Twilight Warrior by Aimee Thurlo

Author:Aimee Thurlo [Thurlo, Aimee]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Suspense
ISBN: 9780373695201
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

An ATL—attempt to locate—was broadcast countywide, and officers quickly responded. Area streets were searched, but the man in the white van who’d appeared out of nowhere had disappeared into the same.

Fortunately, the only damage caused by the attacker’s gunshot was a ricochet off the windshield of the sedan parked next to Laura’s loaner. The round had ended up flattened against a utility pole. A Three Rivers officer was discussing the situation with the owner, a salesman from out of state.

After speaking to the other officers on the scene, Travis came back to where Laura was waiting with Crusher. He noticed her rubbing her cheek then flexing her fingers. “You okay?”

“Yeah, but he’s definitely not your regular back-alley brawler. If he hadn’t been a little out of practice he might have really clocked me,” she said.

“To me it looked like krav maga, the Israeli military system of hand-to-hand. I’ve seen it taught in a few stateside martial-arts schools. The navy SEALs include it in their training because it’s swift and effective.”

“What gets me is that I really think he was just having fun, not trying to inflict any real damage,” she said quietly. “The thought of roughing me up probably gave him a rush. Control freaks feed on things like that.”

“He must have been disappointed when you countered most of his moves,” he answered.

“We really have to figure out how he keeps finding us,” she said. “Did any part of that news report mention where I was staying?”

“I’m going to find out,” he said. “Go get your things. I’ll wait here and meet the officers responding to the call.”

Her travel often required frequent changes of plan, so she usually unpacked only what was needed for the moment. It took her just a few minutes to put the essentials back into her bag and only a few more to meet Travis, who’d remained by his SUV.

“A cruiser is patrolling the area and the officers here will continue to process the scene,” he said as he loaded her travel bag into the back of his unit. Crusher was already inside, lying down on the seat. “I doubt the guy who jumped you left anything behind, but we may get lucky. Unfortunately, there’s no camera coverage of that area of the lot.”

“Did you get anything on that TV reporter and her story?” she asked, standing beside him as he closed the door.

“She made no mention of where you were staying,” he said.

Laura looked at the yellow crime-scene tape that surrounded her loaner and the car next to it. “So where does that leave us? Do you think he followed us here from the clinic?”

“That’s one explanation. But I was keeping watch, and I’m very good at spotting a tail.”

“I was watching our back, too,” she admitted. “There was a lot of traffic but I never saw any one particular van consistently behind us. Of course there are lots of white vans on the road. They don’t exactly stick out.”

“We must have missed him. That’s the only thing that makes sense,” Travis said through clenched teeth.

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