The NightShade Forensic Files: The Complete Series by A.J. Scudiere

Author:A.J. Scudiere [Scudiere, A.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781937996697
Publisher: Griffyn Ink
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Eleri found herself at the terrace railing, her feet having flown to the spot where Cooper Rollins disappeared. It wasn’t too far a drop to the canyon floor, but the ground rolled away in a steep slope.

Hands already planted on the rail, Eleri didn’t think twice. She hopped the railing just like Cooper.

Okay, not just like Cooper. Her jump was far less graceful and for a moment, as she hung on the other side seeing the drop now at a more accurate measure, she was afraid.

But she was far more afraid of those bombs going off. Despite all the tails and all the agents out today, Cooper Rollins was their best lead. And he was disappearing into the woods in front of her.

So Eleri let go.

Her feet hit the ground with a sharp sting to the soles despite her cushy sneakers. The impact slammed all the way up her legs even into her spine, but she didn’t have time to get her feet under her. Gravity and the slope of the ground pulled her forward, and she was falling and stepping while at the same time trying to stay upright.

She’d made it two feet when she was slammed into with a grunt.

Automatically, her hands came up and she managed to grab an elbow and get a hand flat on a back.

“Donovan!”

He’d tipped into her, the grunt from the hard landing to his already sore ankle.

“Are you okay?” It was low, frantic, the sound of the worry deep in her soul.

“Fine.” He pushed it out through the lie of his clenched teeth. The sharp intake of his breath snapped as he, too, was forced into a downward run lest he take her tumbling with him.

There wasn’t time to worry about old injuries. New ones would be far more devastating, and even as she couldn’t see her feet or pay attention to the uneven ground she was running over, Eleri looked up to see Cooper, Donovan, and the backpack disappearing into the trees.

What the fuck was he doing?

There was no one out here.

Then she heard the buzzing in her ears for what it was. Updates.

The cell member still up at the observatory was headed around the left—meaning he was coming to her side. He’d skipped the entrance all together and simply hopped a low fence and walked into the canyon. She was pretty sure it was national or state park territory. What that meant legally she had no clue. There had barely been time to figure out where these guys were going, let alone what the rules and regs were in the locales.

Her feet pounded along beside Donovan, far behind Cooper Rollins as another update came in. The two at the pier had turned from the end and headed around the back of the community center. The agents voice sounded puzzled. “It’s closed.”

“Us, too.”

“What?” Eleri asked, stopping for a moment. She could chase Cooper, she could listen, she could think, but she couldn’t seem to do all damn three. So she stopped and waved Donovan on, thinking she’d catch up to him.

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