Mountain Survival by Christy Barritt

Author:Christy Barritt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-11-23T18:48:52+00:00

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Derek kept listening to the radio. Kept waiting for the gunman to come over the line with another threat. Five minutes after Autumn ended her call with Hendrix, there was still nothing.

Instead, his mind went back to the conversation he’d had with Autumn earlier. She said she was happy that they had met, too. That sent a wave of delight over him. Maybe something good could come out of this situation. He would be a lucky man to have someone like Autumn by his side.

Derek glanced over at Autumn again and saw her flinch.

“You’re still in pain,” he muttered.

He saw the discomfort written on her face. But he tried not to push too hard. But seeing that cut...that couldn’t feel good.

“I’ll be okay,” she insisted.

“If you don’t feel like walking, we can stay here for longer.”

She let out a slow breath and glanced around. “It is tempting. I was really hoping that backup would be here. I’m afraid if we go back to that cave, we’re going to need to stay there. I don’t know if I can manage another trip back this way. I need food. And my leg hurts.”

He nodded, knowing that they were both reaching the ends of their ropes.

“We can stay here as long as you need. You think we’re safe from those men?”

“I haven’t heard them. I’ve been listening. But we would still be wise to keep our eyes open. The last thing we need is to be ambushed.”

“Let me walk to the top of that mountain and see if I can spot anybody. How does that sound?”

“Seems like a good idea.”

He patted her knee before climbing to the top of the ridge. From there, he should be able to see what was going on around them.

With the storms that had come through, many of the trees had lost their leaves. That didn’t help Derek and Autumn when they needed to hide, but it did help when it came to surveillance.

He scanned everything around them. On an ordinary day, he would be awestruck by the beauty surrounding him. But right now, all of this just felt like a big trap they were unable to escape.

First scan, he saw nothing.

He almost walked back down to Autumn, but he paused. He would look one more time just to be certain.

As he did, he saw something move to the west.

His muscles tensed. Was that what he thought it was?

He ducked behind a tree, just to be certain.

It was.

Two men walked their way. They were at least five hundred feet away, probably. That didn’t leave them much time to hide.

He had to get back to Autumn, and he had to get back to her now.

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