Vengeance (SSU Trilogy Book 1) by Kier Vanessa

Author:Kier, Vanessa [Kier, Vanessa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romantic Thriller, Fiction
Publisher: Vanessa Kier
Published: 2013-01-21T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

The man stepped forward so that the light from the streetlamp illuminated his features.

Mark Tonelli.

Jenna tightened her grip on Niko.

“You okay?” Mark asked.

Niko just grunted. “Yes,” Jenna answered warily.

“He ran Alvarez’s men off?” Niko whispered for her ears only.

She nodded.

“Thanks,” he told Mark.

Mark gave Niko one of his superior smiles. “You’re welcome.” He looked up and down the street. At a signal from Mark, the other man walked away and disappeared down the block. “Where are you staying? I’ll help you get back.”

Jenna felt Niko’s hesitation. If he wanted to reject Mark’s offer, she’d support him, but she really wanted to get off the street before Niko passed out from loss of blood.

The three of them were alone now and Jenna was acutely aware of being exposed underneath the street light. Without the sounds of traffic or conversation, she could hear the waves breaking against the pier and the occasional buzz of a cicada.

The hairs on the back of her neck tingled. She felt like they were being watched. She dug her fingers into Niko’s side and glanced around, but it was too dark to tell if someone lingered in the shadows.

“You have a car?” Niko asked.

Mark nodded.

“Then let’s go.”

Mark turned back the way they’d come.

Damn, it was a good thing she was strong for her size, because Niko leaned heavily on her as they followed Mark. By the time they reached Mark’s car, Niko had vomited once at the side of the road and was swaying so forcibly, she could barely keep him in a straight line.

Mark, the selfish jerk, didn’t offer to help.

Niko didn’t make a sound as she eased him into the backseat of Mark’s low-slung sports car, even when she accidentally knocked his wounded arm against the door frame. The leg room was so scarce, she figured it would be more comfortable for him to lie across the seat, so she situated him with his back against the far door.

She gnawed on her lip. He must be hurt worse than he’d let on, because he let her move him like he was a rag doll. His eyes were closed and she wasn’t certain if he was unconscious, or simply conserving energy.

The last thing she wanted to do was sit up front with Mark, but there wasn’t enough room for her in back with Niko. As soon as her door was closed, Mark gunned it.

“What the hell are you doing here?” he snapped.

She glanced over at Mark, not understanding why he was angry. Why did he care? Not interested in arguing with him, she gave him a shrug.

He pulled out onto one of the main streets, then glanced at Niko in the rearview mirror. “Hospital?”

Somehow Mark managed to make the word sound like an insult.

“No…hospital. Hotel…Excelsior.” Niko’s voice was the merest vibration, barely audible over the roar of the engine.

Mark’s flash of jealousy as he recognized the name of the expensive hotel made Jenna feel good in an entirely juvenile way. She hoped Mark was staying in a pit.

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