Harlequin Intrigue February 2020--Box Set 2 of 2 by Elle James

Author:Elle James
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

The men on the dock lurched into desperate sprints, arms and knees pumping, guns drawn as they raced toward the sound of gunfire.

Henry flailed in his little boat, then broke into tears. The violent cries were masked by a shoot-out. Emma inched through the water, away from the dock, away from the muzzle flashes and gunshots on the west side of Sawyer’s home, the same side where the intruders had left their ATVs. A rush of unexpected pleasure drove through her as she realized a gunfight meant Sawyer was still alive and conscious out there somewhere.

The jolt of happiness propelled her to action. She moved more quickly through the water, towing Henry carefully back to shore.

His temper quieted slightly as she pulled him into her arms and left the cooler in the water to sink. His little breaths came hard and fast, and his bottom lip trembled, puffing in and out with each raspy gasp, but for the moment, the wails had stopped.

Emma ran in sopping, squeaking sneakers toward the woods on the opposite side of Sawyer’s house, away from the national forest, the intruders and the gunshots. Hot tears stung her icy cheeks as she flew through the night, stumbling on frozen legs, her wet skin screaming from the chill of blowing wind. Could Sawyer hold off four armed men on his own? For how long? How much ammo did he have on him? How much had he already expelled?

Where were the local cops?

Her hand went to the phone tucked into her bra, intending to call 911 and check on the cavalry, but the icy feel of her shirt slid through her heart. Her phone was gone. Likely lost forever at the bottom of Lake Anna.

The night was suddenly still. Quiet. No more shots fired. No sounds of a struggle.

Nothing.

Emma sent up a prayer and kept moving.

Soon, the low and distant cries of emergency vehicles and first responders pricked her ears. A moment later a much nearer sound wound to life. The familiar growl of ATV engines fading quickly into the night.

She stopped. Turned back. What did the sounds mean? Had the shooting stopped because the intruders heard the sirens and fled?

Or had the shooting stopped because they’d killed Sawyer and would come for her again the moment the police left her unattended?

Her heart ached with the possibility he could be gone. “Sawyer,” she whispered. Surely it couldn’t be true. She stepped back toward the house, drawn by the need to know he was okay.

She didn’t want to know a world, or a life, without him in it. It wasn’t fair. It wasn’t right.

A hot tear fell from her eye to Henry’s forehead. Startled, his arms jerked wide. His lips curved down in the perfect angry frown.

“Sorry, baby,” she whispered through a growing lump in her throat.

“Emma!”

Her name boomed through the night.

She lifted her gaze to the house, senses heightened. “Sawyer?” she asked the darkness.

“Emma!” he hollered again, this time closer, his voice intent and demanding. “Emma! Come out.

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