Breaking Away by Elle James

Author:Elle James [James, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Twisted Page Inc

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Mac liked the feel of Kylie’s hand in his. For years he’ dreamed of holding her, of loving her and making her his.

With her back in his life again, he didn’t want to let go.

The taxi slowed at an intersection, and the driver waited for traffic to pass before he could merge.

A vehicle slowed and allowed them to join the long line heading in the direction of the airfield.

Two blocks later, the van came to a complete stop.

“What’s holding us up?” Mac leaned forward, looking over the driver’s shoulder.

Rucker, in the front passenger seat frowned. “I don’t know, but I’m going to find out.” He glanced over his shoulder as he pushed open his door. “Comm on?”

“Roger,” Mac said.

The others responded in kind.

Rucker dropped down from the van and walked at a determined clip alongside the standing vehicles, disappearing withing seconds.

Mac held his breath, a bad feeling making his gut knot. Thankfully, he was on the side of the van with the sliding door. If something threatened them, he’d be out on the street with Kylie in less than a heartbeat.

“Damn,” Rucker said into Mac’s ear.

“What?” Mac shot back, his gut screaming for him to reach for the doorhandle.

“Got a checkpoint up here…manned by our trusty men in black. On my way back. Get the hell out of the van and go.”

Before Rucker completed his sentence, Mac had the sliding door open and he was out on the pavement, dragging Kylie out with him.

“What?” she asked, her gaze shooting the direction Rucker had gone.

The other members of his team climbed out behind them.

Mac, holding onto Kylie’s hand, turned back the direction from which they’d come and walked fast, putting as much distance as possible between them and the checkpoint.

“They spotted me,” Rucker said. “Run!”

Mac’s hand tightened on Kylie’s as he took off, pushing past pedestrians and cyclists, attempting to get around the parking lot of vehicles in the street.

As if they were swimming upstream, Mac waded through the throngs of humanity, trying to get Kylie to someplace safer.

Ahead, he heard the sound of shouts and a woman’s scream.

The crowd of people on the sidewalk parted.

Half a dozen men in the black uniform worn by Ahktar’s Taliban soldiers appeared, shoving people out of the way, waving their AK-47s and shooting as they stormed through the crowd.

“Got more trouble from the other end of this wagon train,” Mac reported. “Heading east off the main drag.”

“We’ve got your back,” Dash said. He and Blade stopped at the corners of the buildings flanking the road Mac turned onto.

He leaned down to speak into Kylie’s ear. “We need to move out sharply. You up to it?”

She laughed. “Do I have a choice?” Picking up the pace, she broke into a sprint.

Mac had to hurry to keep up with her.

They ran a long block and cut back north.

“Keep going,” Dash urged. “We’re behind you, trying to stay out of sight of our friends.’

“Sorry, guys,” Rucker’s voice cut into Dash’s report. “I’ve been spotted. I’ll try to lead them away.

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