Rush (Phoenix Rising) by Swan Joan

Author:Swan, Joan [Swan, Joan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Brava
Published: 2013-08-26T22:00:00+00:00

Jessica came to an abrupt stop on the border of the ravine. Keira and Luke had disappeared over the edge. Keira must have heard Quaid’s thoughts, or maybe Kai’s or maybe her own, because she and Luke had come back. Jessica had almost reached the ravine when she’d heard the squeal of tires. Then Keira had raced past her, a weapon in both hands, Luke right behind her. She’d skidded to a stop at the ravine’s lip, taken what seemed like less than a second to aim and almost as soon as Jessica realized Keira had fired, a man’s screams echoed up from the ravine.

Now, Keira and Luke skidded over the rocky embankment below toward the valley. Jessica peered past them, into the ravine and stepped toward the ledge. But the sight below killed her plans to descend.

Quaid held a man by the throat, smashing him up against the ravine wall. Over and over again, he pulled the other man back and slammed his body against the rock. The man jerked, then clawed and kicked, but Quaid had complete control.

Jessica’s mind refused to absorb the scene. It seemed flat and unreal.

Quaid. Violent.

Those two words just did not link up. Yet she couldn’t mistake all that blood. It coated Quaid’s chest and arms. It was smeared across the other man’s T-shirt and pants. His hands, arms and face. She thought of Keira’s shot. Feared it had hit Quaid. But, if it had, it hadn’t deterred him.

Kai and Teague scrambled down opposite sides of the steep embankment. Two of the military men guarding the property immediately followed. Cash and Mitch came at Quaid from behind. They were closest, and Cash led the way in a dead run.

Jessica dropped to her knees on the rocky soil, hands clenched. Fear sliced through her body in icy cuts as her stomach tightened and rolled with sickness.

“Oh, my God.” She barely breathed the words, hardly able to speak through the horror. “Stop. Stop.”

She wanted everyone, everything to just stop. Reality had exploded completely out of control.

But nothing stopped. Cash jumped on Quaid from one side, grabbing his arm and prying it from the man’s throat. Mitch attacked from the other side, yanking Quaid back by the waist of his jeans.

Kai reached the man on the ground, and Teague helped Cash and Mitch restrain Quaid.

Within thirty seconds, everyone was smeared with blood and yelling.

Jessica dropped her face into her shaking hands. “Oh, my God.”

What had possessed him? What would they do if he’d killed that man? Even if he hadn’t, how would they hide his attack? And why did she immediately consider lying and evasion as a remedy? How quickly her year of commitment to truth had succumbed to fear.

Maybe Quaid had gone insane in that place. Maybe he hadn’t just lost his memory, but his mind. And maybe she was going to follow right behind him.

She peered down into the ravine again. Kai had lifted the victim, now apparently unconscious, over his shoulder in a familiar fireman’s carry.

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