Cross, Kaylea - [Hostage Rescue Team 8] - Wanted by Kaylea Cross

Author:Kaylea Cross [Cross, Kaylea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kaylea Cross Inc.
Published: 2016-01-24T00:00:00+00:00

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Waiting outside the bookstore-coffee shop two doors down from the dress shop, Amanda stiffened the moment she heard the first shot.

Excitement and adrenaline punched through her. It was on. She felt giddy with triumph. So close now.

Two people who’d just exited the store stopped beside her, staring toward the dress shop.

“What was that?” the man said to the woman beside him.

Amanda went into proactive mode. “You folks better get back inside,” she said, reaching for her pistol. Playing good cop right now was her best chance of ensuring this went down according to plan. “Tell everyone to stay inside until I check it out.”

They gasped and hurried back into the bookstore.

She waited a moment for Dom to say something through the earpiece, but he didn’t. Not wanting to distract him, Amanda started up the sidewalk.

Another shot rang out.

She paused, unsure why he’d taken another shot. Maybe he’d fired at Celida as well?

The wail of distant sirens reached her, making her pulse skip. She’d known this part of the op would be risky. Nothing to do now but keep going with the plan.

Stay calm. Almost there. You’ll be out of here soon enough.

Her heart thudded as she headed for the dress shop. Then Dom fired a third round and Amanda froze. He wouldn’t have needed a third shot unless something was wrong already.

Cold seeped through her gut, dread coiling there like a snake. She tapped her earpiece. “Dom, come in.”

Nothing.

“Dom.”

“The bitch is hiding behind cover instead of going to the back,” he snarled.

Dammit. “Is she far enough back from the window for us to use the diversion?” Their getaway hinged on using it.

“Think so. I’m on the move. Can’t stay here any longer.” He sounded slightly out of breath, as though he was running.

“All right. Stay within range.” Pulling back out of sight beneath the darkened awning of another shop, she cast a frantic glance toward the bakery across the street. The sirens were getting closer. They had only minutes left, so they had to act now.

Amanda spun away and jogged back up the street, toward the dress shop and turned the corner at the end of the block. Cops—real ones—would be swarming the area within minutes. She had to get around the back and get Zoe immediately. And to pull that off she needed a distraction.

“Do it,” she told him. There was a small risk Zoe would die before Amanda could take her, but they didn’t have a choice right now.

“You sure?”

“Yes. I’ll be at the back in under ten seconds.” She was safely out of range now, running for the back alley.

This was the only way to take the heat off them long enough for her to get Zoe.

Amanda steeled her resolve. Everything was riding on her finishing the job. She was going to get Zoe, then Bauer, no matter what it took.

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