Montana Midwife by Cassie Miles

Author:Cassie Miles
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin Intrigue
Published: 2012-11-02T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Aiden had just stepped off the porch when he heard Tab yell his name. There was panic in her voice. She needed him.

He pivoted and ran back to the house, snatched the gun from his holster, dove inside. The lights were off. Turn them on? No, his eyes were already accustomed to the dark.

Tab burst from the hallway that led to the bedrooms. Her grandma’s white sneakers were in her hands.

“I saw someone at the window,” she said. “He ran off. Toward the barn.”

“Did you see his face?”

“No. He had on a hoodie.”

The threat was clear. An intruder had been waiting here. Waiting for Tab? Why, damn it, why? Aiden needed to catch this guy. At the same time, he had to protect Tab and couldn’t leave her alone. His decision came quickly.

“Follow me,” he said. “Stay close. If you hear gunfire, hit the ground.”

Gun in hand, he charged out the door and ran toward a couple of scraggly pine trees between the house and barn. Adrenaline surged through him. His senses sharpened. Through the shadows, he saw movement. A man was running parallel to the corral fence, heading toward the horse barn.

“Stop,” Aiden called out. “I’ll shoot.”

The man disappeared around the edge of the barn. From this distance, Aiden couldn’t get any kind of description other than hooded sweatshirt and jeans. He didn’t know if the intruder had entered the barn or not.

Likely, he’d gone through the side door. Why else would he have headed in that direction? At the front of the barn, he halted and turned to Tab, who stood close behind him. She wasn’t even breathing hard. The woman really could run.

“How many entrances to the barn?” he asked.

“Three. The big double doors on the front and back, and the regular-size side door.”

He didn’t like the idea of rushing through the side door without knowing what he’d find on the other side. The intruder could be armed. He could be setting up an ambush, aiming his weapon at that door, prepared to shoot as soon as Aiden came though. From inside, he heard Shua give a nervous whinny.

Tab swore. “If he hurts my horse, I’ll kill him.”

Aiden went to the big double doors at the front and unfastened the latch. “When I open this door, I want you to hide behind it. Stay low.”

“I’m coming with you. That’s my horse.”

“No time to argue. I won’t let him hurt Shua.”

She stamped her foot once. Frustration was evident on her face. “Okay, I’ll stay out here. But let me open the door. That leaves your hands free. Aiden, you’ve got to hurry.”

The double doors were wide enough for a truck full of hay to pull inside. And they were heavy. As Tab grabbed the bar and pulled, he rushed inside and went to the left, ducking behind the edge of the first stall. A few bare bulbs cast a dim glow. Moonlight from the open door spilled onto the packed dirt floor. The side of the horse barn opposite the stalls was two stories tall with a hay loft above.

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