Medusa Rising by Cindy Dees

Author:Cindy Dees
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2005-12-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Aleesha fidgeted on the couch in the dark. Waves broke against the ship’s hull, the only sound interrupting the deep silence of the ship. The rhythm of the sea was seductive, luring her toward sleep as minutes stretched into hours. The sleep-deprivation exercises Jack had put the Medusas through early in their training suddenly made sense as she sat there fighting off an urge to doze.

She had no way of knowing if Michael knew or cared where she was. She’d worn a brilliant red dress to supper that even a blind man could’ve seen. Michael didn’t make an appearance at the meal, but hopefully he spotted her, either in person or on the ship’s security cameras, as she strolled around the ship afterward. He’d better have spotted her, darn it. She’d hiked the whole ship in high heels in the name of being seen. She’d waited until the last minute to go into the empty stateroom the Medusas had wired for this meeting, and had made absolutely sure one of the hijackers saw her enter it. The TOC had checked the ship’s manifest and found this room one deck down from Michael’s suite and conveniently near the elevators. She’d used her master key to get in. If Michael didn’t know where to find her now, it was because he didn’t want to know.

Midnight came and went with no sign of him. Doubt began to creep into her thoughts. Had she been wrong? Was his story about being British SIS a ruse after all? As the night stretched on, her doubts intensified.

She jerked to full combat alert a little after 2:00 a.m. That was a noise outside the door! She moved fast off the couch, leaping into the open closet just inside the door. She eased out of her high-heeled shoes in the cramped space, balancing lightly on the bare balls of her feet. She wasn’t about to break her neck trying to subdue an intruder in heels. It might work on television, but not in the real world.

The door eased open a few inches, then it flew open fully. A tall, male form slipped inside quickly and closed the door fast and silently behind himself.

Aleesha jumped him from behind, her arm around his neck in a crushing hold that should have cut off his wind. The man grunted in surprise, then dropped to the ground, dragging her with him. He rolled over on his back, slamming her into the wall in the narrow confines of the stateroom. She let go, jumping clear of his attempt to trap her beneath his body weight, then she pounced on him, her forearm planted on his throat. He grabbed her fist and twisted, forcing her chest down over his face. Dang, he was fast. Strong, too.

Rather than try to brute force him, she would have to subdue him with superior skill. As he continued to twist her arm, she went with the movement, burying his face in her chest while she rolled around to the top of his head.

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