Don't Say a Word by Rita Herron

Author:Rita Herron [Herron, Rita B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
ISBN: 9781460399859
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2007-11-27T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

ANOTHER SHOT HIT THE side of the car. Crystal screamed again, and Damon reached out to shield her, pushing her head to her knees. “Holy hell! Get down!”

Damon swerved and tires squealed as he spun the car around and headed away from the shooter, but the car raced up behind him, lights bright. Night had fallen and with it the shadows of the woods along the deserted road. He sped up, but the car rammed into him—metal skimmed along the guardrail, sending sparks flying. Damon grappled for control, but they were hit again and his sedan skidded toward the river.

“Hold on!” he yelled to Crystal.

Another shot pinged off the driver’s side, and he fumbled for his gun, praying that he could hold the car on the road and fire in retaliation.

But the car rammed them again, he lost control and the sedan screeched and rolled. The air bags deployed, slamming him back into the seat and jerking his neck so hard he thought it had broken. He couldn’t do anything, much less see if Crystal was all right.

Glass shattered; brakes squealed; metal screeched and buckled; and car parts splintered off, flying across the asphalt as they skated into the swampland. Mud and water gurgled and sucked at the car, pulling them under.

Damon dug his knife from his pocket, flipped it open and cut away the air bag. He unfastened his seat belt and ripped at the air bag blocking Crystal. “Crystal?”

Her eyes were closed, her mouth slack. He couldn’t tell if she was breathing and terror streaked through him.

“Don’t die on me, Crystal,” he pleaded as he patted her cheek. “Please, dear God, don’t die.”

She moaned and slowly opened her eyes, although they appeared glassy and disoriented. “Crystal,” he said gruffly. “Are you all right? Can you move your arms and legs?”

A whimper tore from her throat, but she nodded. “I think so.”

Blood trickled down her arm, but he couldn’t see the source. “We have to get out of here.”

She nodded, then her eyes widened as a water moccasin slithered across the broken window.

“Damon! It’s coming inside…”

“Be still and hold on.” Rage swelled inside him as he jiggled the seat belt, but the damn thing was stuck.

She struggled as well, her breathing ragged as the muddy Mississippi rose and churned around them. The snake slithered across the splintered front window, and she recoiled against Damon.

“Shh, we’ll make it,” he said softly as he began sawing away her seat belt.

“I h-hate snakes,” she whispered. “Please, Damon…”

“I’ve got you.”

With one deft movement, he flipped his wrist and sliced the snake in two, then threw it away from the car toward the embankment.

“Come on.” He used the butt of his gun to push out the front glass pane, which barely clung to the frame. Muddy water and debris seeped in, rising fast. He crawled through it then turned and pulled Crystal through the opening. Shoving at a tree branch, he helped her slog through the murky knee-high grass, weeds and muck-filled water.

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