When the Smoke Clears by Lynette Eason

Author:Lynette Eason
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: FIC042060, FIC042040, FIC027110
Publisher: Baker Book Group
Published: 2012-02-01T04:00:00+00:00

27

Thursday, 12:47 p.m.

“Hunter!”

“Keep going!” He gave her a shove.

She looked. The door to the hospital was much too far away. She’d be exposed. The only cover available was the short brick wall that surrounded the nearby fountain.

And Hunter was hurt.

People screamed and scrambled for cover. Hunter had his phone in one hand, his gun in the other. The blood pooling on his shirt didn’t seem to bother him. But it bothered her.

He’d been shot.

But how bad?

Not bad enough to slow him down. A slight comfort.

Alexia made it to the back of the brick wall and scrunched behind it. Two and a half feet tall, it was the best choice for protection at the moment. As long as the shooter didn’t move and angle for a better shot from a higher elevation. Her back felt exposed, like it had a big red target on it.

Hunter slammed into the small space beside her, his pained groan reaching her ears. “Officer needs assistance.” Vaguely, she heard him bark the location. “I’ve got a shooter.”

He screamed at a couple exiting the building across the street. “Down! Down! Get back inside!”

They froze and ducked back into the office just as another bullet zipped over the wall to dig into the post next to Hunter’s head. Alexia swallowed a scream and scuttled forward next to him. “He’s shooting at you!”

“Looks like it,” he muttered as he adjusted his gun in his hand. “I can’t get a location on him. He’s hiding pretty good.”

“How bad are you hit?” Concerned, she eyed the circle of blood that seemed to grow with each passing moment.

“Just a graze, I think.” He grimaced. “Burns like fire.” He rotated his arm and hissed. “But no major damage. That’s good.”

“Let me take a look at it.”

“Later. I’m all right.”

Alexia studied the surrounding area. Tops of buildings. Parked cars. Nothing. “Where is he?” she whispered.

“I don’t know. Stay down.”

Sirens rent the air. Help was on the way. Alexia pulled in a shuddering breath. “He stopped shooting. That’s good, right?”

“For now.” His gaze met hers. “Just because he’s not pulling the trigger doesn’t mean he’s not there.”

Alexia dropped her head into her hands and closed her eyes. With danger coming at her from all sides, she was beginning to think she should have stayed in Washington.

But someone had tried to kill her there too.

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