Black Mountain by Greig Beck

Author:Greig Beck [Beck, Greig]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Science Fiction, Azizex666
ISBN: 9781743117149
Google: FXSsMQEACAAJ
Amazon: 1743117450
Goodreads: 15997608
Publisher: Bolinda Audio
Published: 2012-10-01T04:00:00+00:00

TWENTY

Alex and Adira had been in Laredo Nuevo for just two hours and had made their way to the outskirts of the city. Alex searched the darkness, listening for the sound of rushing water.

‘This way,’ he said.

They had waited for nightfall in a near empty diner, chewing indifferently on stale sandwiches and sipping bitter coffee. Their only other purchase in town had been a pack of black garbage bags. The luggage they’d brought on the flight was padded to avoid suspicion as they came through customs. They had extracted what they needed and left the rest in an alley. By now, it had no doubt been picked over by a dozen different people and its contents dispersed across the border city. Amongst the clothing, cameras and travel booklets in Adira’s bag had been a leather roll containing sculptor’s tools. Camouflaged among the small chisels, files and spatulas were two slim iron spikes; only another assassin would have recognised them as perfectly balanced throwing knives. These, and cash and credit cards with an unlimited spend, were all they needed. Everything else they required they would buy or steal. There would be no trail.

Alex moved quickly through the darkness to the bank of the Rio Grande. He raised his head and inhaled the desert air, closed his eyes and allowed the rushing images to flood his senses. The link that had exploded into his mind only a few days ago, pulling him towards the small town in North Carolina, was growing weaker. If it was his mother, something was bleeding her of her vitality.

He turned to Adira. ‘We need to hurry.’ He tore open the pack of garbage bags and began to remove his clothing. ‘About a hundred yards,’ he said, nodding towards the opposite bank. ‘Pretty good current, so I expect we’ll come out maybe half a mile further down.’

Adira nodded as she too stripped down. ‘Three-fifty miles to Houston – that’s five hours’ driving at seventy miles per hour; then another eight-fifty or so to Asheville – probably another twelve hours. Maybe on the way you’ll tell me a little more about what you are planning?’

Alex looked at her. ‘My mother’s there. She’s in trouble and she needs me . . . and I need her. She might be the only person who can tell me truthfully who I am.’

‘I can –’ Adira began, but stopped when he glared at her. He guessed she could tell his opinion of her truthfulness. After a moment his anger cooled and he gave her a half-smile. ‘It’s okay. And by the way, in America, seventy miles per hour is the speed your grandmother would drive.’

She laughed nervously and slipped off her underwear. As she stood up straight, she noticed Alex watching her and a small smile curled the corner of her mouth.

‘Let’s go then,’ she said.

*

‘Contact.’

Salamon swore softly – he’d bet wrong and was now miles away from the action. There were several spots between Nuevo Laredo and Laredo where a strong swimmer could cross the Rio Grande, but only two that he would choose if he were Senesh.

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