Striking Distance by Debra Webb

Author:Debra Webb [Webb, Debra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488026713
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2004-09-08T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 26

Lucas sat on Victoria’s bedside and held her hand. His head throbbed viciously, and the spot on his back they’d robbed of skin burned like hell, but he couldn’t worry about that right now and any sort of pain reliever that might actually help was out of the question.

He had to stay sharp. Couldn’t let down his guard.

“I should be at the office,” Victoria said, her voice thin with exhaustion and the devastation of the night’s events.

“You won’t be going to the office today,” he insisted as gently as he could while remaining firm. “Ian has everything under control. He said he’d call you this afternoon for a general briefing.”

She nodded resignedly and lapsed into silence.

There was so much Lucas wanted to say. He wanted to reaffirm his love for her with more than just words. But now wasn’t the time. She was far too fragile. He could practically see her breaking apart right before his eyes.

And he was helpless to stop the momentum.

“I want you to rest now. I’ll be right here.”

She nodded again, not bothering to look him in the eye.

But she didn’t have to say anything for him to know what she was thinking. She wanted this over…she wanted Leberman dead. She was more than ready to face death herself to end this nightmare. Lucas would not allow that to happen.

He left her resting and moved quietly to her den. He scrounged up the remote for the television set and the DVD player and switched them on. After locating the surveillance footage in his briefcase he slid it into the machine and fast-forwarded to the part that kept nagging at

him.

On the video, Tasha North opened the door and allowed him inside her apartment. Lucas studied the way he moved, the sound of his voice. There was something vaguely familiar about the bastard who had taken a chunk out of his profile, but he couldn’t place it.

He was smart. Damned smart and well versed in all the right tactical maneuvers. As soon as the Cultural Center had been cleared, Logan and Ferrelli had determined exactly how the shooter had pulled off his hit. He’d posed as a repairman the week prior, plotted his access to the hall where the Woman of the Year banquet would be held, then stored his necessary equipment. Since the equipment was stored within the cooling system’s metal frame, their scans for weapons hadn’t picked it up. He’d used C-4 for his explosive, not enough to do any real damage, just a little fear factor tossed into the mix to create mayhem. The smoke bomb had been a stroke of genius, as well. It had set off the fire alarms and assured mass hysteria.

He’d thought through the whole scenario very thoroughly. Hadn’t missed a trick. He’d known that escaping would be impossible without a diversion, so he’d planned ahead.

Lucas would bet his life that Leberman had been there, too. Ramon was reviewing the Cultural Center’s surveillance tapes right now, but Lucas doubted he would be able to ID the scumbag.

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