The Untamed Hunter by Lindsay McKenna

Author:Lindsay McKenna [McKenna, Lindsay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance
ISBN: 9781408942581
Publisher: Mills & Boon
Published: 1998-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Six

M aggie sat shivering in the rear seat of the white van. The material of her blouse clung to her chilled flesh. She had gotten soaked in the downpour as they made a dash for the van, a vehicle, she noted, that looked exactly like that housing the FBI mobile headquarters. Her head spun with a hundred questions and no answers. She had to think!

She tried to steady her breathing. The driver and passenger side windows were tinted, making it impossible for those who passed by to see inside. Fear zigzagged through her as she studied the man who had joined them. Small and lean, he looked to be of South American descent. Something about his demeanor told Maggie he was a killer, not a doctor like she knew both Tennyson and Romanov to be. She still couldn’t believe that Tennyson, who five years ago had been considered a leading expert on anthrax epidemics, was now stealing what he thought was DNA-altered anthrax for a far more deadly purpose.

Shaken, Maggie tried to see out the windows. The thunderstorm was gathering in fury, the rain sleeting almost horizontally, so she would see almost nothing. They passed the marina at a crawl, probably so they wouldn’t garner attention. Where was Shep? Why had he been delayed? Her mind spun drunkenly and she glanced to her left, where the South American sat dressed in military fatigues, a pistol at his side. His feral-looking black eyes regarded her as if he were a hooded snake and she the prey, she noted, a shiver of terror running down Maggie’s spine.

“Can’t you at least uncuff me now? I’m losing circulation in my hands and arms,” she pleaded to Tennyson, who sat ahead of her in the passenger seat. Romanov was driving, all his attention on the wet, flooded surface of the road as they headed toward the main route off Hilton Head Island.

Tennyson turned his head. “Juan, take the cuffs off Dr. Harper and put them back on when she’s got her hands in front of her.”

Maggie gulped as the man unwound like a lethally coiled snake. She leaned forward and turned her back toward him so he could reach the cuffs more easily.

“Señorita, do not think this is an invitation to try and leave,” he warned her in a smooth tone.

Trying not to jerk away from his rough, hurtful hands as he unlocked the cuffs, Maggie groaned, then slowly eased her arms forward. As soon as she slumped wearily back in the seat, Juan loomed over her grasping her wrists to cuff them once more. When he had finished, he sat back down and smiled at her.

“You are a pleasant surprise, señorita. Dr. Tennyson did not think we could capture you alive. But here you are.”

Trying to think coherently, Maggie watched as the van turned onto the main route off the island. The thunderstorm was abating, the rain reducing in fury. Ahead, she could see the arc of the bridge to the mainland. Shep would come back to an empty villa.

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