Lie With Me: A Shadow Force Novel by Stephanie Tyler

Author:Stephanie Tyler [Tyler, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Romance, Love stories, Contemporary, Suspense, Suspense fiction, United States, Spy stories, Spies, Women Authors
ISBN: 9780440245964
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Published: 2010-10-26T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

10

Rocket didn’t move and the fight rose up in Riley suddenly and inexplicably and she knew without a doubt that DMH would not control her.

She’d rather die. But she’d fight tooth and nail before she let that happen either.

Rocket smiled, as if he knew her choice. Hands came from behind, pressing her throat as she’d expected, and she let her body go limp, her eyes focused on the gunmetal gray walls of the penthouse for a moment.

She tried to sink farther to the ground, but the brute wasn’t letting up on his chokehold.

She dropped the key to the penthouse to the floor, and Rocket watched it fall as the breath squeezed out of her. Spots swam before her eyes and she forced herself not to panic, because—no matter the outcome here tonight—she would be free.

In her other hand, loosely held, was a Chinese star, carefully laced with just enough poison that even the slightest hit with a point would cause near-instantaneous death. And as she sagged against the man holding her from behind, she released the spiked gold metal with a practiced flip of the wrist and watched with satisfaction as it hit its mark right beneath Rocket’s Adam’s apple.

She saw the surprise in his face as he clutched at the star, even as the man who held her loosened his grip, unsure of what to do next. But she knew; she turned hard and brought her knee up to his balls, because that always worked to bring even the biggest man to his knees. But he was up quickly, slamming her first across the side of the face and then landing another blow on the top of her head, hard enough for her to know she’d have a concussion. On top of that, breathing was still not easy—she heard the painful wheeze coming from her throat as she attempted to draw in air.

From behind her, she heard Rocket groaning, cursing—he stumbled over the coffee table in a last-ditch attempt to grab her, his own weapon in his hand.

All she needed to do was duck and roll to elude the shot—his bullet hit the man in front of her and then both men were down, dead and unmoving.

She was down for the count as well, collapsed to the thick carpet. Her phone was ringing and she grabbed it, answered with a hoarse hello.

A calm voice simply said, “You killed my men.”

“Impressed?” she managed.

The man chuckled. “You might be worth more alive than I thought, little one.”

She fought the urge to gag. “I’ve already given you a major piece of intelligence. All I wanted in return was money. I didn’t ask for any ties to you.”

“You found us. That alone ties you to us. I thought you were smart enough to know that,” the man said. “You’ll get what’s coming to you in due time. Make no mistake about that.”

The line went dead and her vision began to blur. She managed to dial her phone because she couldn’t drag herself out

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