Retribution by A.J. Scudiere

Author:A.J. Scudiere [Scudiere, A.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781937996338
Publisher: Griffyn Ink

Diana raced down the hallway to the wailing of crazy thoughts ricocheting around her brain. She was almost directly behind Reese, who was already slamming through the fire door that swung back toward her as Churkin had bolted through it at high speed just a half moment before.

Diana’s brain ran through questions at warp speed. Why was Churkin here? Why outside Nick’s hospital room? Had she played into putting him there? Was she coming to finish the job?

As her hands hit the metal bar, Diana’s brain registered the noise. Churkin had set off the emergency alarm as she bolted through the door. Glancing back over her shoulder, Diana saw the staff coming to their feet, looking at her and Reese chasing the woman in blue scrubs down the hall. Diana yelled out to them, “Call the PD. Get Stelian a detail!” and she burst through the door following the others into the stairwell.

The staff almost had time to nod in response to her demand. She could only hope they accomplished something in time to keep Nick safe. Safer than he’d been earlier tonight for certain.

Reese’s boots rang below on the metal stairs, and Diana wondered if anyone had thought to call to the ground floor to alert security that someone was headed down who shouldn’t be. Then again, maybe it was better if security stayed out of the way—though armed, these people wouldn’t be ready for Churkin’s kind.

It was more than possible even Reese wasn’t.

Diana stepped up her pace, telling herself Reese was tough, smart, and she’d seen a glimpse of Churkin in action the other night. She’d be cautious. Still, Diana didn’t want her friend to face the assassin alone. She’d lost precious time by being three steps behind from the start. She’d had to turn around and register the situation, and by then Reese and Churkin had already taken off. Diana had also taken that single moment to shout at the hospital staff, and the two had moved just a few more steps ahead of her.

Taking a risk, she grabbed the railing and jumped down the half flight of stairs, threw herself around the corner, and did it again. The pounding of two sets of feet sounded closer now despite the ringing of the metal staircase.

As she made another flight, Reese came into view, her gun already in hand, Good girl. Diana pulled hers, too, her feet not pausing in their rhythm, back to pounding down individual stairs, no longer willing to risk a sprained ankle in order to catch up. They’d all hit the bottom soon enough.

The sound of Churkin banging through the external door registered a moment before she heard Reese pass through. A heartbeat later, she rounded the bottom corner and took in the whole view.

Again, the door was on its backswing, closing off the shot of Churkin hauling ass down the dark alley, part of the view blocked by Reese, close on her tail. To Diana’s right, a hospital security guard came into the

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