Into Danger by Gennita Low

Author:Gennita Low [Low, Gennita]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Suspense, Fiction, General
ISBN: 9780060523381
Google: QOxpLHAebIIC
Amazon: B009NK4IHO
Goodreads: 718484
Publisher: Avon
Published: 2003-03-25T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

T he bedroom door smashed open. Shouts. Popping sounds. The fireflash of a weapon being discharged. A flashlight interrupted the darkness, zigzagging its way around the room.

Steve ignored them all. Right now he was after a big bruiser named Dankin, who had gone after Marlena’s throat. He had kept his eyes on him, knowing that when the switch was thrown, it would be impossible for a few seconds to locate anyone or anything.

The last thing he saw was Marlena bending over to pick up the laptop at his sudden command, as if she had been waiting for his move. He wasn’t sure whether she saw who was coming after her.

Dankin had her by the arm. The beam from the flashlight settled on the blade in his hand. The man had switched to a knife in the dark, a good weapon to make sure he got his target where he wanted. And he was heading for her throat.

Fury like nothing he’d ever felt before imploded inside Steve, lending him the extra speed to block the descending hand. This big bodyguard was faster than he had thought. Faster, and very capable with the knife.

Marlena had somehow freed herself. Through the din in the room, Steve heard her calling.

“Stash, watch out, he has a knife.”

Like he didn’t know. “Stay out of the way,” he yelled back. His eyes were getting used to the junglelike darkness.

He caught the flash of the blade again and jumped out of the way. His opponent’s brute strength was evidenced by the swoosh of air somewhere near his belly. He caught a brawny wrist and swung the arm outward, turning himself as he did so and viciously jabbing his elbow against the man’s kidney.

With his height advantage, Dankin reached over his shoulder to attack with his other hand, clamping his fingers under Steve’s chin, reaching for the throat. Steve ignored the oncoming chokehold, bending forward and efficiently breaking the wrist of the bigger man. To his credit Dankin only grunted, loosening his hold. Steve turned away from the grasping fingers around his neck; twisting the broken wrist, he forced the man around and head-butted him in the chin.

Dankin crumpled to the floor. The lights came back on at that precise moment.

Steve maneuvered the jagged blade against the big man’s throat. “Gotcha,” he said, his voice grim with satisfaction.

“I must admit, my bedroom has never been this popular with men before.”

Steve looked up to see the head of du Scheum Industries at the doorway, surveying his room with a bemused expression. He turned his attention back to Dankin, who lay on his back, blood dripping from nose and mouth, looking back with a blank, obstinate stare. Steve put pressure on the knife just a fraction, enough to pierce the man’s skin, then released his hold. Tess said she wanted them alive for information.

He stood up and took in the aftermath. There was du Scheum, and three of his bodyguards. There was Dankin at his feet, and…two dead men. William Cunningham had a bullet hole in the middle of his forehead.

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