Nowhere Left to Run (The Nowhere Trilogy Book 2) by Kat Mizera

Author:Kat Mizera [Mizera, Kat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-30T18:30:00+00:00

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Erik

We made that trip over the border between Turkey and Limaj every three months, packing trucks of supplies and driving over dangerous mountain ranges and deserted dirt roads. It was grueling, dangerous, and the most fulfilling thing I’d done in my life. Knowing these supplies were getting to people who desperately needed them warmed me in ways nothing else had since I’d walked away from Casey.

We’d just finished a run and had dropped off supplies to a farmer in northern Raggert. It was after midnight, so if we kept driving, we’d be out of Limaj by four and back at the safe house by six, and we could finally relax for a few days. Ace had driven here so I was driving back and Liz sat in the passenger seat beside me, humming under her breath.

“I don’t think I’ve ever heard you hum before,” I said, focused on the road as I navigated steep hills and sharp curves.

“Keeps me awake and sharp,” she said.

“I usually use caffeine for that,” I laughed.

“Well, sometimes it takes a combination of things.”

We were coming up on the border when something caught my eye on the side of the road.

“What is that?” I asked Liz, slowing down.

“Oh my god, it’s a person, a woman. Stop!”

I managed to pull the truck over on the left side of the road so I wouldn’t hit the woman, and Ace stuck his head out from the back.

“What’s going on?”

“Looks like there’s been an accident,” Liz said, hurrying over to a woman bleeding on the side of the road.

There was an overturned car and a lot of blood, which made me grimace as we approached. The woman was on her side, moaning and Liz knelt beside her.

“What happened? Can we help you?”

The woman murmured unintelligibly and I realized she probably didn’t speak English. I knelt beside Liz and put a gentle hand on the woman’s arm, talking to her in our language.

“What happened? Is there a hospital or doctor nearby?”

Her eyes widened and she looked at me slowly, carefully, and then crossed herself. “I am truly in heaven if the first face I see is that of my prince, our savior.”

“Tell me what happened,” I repeated gently, hoping to deflect her. I was shocked she’d recognized me, but I couldn’t confirm it no matter how much I wanted to.

“King Anwar… He sends men, to the villages. They took my husband from our home, beat him until he told them we were sharing supplies, with the other farmers…” She lost her breath, coughing until blood dripped from her lips.

Liz dug out a cloth of some kind and gently wiped her mouth while Ace scoured the area, making sure no one surprised us.

“My baby,” the woman whispered. “I tried to escape in the car after they killed my husband but we turned over… I left her in the woods, in a brown blanket, by a tree with a swing.”

“We’ll get her,” I said. “Where can we take you?”

“It is too late for me.

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