The Paradise Key (Harvey Bennett Thrillers Book 5) by Nick Thacker

Author:Nick Thacker [Thacker, Nick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Turtleshell Press
Published: 2017-12-26T05:00:00+00:00

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“YOU’RE… WHAT?” JULIE AND SUSAN said in unison.

Julie heard a crash from behind her. The closet faced the entrance to this section of the lab, and before Julie turned around to see what the commotion was, she knew. Too late, we’re out of time.

“Let’s go,” she said. “Dr. Lin, you too. We need to get moving.” She crept out of the closet and saw that there were two soldiers waiting for a command from somewhere else in the park to unlock the door. Apparently even the guards did not have access to these internal laboratories. Julie made a mental note of that, further adding to her suspicion that there was something seriously wrong going on down here. Even the Ravenshadow men are banned from accessing Crawford’s secret lab.

Dr. Lin started to stand, then collapsed back onto the small chair. It swiveled around and his knees bumped into the shelf, and he looked up at Julie. “No, it’s too late, as I said. There is no hope for me to continue my research.”

Susan stared down at her coworker. “You can’t just abandon us now,” she said. “This is all your research. This is what you’ve been working on, and we can help you if you will only tell us what it is you are trying to do.”

Dr. Lin shook his head. “No, it’s too late. This was and always will be Crawford’s research, and he won’t let someone like me — or any of you — get in the way of completing it.”

The guards had the door open and Julie pushed both women out into the main laboratory to the left. “Go, now,” she said. “Keep moving, deeper into the labs. I don’t think they can get through the doors without help from someone else remotely opening them.

Sarah Lindgren looked shocked. “But what about you?” she asked. “They’re almost inside.”

“Don’t worry about me,” Julie said. “I’ll be right behind —“

The sound of gunfire cut her off. Susan screamed, but Dr. Lindgren grabbed her arm and the two shuffled away farther into the lab. Julie turned back to Dr. Lin. “I know these men,” she said. “They’re going to kill you. Come with me, now.”

To her surprise, the man stood up shakily and began walking to the closet door. The guards were moving along the right side of the room, closing in on a direct shot of the closet, but focusing their attention on the two women making their way across the room farther away. Julie stepped out softly and snuck around to a rolling whiteboard set up a few feet away from the wall next to the closet. Its legs were a couple of feet off the floor, so her feet would be hidden, but with any luck the men were scanning top to bottom and she would be well-hidden. She waited an extra second for Dr. Lin to see her, then she ducked behind the whiteboard. He followed her, and she appeared out the other side of the board and waited for the men to pass.

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