Hunters by Matt Rogers

Author:Matt Rogers [Rogers, Matt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-18T16:00:00+00:00

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Opal and Topaz weighed north of two hundred pounds each, but they moved through the jungle without a sound.

Even without the background roar of a storm, no one would have heard them. Every step was placed intentionally, and they balanced their silent movement with beautifully synchronised sweeps of their weapons. They maintained interlocking fields of fire, their M45 MEU(SOC) pistols covering every exposed inch of the terrain ahead. The moment either of them spotted anything strange ahead, it was game over for their foe.

But despite their training, they missed something.

Opal was thirty feet from where the tree line opened out onto the archaeological site when he put his boot down and felt a human spine underfoot.

He jolted back, locking his weapon onto the target. For the first time in months, his heart rate had amplified unintentionally. The second he made an odd movement, Topaz was there to assist, mirroring the aim with his own pistol.

Lucky they didn’t shoot, because the woman was defenceless.

She’d camouflaged herself better than a damn chameleon. Her windbreaker and jeans were covered head-to-toe in mud, and she’d been lying facedown on the jungle floor, not moving a solitary muscle. If Opal hadn’t trodden on her, he’d have swept right past her without a second look.

Now he rolled her over and jammed the gun in her face. She was a pretty Latino, but he couldn’t discern much more than that. There was a curved knife in her hands, but she released it as soon as she noticed the barrel aimed between her eyes. She clearly realised she’d have no time to use it.

Antônia said, ‘Shit.’

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