Kiss of the Phantom by Julie Leto

Author:Julie Leto [Leto, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780451227362
Goodreads: 6099768
Publisher: Signet
Published: 2009-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Rafe fulfilled his promise. Using the last of his energy, he drew the searchers away from the fallen tree trunk, giving Mariah just enough time to sneak out of her hiding place and circle around to the back of the pyramid. She considered taking the chance to really escape, but where would she go? She had no supplies. No flashlight or water or machete. No means to exit the country. And since she couldn’t risk carrying the stone with her in case she got caught, she couldn’t leave Rafe behind, either. The shaking pyramid proved that Pryce character possessed some means of magic. She had to trust Rafe’s instincts and attempt to do as he’d asked.

Fake an escape. Make them look for her. Give them a run for their money. And if she got caught, make sure it wasn’t until shortly before sundown.

It wouldn’t be easy, but she was certainly going to see what she could do.

Unfortunately, she managed to elude them for only an hour. She’d found a second great hiding place, but a scrambling family of monkeys gave her away. She took off before they’d sighted her, but...damned wrong turns. They got her every time.

“Alto!” a man shouted, punctuating his order by shoving the serious end of a Magnum .357 to her temple. She immediately put her hands up.

“Take me to your leader,” she quipped.

Unfortunately, the guy she’d grazed in the arm met them first. He punched her dead on the chin, and by the time she’d regained consciousness, she’d been dragged back to the pyramid, where the man named Pryce sat on the steps, contemplating his sword. His men tossed her to the ground. In addition to seeing stars, she was now also spitting dirt.

“Ah, there you are,” he said casually. He set the sword carefully on a stone step and extended his hand. “Farrow Pryce.”

She pushed herself up and glared at him, but didn’t stand. His men must have found this rude, because they wrenched her to her feet. With each arm held immobile, she gave her jaw a wiggle to make sure it still worked, licked away the blood that had gathered in the corner of her lips and hocked a loogie that just missed the toe of his shoe.

“Wish I could say it was a pleasure,” she cracked.

He frowned at her spittle, and then look very little care in grabbing her chin and checking out the damage. “You’ll have an ugly bruise. Not to mention a nasty welt. I’m sure that’s very painful. You really shouldn’t have shot one of my men.”

“It was self-defense, remember?” Soil coated the inside of her mouth, but she wasn’t sure about spitting again.

He hummed in exaggerated contemplation. “A truly unfortunate way of making first contact, I agree. So let’s try again.”

After his silent nod, the men let her go. She tumbled to the ground and lights flashed all around her. For a second, she thought that Rafe had finally reappeared, courtesy of his new power, but she had only her injuries to blame.

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