Turning Point (The Kathleen Turner Series) by Snow Tiffany

Author:Snow, Tiffany [Snow, Tiffany]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2013-02-19T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

When I opened my eyes, I couldn’t make sense out of what had happened.

I was lying on my back and my head was aching. Moving slowly, I verified that all my limbs were still attached and functioning. Groaning with pain, I carefully sat up.

Kade.

I gasped, memory hitting me now. I was in Kade’s apartment—what was left of Kade’s apartment—but Kade was nowhere in sight.

Debris was everywhere, clouds of dust obscuring my vision. I coughed, the effect on my headache making me want to disconnect my head from my neck. With shaking hands, I started picking through piles of wood and plaster, crawling because I couldn’t trust my legs to hold me if I stood.

“Kade?” I called, my voice weaker than I would have liked, or maybe it was just that the blast had left a persistent ringing in my ears. I tried again. “Kade!”

Nothing. I started to panic. Where was he? How far had the blast thrown him? What if…

I couldn’t finish the thought, just started moving faster, crawling through the mess, wondering if each piece of debris I moved would reveal Kade’s body.

“Kade!” I croaked.

A hand landed on my shoulder and I spun around to see Kade crouched next to me, alive and whole.

Without thinking, I threw myself into his arms, wrapping my arms tightly around his waist. His skin was warm and alive, albeit coated in dust. I could feel his breath and the strong beat of his heart.

“Hey, easy now. It’s all right,” he said, cradling me close.

“It’s not all right,” I choked out. “I thought you were… were dead.”

His hand cupped the back of my head as he held me. “I keep trying to tell you, I’m hard to kill.” At his words, I pressed closer to him, inhaling the scent of sweat on his skin.

“It’s not funny,” I muttered.

“You’re right, it’s not,” he said, pulling away. I let him disentangle my arms. “Are you hurt?”

I shook my head, but he frowned at something on his hand. Pushing my face down, he probed the back of my head.

“Ow,” I complained, jerking away.

“You have a nasty cut on the back of your head,” he said, his face grim. Blood was smeared against his palm.

“That’s why I have such a headache then,” I mused. “But other than that, I’m fine. You?”

“Fine,” he said curtly.

I started to speak, but he cut me off. “Wait here a sec.”

He was gone and I heard things falling as he dug through the debris, returning in a few moments with shoes on his feet and a couple of guns.

“We have to get out of here.” His tone was calm but firm, and I realized that whoever had set off the explosion might want to make sure no one made it out alive.

“You well enough to shoot?” he asked.

“Yeah.” Though I quaked inside to think of having to do so.

Wordlessly, Kade handed me an automatic pistol while he kept the other, much larger, gun. He pulled his black leather jacket out from under a pile of rubble and put it on.

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