His Best Friend's Baby by Mallory Kane

Author:Mallory Kane [Kane, Mallory]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Romance, Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin Intrigue
Published: 2009-09-08T04:00:00+00:00

SATURDAY 1400 HOURS

“REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD YOU,” Matt said.

Aimee barely heard him. It had taken four hours, but they were finally looking down at the cabin from their vantage point on a rise to the west.

She stared at the primitive log structure. She knew a little about it from Bill. His father, Boss Vick, had spent an obscene amount of money to equip the simple dwelling.

He’d brought a crew up one summer who’d cleared trees, installed a generator and carted appliances and furniture up. He’d made it into a comfortable winter retreat, if one didn’t mind skiing in or living with the prospect of being snowed in.

Aimee had always thought the idea of spending so much on a hunting shack was wasteful, but right now, the amenities sounded wonderful to her—the generator, the appliances, the comfortable furnishings—because they meant that her baby was warm and comfortable and well-fed.

And in the hands of terrorists.

“Aimee? Did you hear me?”

She nodded. “I don’t make a move until you’ve gone down there and verified that nobody is waiting to shoot us when we step out into the open.” She couldn’t take her eyes off the house. She squinted, but couldn’t see through any of the windows. But that was okay. Whether she could see him or not, her baby was in there. Her fingers itched—her arms ached—to hold him.

But Matt was right. They had to take precautions. There were at least two people on this mountain who meant them harm.

“You’ll wave all clear, and motion me to come down. Or you’ll hold up your hands, palms out, and press them down, meaning stay where I am.” She demonstrated what he’d shown her earlier.

“Good. And if something happens to me?”

She pressed her lips together and squeezed her eyes shut. “I run for the cabin. Matt, maybe this is not a good idea. Maybe we ought to wait until Deke gets here. Spend the night up here, or—”

It nearly killed her to suggest waiting. She thought she was going to die if she had to wait one second longer to hold her baby, but the prospect of Matt being captured by terrorists—captured and interrogated—was nearly as horrible to contemplate as the possibility that she might never see William again.

“No.” He shook his head, dislodging snowflakes from his hair. He held out his gloved hand and several more fell onto it. “See that? It’s starting to snow again. The storms from last night are only the beginning. There are more stacked up, waiting for their shot at us. And we have no shelter.” He craned his neck and examined the sky.

“There’s a very good chance that we wouldn’t survive the night. With just the mummy bag for the two of us, it’s too risky. Getting to the cabin is our best chance.”

“What if we both go down at the same time? We can watch each other’s backs. You’ll have that machine gun thing and I have the Glock. We can hold them off.”

His face softened into an almost-smile.

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