Retreat (Getaway #1) by Jay Crownover

Author:Jay Crownover [Crownover, Jay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 33558912
Publisher: Jay Crownover
Published: 2016-12-28T00:00:00+00:00

No Easy Way Out

Both the men were scarily proficient with the weapons in their hands returning fire, so the campsite quickly turned into something that resembled a warzone. The gunshots from the faceless attackers continued to kick up rock and sand while chunks of bark peeled off of the trees all around us. The initial shots were probably meant as a warning, another tactic to scare us. It was clear whoever was doing all of this wanted to get us to move along. My best guess would be that they wanted us as far away from the hidden field of narcotics as they could get us. As soon as both Grady and Webb started shooting back, the threat from those returning fire became more real. A hunk of tree tore off right above where Cy was covering me and I heard him swear as the wooden shrapnel tore across his scalp. A brilliant red drop of blood trickled over the center of his forehead and across the bridge of his nose before he reached up with his injured arm to swipe at it.

I made a noise low in my throat and asked him if he had a pocket knife somewhere on him. Since he was proving to be more of a cowboy than I originally pegged him for, he produced a tiny folded blade from his front pocket. Ducking my head, I wiggled enough space between the two of us so that I could saw off part of the tail of my shirt and wrap the haphazard bandage around his oozing bicep. I knew it must have hurt because he didn’t protest the silent fussing or tell me to stop. I tore off another piece to dab at the wound on his head, which didn’t look as bad but was sure as hell bleeding a lot.

“What are we going to do?” I hated that my voice shook but I was scared and it didn’t sound like anyone was going to stop shooting anytime soon.

Cy grunted and pulled me down lower behind the tree as a branch from a tree next to us took a hit and broke off.

“I wish I had an answer to that question, Sunshine. Right now all we can do is lay low and wait to see what happens when the bullets run out.”

“This is bad.” I tucked my head under his chin and prayed that Em was okay. I couldn’t see much of anything beyond Cy’s chest and slivers of forest surrounding us.

He snorted and his hands tightened on my hips where he was holding me to the tree. “It sure as shit isn’t good. I knew those two oddballs weren’t who they said they were.”

I nodded and my hair brushed across the scruff on his face. “Why would they have guns and ammunition with them on a trail ride in the middle of nowhere?”

“That’s a good question. One I hope I get the opportunity to ask.”

“Son of a bitch!” The scream came from the younger of the two men and had Cy peering carefully around the trunk of the tree into the center of camp.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.