V-Day by Cooper-Posey Tracy

Author:Cooper-Posey, Tracy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Military Romantic Thriller
Publisher: Stories Rule Press
Published: 2018-10-17T16:00:00+00:00

11.

CHLOE SHIVERED AGAIN AND WISHED she’d brought her down-filled parka with her from New York, only who’d’ve thought she would need one in sub-tropical Vistaria? Only, it was freaking cold up this high in the mountains and Parris flatly refused to allow anyone to light so much as a cigarette.

It wasn’t late, although it was already dark. Night fell earlier, this far south. They had run or jogged or hurried all day, since they burst out of the house and scrambled up the sandy ridge.

Chloe didn’t remember a lot of the climb. She remembered hearing bullets whizzing yet none of them came close—Parris’ men, above them, had seen to that. They were scary-efficient in their shooting. While the Insurrectos sprayed bullets around like confetti, figuring they were safe in their hidden positions, Parris’ men watched for muzzle flash, then popped a single bullet in that direction, picking off the Insurrectos one after another, while conserving their ammunition.

It was the first time Chloe had ever been under live fire. The clinical part of her brain told her she couldn’t remember much of it because she was hopped up on adrenaline, which narrowed her focus down to the simple acts required to survive. In this case, to slither up the rope like a monkey, with a speed the drill sergeants at the military school would have been proud of.

The adrenaline let her run, keeping up with the group, as they turned and sprinted deeper into the trees. Three of the unit lingered to protect their backs.

There was no chatter. Parris ruthlessly squashed any talk at all, although the only people to try were Isabela and her daughters and once, Cristián. Parris’ men communicated with grunts and gestures and a sign language stripped down to military commands.

Chloe learned to watch Parris for directions, after Parris raised a fist and Ramirez nearly took Chloe off her feet to make her halt.

It seemed to her they’d left the Insurrectos far behind, for she heard nothing and saw nothing to indicate they were still following. Parris and her team stayed alert, though, pushing deeper and higher into the mountains with silent drive. They took a bewildering path which moved downhill as often as it went up. The sun was never in the same position. They were boxing the compass.

The sun was sinking behind them when Parris came to a halt and turned to look at Locke, her second-in-command. Locke shook his head. So did the others, one by one.

Parris nodded. She wasn’t breathing hard, despite hours of hard, steady movement. Neither was Isabela, Pia, Trini or Cristián. This was the equivalent of a quick walk through Central Park for them.

Chloe breathed heavily but only because of the altitude and thin air. She would have been fine on flat ground. Not that there was any flat ground around here.

Parris waved everyone closer to her. “We squat here for the night while the others head out and nose around. Take a seat.” She settled in an actual squat, leaning forward to compensate for the pack on her back, which she did not take off.

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