The Prey (Tony Park) by Tony Park

Author:Tony Park
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Quercus
Published: 2013-11-06T18:30:00+00:00

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Wellington splashed through the waters of the Sabie River, too charged with adrenaline to even care about crocodiles and hippos. He had watched, enraged, as Luis had been clubbed down by a stupid security man and then dragged away. A split second later and he would have been able to kill him and then make good his escape.

He had looked up, as he ran, and seen the woman, Kylie Hamilton, firing at him. She had clearly seen him. If he made it out of this predicament she would die. Spotlights swept the river but he was already in the tree line on the national park’s side. He was running, thornbushes and vines snatching at him.

Wellington paused to catch his breath and thought about where he was going. The quickest way back to his car was through the fence of the abandoned citrus farm, the way he had come, but the ease with which he had been able to use this ingress point told him that it would be known to the authorities as a route used by poachers.

He could move further into the park, hopefully confusing the people who would be mobilising to find him, or he could try to shoot his way out through the farm and the cordon that would soon be put in place.

A far-off noise made him look up. The buzzing was getting louder. He saw the light switch on from above and the looming presence of the helicopter forced his hand. He took out his cellphone and dialled the number he had memorised.

*

Two police cars raced past Cameron, blue lights flashing. At first he feared they were coming after him, as he was clearly speeding.

He had been pushing a hundred and forty through the hilly, sweeping bends between White River and Hazyview, so the cops must have been doing another twenty on top of that, easy. Hopefully they were heading for the same place as him. He pushed down his accelerator and did his best to keep pace with the patrol cars.

As they tore through Mkhulu township, lights on bright and Cameron hoping a stray cow didn’t amble out in front of their high-speed convoy, an unmarked BMW, also sporting a blue light on the dashboard, loomed behind him, flashed him, then overtook him.

The police cars sped past the entrance to Hippo Rock estate and as much as Cameron wanted to be in the thick of the hunt for Wellington Shumba, he pulled into the entrance: his daughter was his number one priority. He showed his ID card at the gate and was ushered through to Frankie le Roux’s house. The ranger and Kylie emerged from the house, and Jess ran around them to hug her father.

Frankie’s radio hissed and he walked a few paces away, speaking in Afrikaans into the walkie-talkie.

‘They’ve got him?’ Cameron asked, still holding Jess.

Frankie nodded. ‘Ja, almost. He’s on the run through the Lisbon estate. The park’s helicopter’s tracking him. He’s running straight into our cordon and the cops have just arrived.

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