Rising Tiger: A Jake Adams International Espionage Thriller by Trevor Scott

Author:Trevor Scott [Scott, Trevor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Calabria Publishing
Published: 2024-03-26T00:00:00+00:00

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Jake pushed his body against the back wall to try to get out of the shooter’s sight path, and then he rushed toward the back stairs. With the shots fired, people below were screaming and running in all directions.

As Jake peered over the edge of the stairs, he saw a shooter aiming at him.

Two shots flashed up toward Jake.

He backed from the edge and then with a quick motion he poked his gun over and shot back two times. He was stuck and realized it was a mistake to meet Remington here, where he would have no escape. The shooters could just wait for the police to show up and retreat at the last second, leaving Jake at the top of the temple with a gun and a dead American and no reasonable explanation.

Then he heard more gunshots below. In two directions. Alexandra. She was laying down cover fire for him.

Peering over the edge again, Jake saw the other shooter now aiming toward Alexandra’s position.

Move, Jake. He rushed down the wet stairs, almost slipping and falling a number of times.

The shooter, a man, turned and fired at Jake.

But Jake was ready for him. He shot twice, making the guy scoot around the edge of the stairs. But when he did this, two shots from across a grassy area echoed through the night air. Jake could hear the distinct sound of bullet hitting flesh, so he continued to the bottom.

“Jake,” came a woman’s voice. “Over here.”

Rushing through the dark, across wet grass, Jake kept his gun at the ready as he hurried toward Alexandra’s position.

Suddenly, more shots rang out from Jake’s left.

Alexandra returned fire, quieting those shooters.

Jake found Alexandra against a trinket kiosk. He crouched down and caught his breath for a moment.

“What the hell happened?” Alexandra asked, her gun still covering the both of them.

“Remington is dead.”

“You shot him?”

“No. Someone down here shot him.”

“I thought that person was shooting at you.”

“I think that was Remington’s people. They must have also thought I shot the man.” He paused to catch his breath. He was getting too old for this crap. “Come on. We need to get the hell out of here.”

Jake led the way as he made a tactical retreat through the kiosks toward the river. But he knew to get back to the dock to pick up the boat they would have to cross about fifty yards of open grass. Not a great prospect.

Glancing out on the grounds, Jake could see flashes of dark-dressed characters finding shooting positions. Who the hell were these people? They couldn’t all be Remington’s people. No, someone had intentionally killed Remington to shut him up.

Shots echoed through the grounds back and forth, but none of that came from Jake or Alexandra. This was a three-way shoot out. They could use that to make their retreat.

“Run when they engage again,” Jake whispered to Alexandra.

She nodded approval.

They didn’t have to wait long. When gunfire rang out again, both of them ran as fast as they could across the open section.

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