Doctor in Petticoats by Mary Connealy

Author:Mary Connealy [Connealy, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-60742-195-5
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2010-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

Alex lost hold of Beth as they plunged over the cliff. He bounced off rock outcroppings, rolling along with stone and scraping mesquite. Alex’s head cracked on something solid and he was only aware of sliding until he rammed to a stop. Alex heard the crack of a rifle and a rock spattered his face, slitting his skin.

He forced his dirt-gritted eyes open and saw Beth, her expression dazed, skidding to a stop beside him. He forced himself to move, urged on by another whining bullet even closer than the last. Grabbing Beth by the back of her collar, he took a fast look around and saw they’d landed on a ledge about twenty feet below the trail.

A bullet cut his arm and he had no choice—he pulled Beth with him over the edge. Again they fell. Then Alex hit something and rolled. His hand was ripped loose from Beth and he lost track of her until he landed hard again.

Bullets roared overhead, but from where they lay none came close.

Alex searched and found Beth flat on her back about ten feet down the still steep rock face. He slipped and slid down to her just as she tried to get to her knees. He dropped dizzily to the ground beside her. Blood soaked the hand he reached out to her.

“We’re out of range.” Alex’s voice drew Beth’s eyes around and he saw her face burned raw by the rocks. “Honey.” He hated knowing she was hurt.

She shook her head hard. “We’ve got to move. He’ll come down to check that we’re dead.”

“No one’s crazy enough to follow us over that cliff.”

Rock’s rained down off to their side and they both looked up. They couldn’t see to the top, but someone was definitely coming down.

Beth shoved herself to her feet. Alex noticed she had her doctor’s bag hanging from her shoulder and the Winchester on her back.

“You held on to the gun?”

Beth gave him a wild look. “Of course I held on to the gun.”

“You had time to think of grabbing the doctor’s bag while we were diving away from gunfire and going over a cliff?”

Beth arched a blood-soaked brow. “Of course.”

“In the half second before we jumped, I was praying, figuring we were going to die.”

Beth shrugged and managed a grin. “In the half second before we jumped I jammed the handle of my doctor’s bag hard onto my wrist and took a firm hold of the strap on the Winchester, figuring we were going to live.” Then Beth’s smile widened. “But I prayed while I did it.”

“You are the perfect woman.” Alex smiled back.

The rocks tumbled down from overhead again. Beth and Alex glanced up. Then their eyes locked. They staggered to their feet and ran.

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