Stalker's Luck (Solitude Saga Book 1) by Strange Chris

Author:Strange, Chris [Strange, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Cheeky Minion
Published: 2015-02-04T08:00:00+00:00

17

Dom breathed easy, putting Feleti Leone’s head in the crosshairs of her rifle’s scope. She knelt at the edge of the roof of the Forbidden Casino, her rifle resting on its bipod on the low wall surrounding the edge of the roof. The air stank of exhaust fumes from the busted atmosphere regulator off to her right. It was making a shitty situation even more unbearable.

“All right, the can opener says we’re done here,” Eddie’s voice hissed through her earpiece. “Heading out now.”

“Make it snappy,” Dom said. “This bastard’s getting agitated.”

Leone threw glares out the window in her general direction. She’d kill him if she had to. But she’d really rather not. As much as she expected Leone’s wrath to come back on them, it’d be a hundred times worse if she gave his lackeys cause for revenge. Especially when Eddie and Knox were still inside the Crimson Curtain.

Damn it, Eddie. Why the hell did you have to go and get yourself captured? Williams’ tip-off was only part of it. Eddie had deviated from the plan. And now she had to bail him out. He’d put the entire contract at risk.

Her shoulder was starting to ache where the rifle butt had slammed against her. The heavy rifle was a hell of a thing to lug around, even for her, and she hadn’t had time to pick an optimal location to shoot from. Her legs were cramping up. Her eyes were also feeling the strain.

She brought her face away from the scope for a moment and rubbed her eyes with her left hand. As she lowered her arm, she caught a tiny flash of light coming from the eighteenth floor of the Crimson Curtain.

Shit.

She threw herself to the roof as a bullet slammed into the low wall in front of her. The surface crumbled and flung jagged chunks through the air as the round tore through. White dust puffed up. A moment later, another bullet whined above her head, followed by the boom of a rifle shot.

She grabbed the rifle, held it against her, and rolled away, using the low wall for cover as two more shots hit. A fragment of concrete bounced off her duster coat.

“Taking fire,” she yelled into her microphone. “They’ve got a sniper on me.” She stuck her head up, bringing her rifle with her. She looked through the scope. Leone and his goons were gone from the room. “Shit, Leone’s run for it. Get the hell out of there.”

She ducked again as the sniper took another shot. She couldn’t get her head up long enough to line up a shot on him.

Knox’s swearing trickled through her earpiece, but it was just background noise. As the boom of the last sniper shot faded, she heard the clang of bootsteps on the service stairs behind her.

“I’m bugging out,” Dom said. “You’re on your own. Meet at the rendezvous. Out.”

She stared at her rifle for a split second, growled, and tossed it. It was her best rifle. And her most expensive.

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