Wanted: Bodyguard by Cassidy Carla

Author:Cassidy, Carla [Cassidy, Carla]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin Intrigue
Published: 2010-08-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

At the sound of Riley’s voice, the intruder opened the back door and fled from the house as Lana collapsed to the floor, sobs racking her body.

She was vaguely aware of Riley rushing into the kitchen, his gun in hand. She raised a finger and pointed toward the door. “He went out.”

“Are you okay?” Riley asked, his voice laced with an urgency she’d never heard before.

She nodded. “Just go get him,” she said between gasping sobs.

As Riley ran out the back door, she pulled her self up to a chair at the table. Her leg was bleeding, slashed in the fight for her life. Thankfully, it was a superficial wound, but the terror that still coursed through her had her heart feeling as if it might explode out of her chest.

Her soldering iron was on the floor and she bent down to pick it up. She’d tried to use it on him to keep him from hurting her, but he’d easily taken it away from her and thrown it aside.

If Riley hadn’t arrived home at that very minute, she had no doubt that she’d be dead. Behind the ski mask the man’s eyes had glittered with a bloodlust that had been terrifying.

She got up from the chair and hurried down the hallway to Haley’s room. She sagged against the door as she saw that Haley was still asleep. Thank God.

The thought of Haley awakening and coming into the kitchen during the heat of the battle nearly cast Lana to her knees. She’d consciously not screamed while she’d fought him because she hadn’t wanted that to happen.

Leaving Haley’s doorway, she pressed her hand against the knife wound, where blood still oozed. She returned to the kitchen and got a wet cloth, then sat back down to clean the cut.

It could have been her throat he’d slit. Tears fell as she pressed the cloth against her leg. He’d tried to stab her several times but she’d somehow managed to stay just out of his reach.

Riley came in the back door, his frustration evident in the darkness of his eyes and the strain of his features. His gaze went to her leg and his eyes grew even darker. “You told me you weren’t hurt,” he growled as he crouched down in front of her.

“It’s okay. It’s not deep. You didn’t catch him?”

He took the cloth from her and frowned. “No. I’ve called it in and the police should be here anytime. Want to tell me what happened?” He wiped the wound, which had finally stopped bleeding.

“I was working here at the table and I thought I heard the front door open and then close. I called out to you and when there was no answer I thought maybe it was Haley. I went and checked on her but she was still sleeping, and then I decided it was all my imagination. When I went down the hallway to Haley’s room he must have sneaked into the kitchen and hidden in the pantry.” Her words tumbled over each other as the fear built up inside her once again.

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