Tracers 02 - Unspeakable by Laura Griffin

Author:Laura Griffin [Laura Griffin]
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Pocket
Published: 2010-07-12T03:54:48+00:00

CHAPTER 13

Elaina’s heart skittered. She tried to step around him, but he blocked her way.

She moved without thinking—upward thrust to the jaw, knee to the groin. A surprised grunt, and he went down. Her brain screamed Run! at the same instant something seized her arm and wrenched it behind her back. He grabbed her around the waist, and panic set in as her heels scraped over the pavement. He was dragging her into an alley. She bucked and kicked. Her face struck brick. Pain and shock rocketed through her. She saw a glint of metal. Felt the purse being ripped from her arm. Then a hand was in her hair, yanking her head back and exposing her neck. Something cool and hard pressed against her skin.

Her eyes stung. Hands groped her. Too many hands, pulling, tearing. Too many, too many, too many. She heard a shrill noise and realized it was coming from her. Her cheek was pressed against the brick, and then a knife slid into her field of vision. Sour breath in her face. Words she didn’t understand. Something burned at her temple. She tried again to kick, but her heel connected with nothing but air.

Everything jerked backward. She landed on the concrete, and pain zinged up her spine. Grunts, groans, curses. She scrambled to her feet as one of her assailants raced off. Red baseball cap. Her purse in his hand.

“Run, Elaina!”

She stumbled backward, into the wall, and gazed down at the twisting pile of bodies in the middle of the alley. Troy. He cursed and struggled underneath her attacker.

She jumped on the man. She hooked an arm around his neck and jerked against his windpipe with all her might. The guy tried to pull her over, but she tightened her hold. Troy rolled out from under him. The man got to his feet, taking Elaina with him. Troy’s fist smashed into his face with a sickening crunch. Then a flash of metal. He made a swipe with the knife, then another. Troy leapt back, and the man exploded from her grasp. He shot down the alley and disappeared around a corner.

Elaina stared after him, gasping. Her mind reeled. She whirled around, searching for other threats. Trash cans. Doorways. A flutter of movement as a woman ducked into a building and slammed the door.

“Elaina.”

She flinched at the touch and spun around.

“You’re bleeding.” Troy took her arm and towed her toward the noise and lights of the tourist zone. He pulled her into an empty alcove where a bare lightbulb shone down from above a door. She glanced around for any sign of the two men, but they were long gone.

Troy took her face in his hands and turned it. “Shit, he got you.” His thumb moved over her cheek. The skin at her temple burned, and she remembered the blade.

Something fierce glinted in Troy’s eyes. The pulse at his neck throbbed. His skin was slick with sweat, and blood trickled from his lip. She could almost hear his heart pounding right in front of her.

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