SANCTIONED - an action thriller collection: a Shadowboxer collection volume one (Shadowboxer files Book 1) by Chris Lowry

Author:Chris Lowry [Lowry, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Grand Ozarks Media
Published: 2016-09-18T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

They almost made it. Brill held up under the weight of the man and gear for the next mile and started up into the foothills. It was more difficult to watch their back and when he finally turned around, the two dust trails from the distance were converging on them.

He looked up the trail. They still had several thousand yards to move uphill, and even then, they would need to find a hiding place until darkness fell. Whatever was making those dust clouds would be on them before then. He estimated they had less than ten minutes.

They were out of time.

"Stop," he said and laid the scarecrow out on the ground.

Amanda stumbled to a halt.

"Pick him up," she gasped. "We have to keep moving."

"No time," he nodded.

She turned around and finally noticed the signs of pursuit. They could make out tiny images now, two trucks full of an indistinct number of bodies.

She whimpered.

God damn it, thought Brill. They almost made it. Now it was a hard choice.

He was going to have to leave Rain behind and move her up in the mountains if they were going to stand a chance of making it. He just had to convince her first.

"Amanda," he started.

"No," she said in a firm strong voice. "We are not leaving him behind."

She was sharp, he shook his head. She knew how the odds were stacked, and knew she was the primary objective. Her cameraman was collateral damage and could be jettisoned to save her.

"My job is you," Brill said and took a step toward her.

She drifted the barrel of the rifle toward him, not aiming at him, but enough in his direction to make him pause.

"Your job is to get both of us out of here."

"Not in the contract," he took another step.

She dropped to both knees beside Rain.

"You're wasting time," she told him. "Take him further up, I'll hold them off until you get him hidden, and then I'll follow. You can come back and get me."

"We can't," said Brill softly.

They didn't have time to debate. The trucks were less than five minutes out. Enough time for the two of them to make it up the hill and slip away in a gorge maybe. It would still come to a firefight, but he was confident that with the right cover, he could convince the rebels that chasing them was too costly.

She sobbed, grabbed Rain by the shirt and struggled to lift him over her shoulder.

"I'll do it," she cried. "Cover me."

She made it to her feet and several steps uphill before she fell, the weight too much for her in her starved state. Brill respected the effort.

"Please," she sobbed softly, her tear choked voice reaching back into his memories.

She sounded like Laurette, and the way she begged Brill to save her from the rebels that kidnapped them both.

He clamped down on that memory like a bear trap as red blossomed behind his eyes and the eternal rage he kept bottled up boiled over. He would kill the rebels, kill them all, just to save this girl.

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