Shot Through the Heart by Nicole Helm

Author:Nicole Helm [Helm, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-03-09T21:20:42+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Willa’s head was pounding. She felt sweaty and nauseous. Still, she stared at the map on Holden’s phone and told him where to go. She didn’t mention wanting to puke. Or how badly she wanted a drink of water or a bottle of pain relievers.

She just told him where to go. She understood how important it was for them to get out of range of the police. There was no doubt in her mind the cashier had called the police. No doubt in her mind she would have given a very good description of Holden and Willa to the police at that.

They’d been driving for hours, though. It felt like days. Still, no one had stopped them. And they hadn’t stopped. Holden drove a bit like a bat out of hell, and every bump jarred her quickly stiffening body.

But she could tell they’d made some progress. There were trees now. Far more rock outcroppings than there were back in Evening.

“Hand me the phone,” he ordered.

He’d been so stiff and authoritative the whole drive. She understood it was because there was a danger they didn’t understand and couldn’t predict. Because he had a lead, and now he needed to follow it.

And she suspected he was being so...uptight because she’d been hurt. She didn’t know why that’d make him all robotic, but she couldn’t ignore the fact he hadn’t acted like this the whole time—even after she’d tried to beat him with a fire poker.

Still, she was too...drained and hurting and miserable to try and fight with him right now. She handed him the phone and didn’t even complain when he kept driving like crazy with one eye on his phone.

He took a couple unexpected turns that had her entire body jostling as he went off-road.

“What on earth are you...” She trailed off as a small cabin, completely surrounded by trees, came into view. He didn’t slow up, and the car stopped just inches away from the front door.

“Where are we?”

He didn’t answer, just got out of the car. She moved to follow, pushing open the door, but he was there before she’d gotten it half-open. He had her up in his arms again before she could move.

She could walk and she opened her mouth to tell him so, but she wanted desperately to simply lay her head against his shoulder and go to sleep, knowing she’d be safe here—in his arms. The image was so appealing, and everything hurt, so she just...let herself. Rest her head on him, close her eyes and let him take her wherever. She didn’t even open her eyes when he stepped into the cabin. She let herself drift until he was putting her down on a surprisingly soft mattress.

“Don’t go to sleep,” he said sharply. But her eyes were drifting closed again, and sleep seemed like a wonderful alternative to...everything.

She vaguely heard him banging around in another room. It kept her from fully falling to sleep, but she could still kind of float in a weird, gray, exhausted, pained space.

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