hitting the fan in a big way.

Duke was going to strangle her when she told him everything their captive duo had told her. There was no reason to worry about it now, not when they had enough problems in their lap.

At best, she had a minute or two before the whole camp was on the move.

Guns. If she were a druggie, where would she keep the guns and bullets?

Somewhere up high and out of reach. A place where it was too much effort for someone hopped up on their drug of choice to get to.

She stared at the rafters.

The butt of a rifle hung out one side of a large breadbasket, the kind she used to help her family deliver bread in door to door.

She grabbed a chair and lifted the basket off the hook.

Bingo.

Three pistols, a revolver and a shotgun—not a rifle—along with an assortment of bullets. It would have to do. And what was more, she would have it and not these guys.

Shadows passed the curtain blocking the open wall of the cabin. She crouched in the middle of the floor as though making herself smaller would also make her invisible.

The shadows passed.

Duke.

He was outside watching her.

Oh, hell.

She scrambled to the front and peered out the front window in one corner where the plastic taped to the glass was pulled up.

Three men got inside one of the trucks.

Fuck.

“Help! Somebody?” A voice called out, echoing off the rocks. “There’s a bitch in camp. Help.”

A familiar voice barked orders to search the area.

It was only a matter of time now.

She picked up a gun, but it wasn’t loaded and she didn’t know enough about types of bullets to match the firearm with what went inside of it. There was no way to get this all to Duke without being seen and creating a situation before they could deal with it.

“Shit. Shit. Shit.”

She peered around at the boxes and bags under the table.

An old sack with block letters taunted her.

Flour.

How many times had Dad scared her by creating mini explosions with the stuff?

She crawled across to the bag and grabbed a box of matches from the counter. She ripped the top of the bag open and scooped up a handful.

Voices came closer.

All she had to do was create a distraction, something that would allow Duke to get to a better location, then she could bolt.

She crouched under the counter.

A man pulled the curtain aside and stepped in, followed by two others.

She struck the match and threw her handful of flower then the match.

The dust cloud caught fire immediately, sucking the oxygen out of the air and creating a momentary tornado of flames. The men screamed, and wood crackled.

Now or never.

Val grabbed her basket of guns and darted for the door, keeping her head low. She yanked it open and rushed out into the clean, fresh air, sucking down lungfuls of oxygen.

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