Plain Target by Dana R. Lynn

Author:Dana R. Lynn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-07-08T16:00:00+00:00

TEN

Jess was ready to crawl out of her own skin. She just knew someone was watching them. Her shoulder blades twitched under the plain blue dress, feeling a stare boring holes in her back. Her hand trembled, itching to reach up and adjust the white prayer kapp she had placed on her head. Resisting the urge was difficult.

With each step she took she braced herself for the bullet she expected to pierce her skin. It was a toss-up whether her inability to hear was a pro or a con at the moment. Did she want to hear a gunshot and know that death was coming if there was no escape?

Think of how Rebecca walks, she reminded herself. Concentrating on taking quick, gentle steps like her friend helped take her mind off the eminent danger. After all, she was wearing Rebecca’s old dress and shoes. Might as well pretend to be her for the next fifty feet or so.

Closer. Closer.

Almost there.

The last few steps she had to force herself not to run. The questionable safety of the buggy beckoned to her. Seth stepped up beside her to offer her a hand into the buggy. She avoided his eyes. Not because she was upset with him. She wasn’t. Both he and Levi were doing their best to keep her safe. Levi had even gone as far as raiding the family’s clothes to locate an appropriate disguise for her and Seth. Her fear was that if she risked raising her head, her attacker would get a look at her face.

Jess didn’t know much about the attacker. One thing she was absolutely certain of, however, was that it was someone she knew. Or at least someone who knew her. How else could they have known where she’d go to take shelter on this side of the flooded creek? That’s why it had been so crucial to mimic Rebecca’s mannerisms. To become someone else for even a few minutes.

Without needing to be told she moved to the back of the buggy, sliding into one corner on the dark gray bench inside. Levi had cautioned her not to let her head be seen out of the side windows. It meant she had to sit at an awkward angle, but she didn’t care. If staying alive meant she had to twist herself up like a pretzel, then that’s what she would do.

The buggy shook as Seth took a seat in the back with her. She had to smile. He looked very uncomfortable in Levi’s old hat and plain clothes. The buggy moved forward with a lurch, and they were both pitched against the back wall.

“I will never complain about how small my car is,” she signed to Seth.

Only the tiniest twitch at the corners of his mouth told her he was amused. She was getting good at reading his eyes, though. They were warm and full of caring. But guarded.

“I’m sorry that I put you in such danger,” he said.

He thought he’d put her in danger?

“I think you have that backward.

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