Against the Night & the Object of His Protection by Kat Martin

Author:Kat Martin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-05-22T19:14:37+00:00

Chapter 27

Too fucking late. They’d been so close, just seconds behind Amy and the soldiers who had taken her. But close only counted in horseshoes. Instead, Johnnie had reached the second structure just in time to see the men they had been following disappear inside the house, one carrying Amy over his shoulder. It took all Johnnie’s self-control not to charge in after them.

At least she’s still alive.

Jake eased up beside where Johnnie crouched in the foliage watching the bungalow. There were windows in the front facing the sea, but they weren’t big enough to see much of what was happening inside. Through the binoculars, every once in a while, he caught a glimpse of Amy, saw her bound and lying on the sofa.

“We know the two we followed are inside,” Jake said. “Might be more.”

“Along with Ortega and his friends.”

“That’s right and one of them looked like his bodyguard.”

“Yeah, and now he knows someone’s on the island. He’ll be pressing Amy for answers. We’ve got to get in before he hurts her.”

Johnnie started to move, but Jake caught his arm. “Not yet. Taking out the guards isn’t the problem. The trick is getting in without getting Amy killed.”

Johnnie’s stomach clenched. All he could think of was getting to Amy, but he knew Jake was right. They couldn’t rush in like a herd of stampeding bulls. They needed to check things out, move in slowly, make sure Amy was out of the line of fire.

The front door opened and a big uniformed black man, a local, most likely, walked out of the house, jogged off down the trail. Johnnie watched him disappear into the jungle, his nerves stretched thin as they waited for Slocum, hoping he had fresh intel.

A few minutes later, the soft call of a bird let them know the SEAL was approaching. Silently, he slipped up beside where they hunkered down in the jungle not far from the house.

“Ortega’s inside,” he said, “along with the men who came with him from the main house.” His ice-blue eyes glinted and his mouth lifted in a hard-edged smile. “You don’t have to worry about the guard who just came out.”

So the big Belizean was out of commission. Slocum was good, Johnnie thought. Damned good. “We found blood on the trail.”

Johnnie shoved down a fresh stab of worry and fixed his attention on the bungalow, low-roofed, rectangular in shape, soft interior lights illuminating what appeared to be a main room with a long hall running off it. He wished they could just charge in, shoot the bastards and get Amy out of there.

But it didn’t work that way.

“Ortega’s two guests headed down the hall not long after they got here,” Slocum said. “Looks like a row of bedrooms. Far as I can tell, the men are still in there.”

“Lots of folks,” Jake said.

Johnnie’s fingers tightened around the AR-15 slung across his chest. “Let’s get close enough to find out what they’re doing.”

Staying low and deep in the foliage, he moved off toward the house.

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