Wrangler's Rescue by B. J. Daniels

Author:B. J. Daniels [Daniels, B. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2018-09-13T18:38:43+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

“HANG ON,” HERMON said as they took several curves on what felt like two wheels. As they came to what appeared to be a short straight stretch, the islander hit the brakes.

AJ would have flown forward, either into the seat or over it headed for the windshield. But Cyrus had hold of her, his arm encircling her, his other arm wrapped about the seat to keep them both from taking flight.

The instant Hermon hit his brakes, he cranked the wheel hard to the right. With only steep rising mountainside on their right, the taxi’s right front fender crashed into dirt and rocks and vegetation, all of it flying up over the hood.

At almost the same exact moment, the vehicle that had been following them, struck the corner of the taxi. AJ heard the sound of glass breaking and metal screeching. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the other vehicle seem to ping off the taxi and disappear over the edge of the other side of the road and down the mountainside.

In the silence that followed, Hermon opened his door and stepped out. Cyrus tried to get out as well, but his door was jammed.

A few moments later, Hermon climbed behind the wheel, glanced back at them as if to see if they were all right, and then, the engine still running, he reversed.

There was a loud scraping sound as the smashed front right bumper rubbed against the tire. He backed into the road, stopped, jumped out and pulled the rusted bumper away from the tire, before hopping behind the wheel.

As he went forward, the noise wasn’t quite as loud and after a few minutes on the road again, part of the bumper fell off, cartwheeling down the road behind them. The noise, AJ noted, stopped altogether, making Hermon smile broadly at them in the rearview mirror.

“Shouldn’t be any more trouble on the way to the airport,” the islander said and began to hum.

AJ looked back. There was no sign of the vehicle that had been chasing them or the man who’d been driving it.

She looked at Cyrus. His face was grim but determined. He held her tightly. She laid her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes. She just wanted off this island. Once they were home...

As if she thought for a minute that Cyrus would be safe once in Montana. Juliette would be there waiting. But it was Cyrus’s reaction to Juliette that had her worried.

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