Marked for Death (A Gray Ghost Novel Book 6) by Amy McKinley

Author:Amy McKinley [McKinley, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781733942584
Publisher: Arrowscope Press, LLC
Published: 2020-03-02T18:30:00+00:00

18

Keegan

In the early-morning hours, Jack and I hid in the shadows and watched the inn where we were staying. Hired thugs and guards, who had to have been sent by Ahmed, crawled the streets nearby. By some miracle, they hadn’t found us. Still, it wasn’t what I expected, and a sense of impending doom hovered over me.

Before extracting Lily, we’d packed up our gear and stowed it in a new room fifteen blocks away, and farther inland. Paid handsomely, the couple who owned the inn would remain quiet for that fact alone, as the country was in political upheaval and the people were starving. The couple had friends, Janie and José, whom they promised would not report us, whose son had been killed in senseless violence in the street brought about by the government. There could be no telling anyone we were there.

An hour passed, and we remained immobile, blending into the night. We had to be sure no one had seen us. Short of waking the people who lived nearby, we’d planned for every scenario. If guards arrived to question them, we would intervene and get them to safety. For the time being, we held our position.

Before the first rays of dawn, we set out on foot to our new home away from home for the next two days. We couldn’t risk staying much longer. My key objective was to get Kara out. Our mission was to recover the drones. That meant Hugo had to be found and apprehended.

Two police officers appeared out of nowhere. Jack and I had been spotted. Shouts echoed off the buildings, and we dodged into an alley. Thankfully, we didn’t have Lily with us. She and Hawk were on their way out of that godforsaken place. Better we draw their notice than have them converge on us.

More men joined the others behind us. We ducked through a door hanging off its hinges and into an abandoned building. Leaping over debris, we raced to the back corner, shattered the intact window, and exited. We had a lead, but not by much. Doors crashed behind us as five men came barreling out of the building. I nudged ahead of Jack and took the next alleyway. The building three over had an entrance into tunnels below the street. That’s where we could lose them. I had firsthand experience of those tunnels, as I’d used them when I’d escaped as a kid.

Jack was on my heels. Someone behind us fired shots, so we ducked and ran, dodging into alleys and behind dumpsters. The entire time, we kept moving. The streets would soon be swarmed by cops, Ahmed’s guards, and possibly the Dark Wings, which I wanted to avoid. The building was ahead, and no one was behind us for the moment—we had maybe two seconds.

I busted through the door. After Jack followed, I secured it behind us. “This way.” We had to get to the room where the access was hidden in a pantry. I’d learned about it by chance—it was what had saved me from detection then, and I hoped would again.

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