Harlequin Intrigue May 2017, Box Set 2 of 2 by Joanna Wayne

Author:Joanna Wayne
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488016066
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

The man raised his weapon. Slade swung from the bars. He hit the guy dead center with both feet. The man flew backward, his gun spinning from his hand. He crashed against some empty seats.

People in both cars tumbled out of the train onto the platform, a shrill voice raised, calling for the police.

The man sprawled half on the seat, his knees on the floor, but it didn’t stop him from reaching for his weapon. Slade got there first, stomping on the man’s wrist with his foot.

He snatched up the gun and then got in the man’s pale face and growled, “If this wasn’t a public place, you’d be dead. Next time.”

Slade slipped back into the last car where Nicole was still waiting for him. He took her arm just as two police officers boarded the train.

“Did you see a man with a gun?”

“I didn’t see a gun, but there was a fight back there.” Slade jerked his thumb over his shoulder and guided Nicole from the car before any more questions could come up.

Once they got onto the platform, they both picked up the pace, maneuvering through the crowds.

“Is he…was he…”

“The bastard’s still alive. I can’t leave a dead man in the middle of a train, but I have his weapon and maybe we can get some prints. He wasn’t wearing gloves.”

“Will the police arrest him?”

“On what charge? He has no gun, unless he has a spare on him, and he’ll just claim someone attacked him on the train and will refuse to pursue the matter. The other side has even less reason to get mixed up with local law enforcement than I do.”

When they got to street level, Nicole grabbed on to a lamppost, her body sagging against it.

Slade curled an arm around her waist, and her slight frame trembled against him. “I’m sorry, Nicole. We need to get out of here. I don’t know how badly I hurt him. He could come after us again.”

She blinked her eyes a few times and tossed her hair over her shoulder. “I know. I’m okay. I’ll snag us a taxi.”

And she did just that. He expected her to collapse in the backseat, lean against him, but she pinned her shoulders against the seat of the taxi and cleared her throat.

“They’re going to take any opportunity they can to kill me, aren’t they?”

“Looks like they don’t want you getting your hands on the film—whether or not you know what to do with it.”

“They have to figure my current companion—” she jabbed his arm with her index finger “—is more than some guy on the street. That has to have them doubly desperate.”

“I guess Trudy never did tell Conrad what Lars gave her. He doesn’t know what he’s looking for.”

“But we do.”

She outlined the bulge in the pocket of his jeans and for a quick minute he thought she was making a move on him, but she was just tracing the outline of Trudy’s key chain. “And as soon

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