Men of Courage by Jill Shalvis & Lori Foster & Donna Kauffman

Author:Jill Shalvis & Lori Foster & Donna Kauffman [Shalvis, Jill & Foster, Lori & Kauffman, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Anthologies
ISBN: 9780373835768
Google: DTjzWPf1BM4C
Amazon: 0373835760
Barnesnoble: 0373835760
Goodreads: 511582
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2003-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIVE

It was like watching something out of a movie, only it was all horrifically real. The ground rolled like a giant wave beneath Haley’s feet. She clutched Digger close to her body, struggling just to remain upright, but the ground literally was pulled out from under her, sending her sprawling to the road. Digger popped loose, but Haley managed to snag the leash and wound it around her arm, clinging to it like a lifeline. Only she was very much afraid there was no such thing anymore. For any of them.

She managed to get to her knees. Recon was beside her, barking wildly at the garage. Haley watched in an oddly detached way as the surreal happened right in front of her. Her garage actually began to tilt, then list to one side, as if drunk. Her mouth opened in soundless horror as it literally shuffled right off its foundation… and moved closer to the edge. Her little stoop was already gone.

“Brett!” she screamed. Recon suddenly leaped beside her and she turned enough to see that the road was beginning to split and buckle behind her, right where the dog had been standing. She looked wildly around her, wondering which way she should go. One step in the wrong direction could mean—

And then it all stopped, just as suddenly as it had begun. It seemed as if the ground had been shifting beneath her for hours, and yet the whole episode had likely lasted less than several seconds.

Recon was standing just a foot away, no longer barking, but so agitated she was almost vibrating. Digger had burrowed himself beneath Haley, who was still on her hands and knees. Unaware of the scrapes to her knees and bloody cuts on her hands, she finally managed to stand. “Get a grip. Be calm,” she murmured, needing the sound of her own voice. “Think.”

She took a breath, then another one, then did a slow and complete turn, steeling herself to whatever she might see. She’d made it this far, she wasn’t about to lose it now.

The road behind her was split from side to side, with giant snaking cracks leading from either side. It wasn’t passable. The only way down was over the edge behind her. And that wasn’t climbable. “Don’t think about that yet,” she schooled herself. Digger jumped against her leg and she slapped her chest. She caught him tightly to her as she finished her turn.

The garage.

And then she remembered, and realized she wasn’t as together as she thought. “Brett? Brett!” she screamed. He was inside the garage. What was left of it. “Oh, my God, oh, my God. Brett!” She carefully picked her way closer. There were no cracks between the ground where she stood and the garage. The back corner of which had collapsed and disappeared over the edge beyond. “Stay calm, stay calm.” Digger must have sensed the gravity of the situation, because for once he remained still and compliant in her arms.

She got within five yards of the two rolling doors.

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