Twist and Turn (Kyle Achilles Book 4) by Tim Tigner

Author:Tim Tigner [Tigner, Tim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Book 4, Kyle Achilles Series
Published: 2018-11-19T00:00:00+00:00

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Bad Ride

Location: Unknown

KATYA OPENED HER EYES to pain and blackness. Her first thought was that she was back in the bunker, but that oddly appealing idea evaporated like a desert mirage. She was moving.

Also, the dark wasn’t absolute. She couldn’t see any source of light, but there seemed to be a few photons bouncing around. More like midnight in the woods than an underground cave.

The conclusion came quickly. She was in the trunk of a car.

The lack of light wasn’t her primary concern at that moment. It wasn’t even in the top five. For starters, she really needed a bathroom. Not that she could actually make use of one. Her wrists were bound behind her back and her ankles were also taped. This arrangement had her lying on her chest with her face in fuzzy flooring.

The carpeting seemed to be inducing an allergic reaction, because her eyes were itchy and her nose was clogged. The latter was particularly concerning because her mouth was taped shut. She was having trouble breathing.

Had the owners kept cats in the trunk?

Katya attempted to dislodge her gag by opening her jaw as wide as possible. This had the unexpected result of putting pressure on her ears. Ears that were covered.

She was wearing a headset. One of the big pairs like you used to protect your ears on a firing range. It must have been duct taped in place. Wrapped vertically around her jaw. Was that to prevent her from overhearing something? What could they not want her to hear? A secret plan? Achilles calling her name? No, she realized. That wasn’t it at all. It was likely one of the anesthetic headsets that Sabrina saw at Cinquante Bouches.

So why wasn’t she unconscious? Katya pondered that for a minute, for a mile, all the while struggling to take her mind off her exploding bladder. She concluded that the batteries had died.

How much longer could she hold it? How much longer would she have to? Which would give out first—her bladder or her nose?

Rather than dwell on those unpleasant details, Katya attempted to analyze her situation, beginning with a timeline.

What was the last thing she remembered?

The shock of that answer hit her hard.

She’d heard the sounds that Achilles primed her for—the clicks and whooshes of an opening and closing safe. Seconds later, she’d been grabbed by the arm and quietly threatened not to speak or move. She’d responded by swinging the small dumbbell fast and hard at the side of her assailant’s head. He—Sebastian or Webster, she wasn’t sure which—had collapsed at her feet. Miraculously, he hadn’t shouted, and she hadn’t screamed.

Had she killed him? Or just knocked him out? Katya didn’t know. But she’d made it onto the elevator. Her last memory was stepping aboard.

Was that it? The reason for her cruel confinement? Revenge for killing one of the kidnappers’ spies? No way to tell.

Given what she knew about the memory loss associated with headphone use, Katya concluded that she’d been ambushed as she exited the elevator.

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