Love Inspired Suspense June 2015 - Box Set 2 of 2: Exit Strategy\Payback\Covert Justice by Shirlee McCoy

Author:Shirlee McCoy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Love Inspired Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-09-05T04:00:00+00:00

ELEVEN

Aiden sprinted across the lawn, slowing down only when he approached guests who were evacuating the building. He didn’t want them to be freaked out by a crazy man bolting toward them.

“Excuse me,” he repeated a few times as he slipped between guests gathering outside. They looked understandably distressed.

Join the club.

Nia had promised to stay in the apartment, but even Aiden couldn’t fault her for leaving the building if she thought it had caught fire, which it obviously hadn’t. At least, it didn’t look like it from this vantage point.

He whipped open the door to the north end of the building and rushed to Quinn’s apartment. With a closed fist he pounded on the door.

“Nia!” But she wouldn’t be able to hear him over the high-pitched squeal of the alarm. He realized he had his master key, so he stuck it in the lock and opened the door. “Nia!”

He rushed through the main living area and then checked the two bedrooms. The place was empty. No Zack, no Bree and no Nia.

They couldn’t have all been kidnapped during the fire-alarm chaos. It hadn’t gone off more than a few minutes ago.

To calm himself, he assumed they had left the building, along with everyone else, for their own safety. He had to keep thinking that way or he’d go nuts.

He passed through the lobby to do a quick check on employees. Tripp was still manning the front desk.

“What triggered the alarm?” Aiden shouted.

“Not sure!”

The wail of sirens echoed out front.

“Lock up and help the fire crew!” Aiden ordered the twentysomething desk clerk.

Tripp nodded and rushed outside. Aiden made sure the registers and computers were locked and took off in search of Nia. He wanted to help the fire department locate the source of the alarm but needed to find Nia more.

As he made his way through to the other end of the lobby, he noticed a small figure huddled in the corner—a child.

He crouched down beside a little blond boy, who couldn’t have been more than seven years old. The child looked up at Aiden with tears in his eyes, and Aiden offered his hand. Surprisingly, the boy took it. Aiden picked him up and carried him outside.

“Where’s your mom?” Aiden asked.

“I dunno.”

“Bobby!” a woman cried, running over to them. “I thought he was at the pool with his sisters.”

Aiden passed the boy to his mom.

“Bobby, my sweet boy,” she said, squeezing her son in her arms.

“You didn’t happen to see a young woman in her twenties with brown hair, hobbling around on crutches, did you?” Aiden asked.

“No, sorry,” the mother said.

He turned to leave and she touched his arm.

“Thank you for saving my little boy.”

With a nod, Aiden took off, deciding to do a perimeter check of the guests gathered out back. The resort wasn’t anywhere near capacity, but there were still between fifty and sixty people that had evacuated the building.

Suddenly the alarm clicked off, blanketing the group in silence. That was when he heard it, the sound of Nia’s voice echoing across the property.

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