Stolen Series Box Set by Elisabeth Naughton

Author:Elisabeth Naughton
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: antiquities, treasure hunt, adventure, contemporary romance, romantic suspense
Publisher: Elisabeth Naughton

Chapter Sixteen

“Hold on. I left my backpack in the rental car.”

Kat paused on the path to look back over the two small hills that hid the parking lot from view. Would Pete have left already? She needed that pack. She had to go back.

“We don’t have time, Ms. Meyer.” Halloway gripped her arm at the elbow.

“It’ll just take a few minutes, I promise.” Kat lifted her arm to free his hold but discovered his grip was solid. What was this?

“I don’t think you understand the severity of the situation.” His fingers dug into her arm. “We don’t have a few minutes. Now let’s go.”

Kat looked up into his very hard, very black eyes as his words on the bridge filtered through her mind.

It wasn’t so much what he’d said as how he’d said it. His tone had been laced with anger and very, very personal.

And he’d called Marty Martin. No one called Marty Slade by his given name.

Now we take you in, put you in protective custody. Your location will most likely be leaked so they can draw him out.

Not they. Him.

Oh, God. She wasn’t walking out of this park.

The tree trunk to her right splintered into a dozen pieces as a bullet whizzed by and struck with a resounding thwack. Kat yelped and jerked to cover her head when she realized what was happening. Before she could dart out of the way, Halloway had an arm around her waist and was yanking her down behind a collection of boulders just off the path.

“Stay down!” he yelled, bracing his arm on the top of the boulder to return fire.

A series of bullets ricocheted off wood and rock around her. Trembling, Kat scooted as close to the shelter of the rocks as she could to protect herself.

But as quickly as the gunshots started, they stopped.

“We want no trouble with you,” a heavily accented voice finally yelled. “Just give us the girl, and you can walk away!”

“No deal!” Halloway yelled back in a very definite British accent he hadn’t had before. “You want her? You’re going to have to come and get her yourself!”

A low chuckle came from what seemed like only yards away. “Well now, Bertrand, I never expected to run into you here. With her.”

Bertrand? Sweat broke out on Kat’s forehead. Just what in the name of God was going on?

Brush rustled to her right. In the waning light she couldn’t see anything more than trees and shrubs. Could she make a run for it while these two duked it out with words and bullets? She looked back at Halloway…or Bertrand…or whoever the hell this man was and knew with a sinking reality she wouldn’t make it very far. For whatever reason, he was here because of her, and he wasn’t about to let her out of his sight.

“You underestimated me, Minyawi!”

Another chuckle. Followed by footsteps. Close. Closer.

The brush rustled mere feet from her. Kat sank back against the rocks.

Out of nowhere Bertrand whipped around and fired into the brush at her side.

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