When the Devil Drives by L.J. Hayward

Author:L.J. Hayward
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic suspense, assassin, action, gay, spy, multicultural romance, race car
Publisher: L.J. Hayward

CHAPTER SEVEN

Jack pulled his foot off the accelerator just as she fired. The bullet cracked into the wing mirror as the Ferrari dropped back. Plastic and glass shattering, Jack flinched and the car swerved wildly. His automatic reaction was to turn the wheel, making the back end fishtail, spinning the Ferrari into a sideways skid.

When he came to a shuddering stop, Jack panted, hands in white-knuckled grips on the steering wheel. “Now that’s overcorrecting.”

“Nish? You okay?” Aaron sounded frantic and Jack realised the cop had been yelling in his head all through the near miss.

“Yeah,” he answered. “Just a little singed.” Looking around, there was no sign of the Porsche. “Fuck! Where is she?”

“Jumped the curb and took another street. They want you to desist. We have cars moving to block her probable route. Your part’s done.”

Like hell it was done. Jack put the Ferrari back in gear and, even while one of the cops from the parked cars approached, he took off again. Another spray of sparks and he was back on the other side of the road. He took a random side street.

“Which way, Aaron?” he demanded. “I’m not letting her get away.”

There was a lot of muttered swearing in his head, then with a sour grunt, Aaron gave him a series of directions. Within moments, Jack was swinging out of the maze of local streets and onto a main road.

Jack found the Porsche on a two-lane stretch riddled with traffic lights hampering its single-minded flight for freedom. The car’s white arse was a quickly vanishing blur in the distance, outpacing the civilian cars with a superior engine and far more reckless attitude. When he could Jack passed the commuters, throwing the Ferrari into narrow gaps and slamming his foot to the floor to get through them before they closed. The whole vehicle was humming, skimming across the bitumen like friction was something that happened to lesser evolved machines.

Jack got it now. The fascination with the speed. The glory of being in command of something so fast and dangerous. It didn’t mean he wasn’t still terrified and that right then, the only option he felt he had was to keep going because anything else seemed too tricky. He was a qualified helicopter pilot and had flown some of the fastest combat birds there were, but this was different. In the air, speed wasn’t as immediate as it was on the ground. There was a lot more open space and a lot less things to dodge.

“You’re on the Smith Street Motorway,” Aaron said. “We’ve got blocks on the entrances and cars on the exits. Try to get her to take an exit before you hit the highway. You’ve got two coming up.”

If he was cranky about Jack not giving up the chase, he didn’t show it. Which probably meant they’d confirmed his ISO credentials and decided if it all went pear-shaped, then they could point the finger at ISO.

“Got it.” Jack didn’t care either way. He was going to get this woman.

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