Reckless Deceptions by Karen Rock

Author:Karen Rock
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2018-07-12T18:53:32+00:00

Chapter 10

Air whizzed by her ear, and something pinged on the parking meter ahead of her. Her heart seized. A bullet! Erica and Ryan ducked behind a car and drew their weapons. Blood howled in her veins.

A barrage of gunfire exploded, shattering the car’s windows, piercing its metallic sides. A blizzard of glass shards filled the sky. The moment it subsided, Erica poked her head around the bumper and spotted Jamal and one of the weapons traffickers beside the black SUV, AR-15s in hand.

It was as if the earth suddenly stopped rotating. There was a moment of feeling off-balance, and then everything snapped into focus. This motherfucker was not escaping again. There was no bravado in the statement. She was in the grip of cold, hard, gut-cramping fury. How the hell had Jamal found them here?

Cursing herself for not being more observant and for walking into this trap, she returned fire, ignoring the pain in her stitched arm. The men blasted another round a heartbeat after Ryan yanked her back. “Stay down!”

She jerked free. “But I—”

Ryan pointed a finger at an approaching ice cream truck. It lumbered along blasting a tinny tune followed by a horse whinny. “Wait.” The moment it drew level with them, he lunged from cover, crouch-running alongside it. As it passed the SUV, Ryan dove behind a red convertible parked ahead of it.

Their gazes met across the street. Bullets tore the air over Erica’s head. At Ryan’s nod, her heart double-timed. She knew the play. They’d executed it enough times…although usually while wearing Kevlar vests.

Don’t wuss out.

She peeked around the car, aimed her Glock, then pretended to fire. With her finger immobile on the trigger, she banged it against the bumper, as if her weapon had jammed.

The men’s voices grew louder as they approached, firing, drawn out by her ploy. Any minute now Ryan would blast their unsuspecting asses from his new location.

Only nothing happened. And in less than a heartbeat, the men were upon her.

Holy shit. Something had happened to Ryan or his weapon. Her molars ground together. She was on her own.

She popped up and shot Jamal square in the chest. He howled in pain and rage, reeling into the street with his hands to his gushing wound. The howling metamorphosed to choking and gasping, and he went down on all fours.

Meanwhile, she spotted Ryan tackling the weapons trafficker from behind. They rolled in the street, locked in a deadly embrace, fists flying. A bus rounded a bend and barreled toward them. Her stomach dipped as horror punched straight through it. One of them had to let go or they’d both be run over.

“Ryan!” she screamed. He looked up and followed her pointed finger. Enormous wheels bore down on them. At the last minute, Ryan released the man and threw himself to the side.

The bus rolled by in a belch of exhaust, and the black SUV peeled out a half-second behind it.

“Shit!” Ryan sprinted down the street giving chase, then pulled up and jogged back.

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