The Perfect Hostage (A Super Agent Novella) (Entangled Edge) by Misty Evans

Author:Misty Evans [Evans, Misty]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: spy, CIA, romantic suspense, soldier, military, FBI, thriller
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2014-04-21T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

The nightmare was happening all over again. The bad nightmare. The really bad one.

Locked doors had never kept the nightmare away before, and they hadn’t this time either.

After kicking in the door, the man in a black ski mask had pointed a gun at her head and motioned her to back up.

Screaming, she’d taken a good, hard swing at him, but his friend, another goon in a gray ski mask, jumped forward and blocked the swing. He ripped the poker out of her hand and sent her sprawling to the floor.

Where is John?

Keeping her focus on the gun, Lucie rose as instructed. Black Mask moved behind her, motioned at the second man to toss him the poker.

Before she could fight, he wrapped an arm around her and jerked her back against his chest, placing the long poker across her throat and giving a tug. The cold iron bit into her skin, cutting off oxygen. The pain was terrifying, an odd pressure that told her the tiniest slip and her windpipe could be crushed.

Where was his gun?

The pressure on her windpipe intensified. Tiny black dots danced at the edges of her vision. The second man looked over his shoulder and slipped into the shadows behind the open door.

John appeared a second later, his attention landing on her at once. His eyes were flat and hard, but all she felt was relief. John will stop this.

Glancing at the masked assailant holding her, he raised his hands in surrender.

No, no, no. Lucie tried to say his name, but what came out was an odd sound and fresh pain burst in her throat. What was he doing?

He stepped into the room and the man holding her forced her back a step. John stopped.

His voice was low and calm—as if this kind of thing happened every day. “Yo, man. Whoever you are, you want me, not her, so don’t hurt her, okay? Release her and we’ll talk.”

Black Mask chuckled in her ear. It sounded weird, mechanized almost. “Wrong. We want her.”

Lucie tried to catch John’s eyes. He was totally focused on the man. She darted a glance to the other guy behind the door and frantically pointed in that direction, trying to warn John he was there.

Black Mask yanked the poker, stepping backward once more. Her feet got tangled and he removed the poker from her throat only to smack her leg with it. He shoved her toward the bed, and at the same time, the second man emerged from behind the door and pointed a gun at John’s head.

“John!” she screamed.

He ducked and pivoted, grabbing Gray Mask in a bear hug and jamming him against the wall. That man’s gun went off and plaster rained from the ceiling.

Black Mask hit Lucie in the back with the poker and she dropped to the floor on hands and knees, the bed blocking her view of John and his fight. Jumping up, she started to climb over it when Black Mask grabbed her by the hair and yanked her off.

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