Mountain Refuge by Sarah Varland

Author:Sarah Varland [Varland, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-11-15T16:03:40+00:00

ELEVEN

Clay gripped the steering wheel as he took the hill up into Turnagain Pass. They’d been back on the Kenai Peninsula for less than half an hour, and still had well over an hour to go before they made it back to Moose Haven. Clay wished he could teleport them there—his nerves were shot after the day they’d had.

He turned the CD up—neither the radio nor streamed music on his phone worked there, he’d discovered the first time he’d driven through the massive dead zone extended from the start of the Kenai all the way to Moose Pass, the tiny town just before the turnoff to Moose Haven.

Five or ten minutes after Turnagain Pass—he hadn’t been keeping track of time but it hadn’t been long—he spotted upcoming construction, dropping his speed as the signs dictated. He didn’t remember it being there this morning, but he’d heard orange construction cones bloomed in Alaska like the state flower in the summer so it shouldn’t be surprising.

He took advantage of the break from driving fast to look around. The scenery was some of the most gorgeous he’d ever seen, vast wilderness covered by spruce trees. On the right side of the road was a creek, with a hill behind it that gradually climbed toward the mountains.

Gorgeous. But also desolate.

Clay shivered as he looked around. He saw no other vehicles on the road. He looked at the construction cones, narrowed his eyes.

It could be legitimate construction. But if so, he was going to have to make some apologies to whoever caught him doing this.

He hit the gas, unable to shake the unease he felt slowing down in this isolated area.

The first bang told him he was too late. The front left tire blew. The shooter was on Clay’s side of the car, hidden somewhere in the woods.

Summer’s head snapped up. “What was that?”

Another shot.

“We’ve got to ditch the car. Summer, when I stop, open your door, jump out and run into the woods. I’m right behind you.” Clay had spent a lot of time in the woods hunting deer and knew more about long-range rifle shots than most people, law enforcement or not. The shooter wasn’t particularly close—which was good because it gave them a better chance to escape from him personally, but bad because if he was this accurate a shot from far away, they were in a huge amount of danger.

Clay hit the breaks.

“Run?”

“Now! Run!”

Clay searched the woods to his left for anything that would give away the shooter’s location—maybe a reflection of the scope in the sun, anything. He saw nothing but heard Summer’s door.

She was out and he needed to be with her.

He opened his door, ran for the back of the car. One more shot—this one took out the back tire. Clay heard it explode just as he made it past, running for the other side of the car and sprinting off the road, into the thick woods.

“Summer?” he shouted, hating to give away her position but knowing

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