The Heart's Command by Rachel Lee & Merline Lovelace & Lindsay McKenna

Author:Rachel Lee & Merline Lovelace & Lindsay McKenna [Lee, Rachel & Lovelace, Merline & McKenna, Lindsay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, General, Suspense
ISBN: 9780373484669
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2002-01-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Buchanan cut through the darkness with the silent, lethal grace of a panther. Dani had worked with a number of operatives during her years as an undercover agent, but had to admit the ex-fighter pilot seemed to possess the instincts of a born hunter.

Twenty or so yards from the edge of the plateau, they took up positions designed to provide maximum concealment and an unobstructed line of fire. Dani crouched behind a bush that gave off the pungent stink of turpentine. Jack dropped into a fissure in the rock.

The sun was gold-plating the peaks to the east, but the predawn light had yet to sweep across the plateau. Squinting through the darkness, Dani communicated with Jack by means of hand signals. Together, they worked out a rough plan. She would aim the scanner, Jack the Glock. She'd raise one finger to indicate she'd picked up the heat source. Two to signify it appeared to be of the two-legged variety. Three...

Three meant it was armed and potentially dangerous. In which case Dani would remain concealed, allow the source to climb onto the plateau and let Jack get the drop on him—or them!—from behind.

Pure, undiluted adrenaline pumped through her veins. The receiver strapped to her wrist was pulsing like mad now. Their uninvited guest had tripped at least a half-dozen sensors.

Dani gripped the small scanning device with sweaty palms, willing herself to calm, forcing air into her lungs in measured breaths. Still, every nerve in her body jolted when she heard another scuffle of foot on stone, followed by a grunt.

No, not a grunt. More like a gasp. A harsh, ragged intake of breath laced with panic. Or desperation.

Her jaw tight, Dani aimed the scanner directly toward the sound. A green blip appeared on the screen. She stabbed one finger into the air to let Buchanan know she'd picked up the heat source. A moment later, the blip took on shape and definition, and a second finger shot up.

With startling clarity, the scanner tracked the figure that heaved itself onto the plateau and lay flat, panting. It was definitely of the two-legged variety, wearing what looked like ragged cotton pants and a fatigue-type shirt. Dani's throat closed as she made out the green-and-black camouflage spots on the shirt...and the automatic rifle slung over the man's back.

Grimly, she jabbed a third finger into the air.

She was just about to drop the scanner and aim the Beretta when the man lifted his head. Dani gaped at the screen in disbelief, blinked twice to make sure what she was seeing wasn't a mirage.

It wasn't!

With a wild whoop, she abandoned both the scanner and her concealment and charged full tilt at the prone figure.

"Trish!"

Fifteen yards away, Jack registered the name but didn't take his finger off the dock's trigger until their uninvited guest lurched to her feet.

"Dani!"

The newcomer threw herself forward, laughing and crying at the same time. The two women collided and wrapped their arms around each other in a ferocious bear hug. Total chaos ensued, with more exclamations, more hugs, and both sisters firing questions like bullets.

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