Lovers in Hiding by Susan Kearney

Author:Susan Kearney [Kearney, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Suspense, Contemporary romantic suspense, Fiction, Harlequin Intrigue
ISBN: 9780373226443
Google: QFZNAgAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00H5I6OWS
Barnesnoble: B00H5I6OWS
Goodreads: 20310950
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2000-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

CLAY HAD REACTED on instinct, rolling to protect Melinda and simultaneously grabbing his gun off the nightstand. Now his thoughts raced at roller-coaster speed. All along he’d believed stealing back the tape had been too easy, and now he knew why. The agents had used the tape from her answering machine as bait, no doubt attaching a microscopic tracking device beneath the stick-on label, hoping Clay and Melinda would lead them to the material Jake had sent. Which meant that the agents had already tracked down every lead on the tape and found nothing useful, or they wouldn’t have given it up.

The agents must believe Melinda still had the information they needed. Yet, why would they think Melinda and he would try for the tape if they possessed Jake’s envelope? And if the agents believed that Melinda didn’t have the package her brother had sent, why wouldn’t they wait and track them, hoping he and Melinda would lead them to it?

Something just didn’t make sense. There could have been a breakdown in communications among the enemy. Someone could be disobeying orders. Or the enemy factions could be fighting among themselves. He suspected a payoff, a double cross or a triple agent’s handiwork.

Either way, Clay needed to make some fast decisions. If they were flushed out, he had no idea how many men waited outside to shoot them down or take them hostage, a distinctly unpleasant notion. These men had already shown their ruthless tendencies. Just because he and Melinda couldn’t give them the location of the package they wanted wouldn’t stop the men from trying to extract that information in extremely unpleasant ways.

Listening intently, he picked up two distinct sets of footsteps, one in the kitchen, the other approaching the bedroom.

Rising soundlessly to his feet, he moved to the open side of the door. By not hiding behind the door, he chose to go for the element of surprise, although he was leaving himself exposed. The problem would be that not only must he take out his opponent on the first strike, he needed to do so in complete silence or his foe would warn his coconspirator.

Clay prayed Melinda wouldn’t move or make a sound behind the bed where she remained hidden. As the footsteps closed in, he tensed, knowing he would probably get only one chance. He had to be accurate, deadly if necessary.

Sensing his opponent more than seeing him, Clay kept his gun ready, hoping he wouldn’t have to use it since the noise would alert half the neighborhood.

The intruder, a black mass in the dark room, glided into the bedroom with the stealth of a dark warrior.

Wait.

Wait.

Not yet.

Now.

Using his gun like a club, Clay slammed the weapon onto the back of the man’s skull. Ready to strike another blow or catch the slumping body, Clay felt relief as the man collapsed into his arms.

Melinda rolled out from behind the bed and grabbed the man’s feet. Together they dumped him on the bed.

“Is he de—”

Clay placed his hand over her mouth.

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