Athena Force 11: Target by Cindy Dees

Author:Cindy Dees [Dees, Cindy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Silhouette Bombshell
Published: 2011-09-18T21:48:23+00:00

3:00 P.M.

Diana stared at the tiny black bore of the pistol pointed at her. Hard to believe that nearly instantaneous death could come out of something so small.

And then behind her, she heard the sound of hooves clattering on the hard ice. The police officer. The horse was coming at a dead run judging by the rapid, staccato sound of it. Albadian’s head jerked up.

Now!

She took two running steps and dived for the gun. Both her hands wrapped around the guy’s forearm and shoved upward with all her might. The force of her body slamming into his knocked Albadian’s feet out from under him on the icy street and he crashed to the ground. She collapsed on top of him, maintaining her death grip on his wrist. At all costs, she must not let go!

Four black, equine legs scrambled to a stop beside her, and she shouted in warning, “Gun!”

A male voice behind her bellowed in response, “Freeze!”

With all due respect, she wasn’t going to let go of Albadian’s wrist until that gun was completely out of his hands. The terrorist continued to struggle beneath her and she hung on grimly. He tossed her back and forth, shaking his arm furiously to dislodge her.

Something heavy landed on top of her, pancaking her against Albadian. Another pair of hands came up beside hers, grasping Albadian’s wrist powerfully.

The cop shouted, “Drop the gun! Now!”

Although the command didn’t seem to impress Albadian, the arrival of two more cops on horseback and the sound of sirens drawing near finally took the starch out of him. He went limp beneath her. Neither she nor the cop on top of her moved, however, until several more policemen came running up, weapons propped in their fists in front of them.

Someone stepped up and plucked the gun out of Albadian’s hand. The first cop rolled off her, and she followed suit, rolling onto her back, breathing hard. Lord, that had been a close call.

She looked up and blinked as a pair of pistols pointed at her this time.

“Hands over your head, lady,” a policeman ordered.

She complied promptly. “My name is Captain Diana Lockworth. I’m Army Intelligence, and that’s the guy who just threw the satchel charge at Gabriel Monihan. If one of you would like to reach into my left coat pocket, my wallet is in there with my military ID.”

One of the cops did as she suggested gingerly, then stepped back to open the wallet. He announced, “There’s a military ID in here. Defense Intelligence Agency building access card, concealed weapons permit.” He looked down at her sharply. “You packing?”

She snorted. “I wish. Do you think I’d have been wrestling around hand to hand with that jerk if I were?”

The cops grinned. One of them held a hand down to her and helped her to her feet. “Care to tell us how you know who this guy is?”

“I saw him lob the backpack at Monihan’s limousine. Speaking of which, is Gabe—I mean President-elect Monihan—okay? Did he get away safely?”

One of the policemen replied, “Nobody knows a damn thing.

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