The Bodyguard by Lena Diaz

Author:Lena Diaz [Diaz, Lena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Suspense, ROMANCE - - SUSPENSE
ISBN: 9781460331880
Google: mlh1AgAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00GPDUWMC
Barnesnoble: B00GPDUWMC
Goodreads: 18812417
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“Run, run, run!” Luke yelled as he wrestled with the man who’d walloped him with the baseball bat in the foyer.

Carol took off as fast as she could through the family room. Leaving Luke behind was one of the hardest things she’d ever done, but she remembered what he’d told her about being a distraction. He’d made her promise that if something like this happened, she wouldn’t try to help him—she’d try to escape instead.

She zipped into the kitchen and raced up the back staircase to the second floor. The sounds of fighting continued behind her, which gave her hope that Luke might be okay if he was able to continue to wrestle with the man who’d attacked him—the man with a ski mask on, the same man who’d been in the house in Savannah last night, and most likely the man who’d killed Richard and Mitch. But how had he known she would come to this house? And why did he want to kill her, too?

She prayed that she and Luke would survive long enough to get the answers to those questions.

Bam! A gunshot echoed through the house. Carol froze in the middle of the upstairs hallway. Where had the shot come from? Behind her in the kitchen? Or ahead of her down the main staircase? She waited, being as still and quiet as she could while she listened for another sound to tell her who had fired that shot and where they were. But no more sounds came from belowstairs.

She inched her way down the dark hallway. With all the doors closed upstairs, the only sunlight that filtered in was from the staircases, leaving the long hall almost pitch-black. She could turn on the lights but she didn’t dare. Instead, she tiptoed down the wooden floors toward the front of the house to peek down into the foyer.

When she reached the stairs, she flattened herself against the wall and carefully leaned around the corner.

A hand clamped over her mouth. Another hand yanked her backward against a hard, warm body. She bit down on the finger pressed against her lips.

Her attacker jerked against her but didn’t remove his hand. Instead, he cupped it so she couldn’t bite him again. He pulled her back, away from the stairs in spite of her struggles and into one of the bedrooms. He eased the door shut behind them.

He spun her around, moving his hand to keep it over her mouth as his other hand now cupped the back of her head so she couldn’t get away. She looked up into a pair of chocolate-brown eyes and slumped in relief. Luke.

She pulled his hand away from her mouth, wincing when she saw the clear impression of her teeth on his skin. “I’m sorry,” she whispered, but he was already crossing to the window.

He pulled the heavy draperies back and looked down.

Carol rushed to him. “There aren’t any balconies on this house,” she said, keeping her voice low. “And a brick porch extends the entire length of the back.

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