Keep Away From The Heat (A Warning Labels Novel) by Amelia James

Author:Amelia James [James, Amelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Limitless Publishing LLC
Published: 2017-03-28T16:00:00+00:00

“Come on!” Flynn grabbed her arm as Simone snagged the book and stuffed it in her jacket pocket. He dragged her out of the room and they scrambled up the stairs.

Smoke surrounded them as the wind flung dust and twigs in their faces. Flames shot up from a neighborhood a mile away.

“The fire’s heading north.” Simone led the staff to the county SUV. “We’ve got to move away from it.” Obviously, idiot. She focused her thoughts and dug through her pockets. Damn it, are the keys still inside? Flynn handed them to her.

“Where are we going?” Cassie beat her to the driver’s door. “Do you know how to get to the shelter?”

“The high school, right?” Simone fumbled the jingling metal ring and dropped it as her hands trembled.

“Yes, but we can’t get there going south.” Cassie surveyed their surroundings. “There’s only one bridge in that direction.”

Simone followed her gaze, then turned and spotted thick black smoke billowing from a residential area. “We can’t go north, it’s too close to the fire.”

“I can get us there.” Cassie tried to snatch the keys from her, but Simone jerked her hand back.

“I’m in charge.” She couldn’t hand the lead over to someone she barely knew. No. She had to stay in control. “You take the passenger seat.”

“But I’m the one who knows this city.” Cassie didn’t budge. “And I know how to keep us away from the fire.”

Another building went up in smoke. “I’m responsible for the safety of these people.”

“Then make the right choice.”

Shit. She had no idea where to go even on a good day, and if Cassie could get them to the shelter, she had to let her try. Simone handed the keys over. “You drive.”

Flynn, Heather, and Mark scrambled into the back seat while Simone jumped in the passenger side. Cassie stomped on the gas and roared out of the parking lot, swerving around wind-blown debris.

“Turn right!” Simone shouted.

Cassie spun left. “No, that’ll take us downtown. We need to get out to the highway.”

“That’ll lead us straight to the fire.” She stared out the window as the wind ripped part of the roof off the command center and flung it into the parking lot they’d just abandoned. “Holy shit.”

Cassie maneuvered around a fallen tree branch. “I know the side streets. We can go around it.”

A speed limit sign wrenched off its post and landed on the hood of the SUV. “If you get us killed, I’ll fire you.”

Cassie wobbled the vehicle, dislodging the sign. “If you get us killed, I’ll quit.”

They sped past a police cruiser patrolling the empty streets. Simone grabbed the radio and ordered him to get to the shelter. The officer turned on his lights and followed them. Branches and leaves littered the air, mixed with chunks of shingles and siding. Cassie turned down a street marked dead end.

“What the hell are you doing?” Simone spun in her seat as the officer abandoned them.

“I grew up on this cul-del-sac. There’s an empty lot next to my old house that leads to the street behind it.

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