The Kill Order by Burcell Robin

Author:Burcell, Robin [Burcell, Robin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2013-12-31T00:00:00+00:00

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Shock, then adrenaline flooded through Sydney’s veins, and her heart thudded triple time at the sight of Griffin in the middle of the parking lot as the gunman took aim.

She shifted into gear, stabbed at the gas pedal, then laid on the horn, driving straight toward them. Anything to cause a distraction, take their focus off Griffin and Donovan.

And just when she was wondering how the hell she could get Griffin, still handcuffed, into the van, then get Donovan and somehow get past the gunmen to exit the parking lot, the headlights of a car pulled behind the two sedans, silhouetting the gunmen. Several more cars followed. The gunmen turned to see who was entering, their attention diverted.

She didn’t stop to look, instead driving between them and Donovan. And then through the open window, she heard the deep bass of a stereo shaking the air, and someone yelling, “Par-tay!” and then the flash of cell phone cameras.

Horns started honking as more cars poured into the lot, and in a matter of seconds it was nothing but people yelling, music playing, red plastic cups being tossed, and beer flying.

The gunmen seemed to falter as the area grew more crowded. And then Griffin was at her window. “Knife!” he yelled.

She jumped out of the van, dug the knife from her pocket, cut the plastic tie around his wrists.

“Get ready,” he told her. “I’m going back for Donovan.”

She nodded, climbed into the driver’s seat, putting the van into gear, her foot on the brake. A moment later, Griffin was there, dragging Donovan into the van, and before he could even close the door, he was yelling at her to leave.

She slammed her foot on the gas pedal and gunned it straight toward the exit. Papers from the folder were flying across the lot beneath the tires of vehicles filled with kids and lighted cell phones as they snapped pictures of anyone and everyone, and she glimpsed the gunmen scrambling for the papers. She didn’t slow until she was certain they weren’t being followed, and even then she didn’t stop, making sure they were well away from the area.

“Donnie boy,” Griffin said. “Come on . . .”

She glanced in the rearview mirror, saw him leaning over Donovan.

“How bad is it?” she asked.

“Hit his shock plate.”

“He was wearing a vest?”

Donovan moaned. “It hurts to breathe.”

“Probably bruised a couple ribs,” Griffin said. “And one killer lump on his head where he hit the ground.”

“Oh my God,” Sydney said, leaning back in her seat, feeling as if she could barely breathe herself. “How okay is he? Hospital?”

“He’s fine,” Griffin said.

And then Donovan, saying, “Hell. We need to get Izzy.”

Sydney made a U-turn at the next signal, glancing over at Griffin when they stopped in traffic. “How are you?”

“Considering I thought we were all dead? Ecstatic. Definitely better than the guards. What the hell happened back there? Where’d all those cars come from?”

“Honestly?” Donovan said. “I don’t have a clue. But thank God they arrived when they did.”

“Oh no .

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