Abduction (Killer Instinct) by Cynthia Eden

Author:Cynthia Eden [Eden, Cynthia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781335720856
Publisher: Harlequin Intrigue
Published: 2017-02-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“Jillian!” Hayden knew they’d hit the ground too hard. He’d tried to roll and protect Jill with his body, but he wasn’t sure he’d done a good enough job. Jill was slack in his arms, her head sagging back. There’d been so much smoke around them at the end. “Jill?”

His heart barely seemed to beat as he stared at her. Her eyes were closed and she seemed far too still.

Not good, not good. “Jill, don’t do this to me.” He held her tighter and rushed farther away from the flames. When he was sure they were clear, he put her down on the grass and smoothed the hair away from her face. “Jill?” His fingers slid down to her throat and felt the pulse there, it was racing, too fast. Too—

Her hands flew up and shoved against him. A fast, defensive attack that probably would have sent anyone else sprawling, but Hayden’s reflexes had been honed by years of training, and he caught her hands, holding them in a tight grip, but making absolutely sure not to hurt her. Never her. “Jill?”

“I blacked out.” She seemed stunned.

“Only for a few seconds.” And that scared the hell out of him. “Did you hit your head?” He let go of her hand and began to lightly search through the thickness of her hair for a lump.

She swatted his hands away. “Not now.”

Not now?

Jillian lurched to her feet. She took a step, then swayed. Hayden surged up and caught her. “Jill, damn it, what are you doing?”

But she shoved away from him. “He set that place to explode.”

Uh, yeah, he had.

“You knew...” Her breath came in quick pants. “When the phone rang, you...you realized what was happening.”

He’d suspected and he was real glad they’d hauled butt getting out of there. Another few moments...

Jill slapped at his shirt. “You’re smoking.”

Hell. He yanked off the shirt and tossed it to the ground. Hayden stomped on it, putting out the flames. He looked up—and saw that Jill was stumbling away.

She must have hit her head. She’s weaving.

He grabbed for her again.

She pushed his hands away. “He’s here.”

Blood trickled down her temple. He swore. “Baby, you’re bleeding.” He needed to get her to a doctor.

But once more, she pushed against him. “Don’t you see? He had to be watching, to make the phone call, to detonate the bomb. He had to be close.”

The cabin was burning so fast and hard around them, he could feel the heat of the flames lancing against his skin.

“He has to be here,” Jill said. “He’s watching.” Her eyes seemed far too dark as she said, “He’s always watching.”

Hayden started to shake his head but...but he thought he’d just heard the sound of a car cranking. An engine growling to life. Jill’s head whipped to the left at the same time, and he knew she’d heard the sound, too.

When she broke from him and ran toward the marsh they’d crawled through one dark and long-ago night, he didn’t try to stop her.

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