Farraday Road by Ace Collins

Author:Ace Collins [Collins, Ace]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Suspense
ISBN: 9780310279525
Google: CgTc_uonyYgC
Amazon: 0310279526
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2008-08-14T12:00:00+00:00

MIKKI STUART WAS ALIVE BUT UNCONSCIOUS. LIJE untied her hands and legs. She had to be dehydrated, and there appeared to be a gunshot wound in her back, but since Lije knew so little about medicine, that was only a guess. Unable to rouse her, he removed her blindfold, patted her head, and spoke in reassuring tones.

“If you can hear me, I want you to know that I’ll be back. You just hang on. I’m going to get help.”

After checking Stuart’s pulse a final time, he got up and raced from the cave. As he retraced his steps, stumbling along the uneven path, he screamed, “Diana!” Twice he fell, but quickly he was up and moving along the trail. Heart pounding, he pushed aside branches and stepped over rocks. Ignoring the pain in his side from his own healing wound, he was consumed by one thought—get help. Curtis was the only one who might be able to save Mikki. He wasn’t going to lose another person close to him.

“What’s wrong? ” Curtis demanded as she raced toward the clearing.

“I found Mikki Stuart. She’s alive!”

Curtis pulled out her cell phone. Still no signal. “Where is she?”

He whirled, pushing past tree branches and headed back along the trail to the opening in the hill. He led the way through the cave until they finally reached the deputy.

Curtis made a quick but thorough examination. “She’s been shot. She’s alive, but I’m not sure how much longer she has. Her breathing is shallow and her pulse is weak. She’s probably been without food and water for a week, and she’s covered with insect bites. We need a medical team here now.”

Curtis looked back at Stuart, placed her hand on the woman’s forehead. “She’s burning up. Lije, you know the area better than I do. If I run back and get the car, how long will it take us to get to the nearest hospital?”

“From here … an hour, maybe more.”

Shaking her head, she leaned back down and rechecked the woman’s pulse. “The car won’t make it down the trail anyway. It’s not four-wheel drive. You any good at climbing?”

“I did my share when I was younger.”

“Can you find a quick way up the bluff and call for a medical copter? It could land in that meadow.”

“I can try.”

“You’ve got your cell?”

“Yeah.”

Curtis reached into her pocket and retrieved her phone. “Here’s mine. Better take them both. One might work even if the other doesn’t. Don’t take any risks, but get up there as fast as you can.”

Rushing from the cave, Lije quickly made his way through the woods and back to the meadow. In the clearing, he looked upward. The highest point in the area was some three hundred feet above, but without a rope, he wasn’t going to be able to scale the cliff. He’d have to run along the base to the point where the slope was more gradual, climb up that section, and then make his way back to the high point.

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