WAR: Disruption by Vanessa Kier

Author:Vanessa Kier
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction:Romance:Suspense, Fiction:Romance:Military, Fiction:Thriller:Military, Fiction:Thrillers:Suspense, Fiction:Action & Adventure
Publisher: Vanessa Kier
Published: 2014-12-14T16:00:00+00:00

FEET RESTING ON some unidentifiable, narrow surface, Max spat another clump of dirt out of his mouth and tightened his two-handed grip on the mud-slicked rope. He shook his head, trying to dislodge the stuff covering his head, but only succeeded in getting dirt in his eyes. Damn, that hurt. He shut his tearing eyes. If only—

The rope jerked him up. He gasped at the sudden pull, then promptly coughed as dirt slipped into his mouth. When his upward motion stopped, he stuck his toes in the wall of earth in front of him and rested his head against it.

Bad idea. Water slid down the surface, turning the dirt under his cheek to mud and dissolving his foothold. Only his hold on the rope saved him from plummeting into the hole.

Great. Just what he needed, a slippery wall to climb. For once, couldn’t life cut him a break?

Eyes still closed, Max hunted around with his toes until he found what felt like a rock sticking out from the side of the crater. Then he waited for the next lift.

Between the incremental pulls from Emily and his novice attempts at blind climbing, he made steady progress. But he really wished he had some idea of how far he had yet to go. Did he have feet? Inches? Yards?

Christ, he hoped the top was near. His arms were shaking, he had rope burn on his hands, and his wounded leg had pretty much gone numb. When sensation returned, he’d be in a shitload of pain.

Yeah, like he should complain. He was just lucky to be able to feel anything. He could have been dead.

Right. Not going there.

He waited for the next tug on the rope, to time his foot moving up. When it didn’t come, his heart thumped. He spat out the remaining dirt from his mouth. “Emily?” His voice was little more than a whisper.

Dammit, he should have told her to run. Even though the tremors had stopped, that didn’t mean she wasn’t in danger from any rebels who’d decided to come back this way to check their handiwork. Or maybe Ziegler had finally found them. If he caught her…

“Emily!” This time, fear gave him the strength to vocalize loudly. If she was nearby, she’d hear him.

He rubbed his eyes against his arm, but that only smeared mud over his lids. He cracked open his lids, but the world was just a brown blur. Growling in frustration because he had no idea how far he was from her, he closed his eyes and shouted, “Dammit, Emily, say something. Are you okay?”

“Sorry!”

Max’s body sagged. He’d never heard a sweeter word.

“I had to make adjustments to the pulley system. I’m back now.”

“Don’t do that again without warning me first! You nearly gave me a heart attack, thinking you’d been captured by the rebels.”

“Oh…” He imagined her brows scrunching together in that cute way she had when she was surprised or confused. “Um…all right. Give me a sec to get into position. I’m not going to use the Jeep for this part.

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