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“Oh, God. Oh, God.” Her voice was full of terror. “She’s dead. It’s crazy. And Zephyr. My God. They know about us.”
Hissing, I shielded her body, scanning the perimeter. While she wasn’t making a lot of sense, it didn’t matter. The only thing that did was getting us both the fuck out of here.
“Hold on tight, baby. You gotta trust me.” I headed away from the road, zigzagging my way through the patio of a restaurant, coming out the other side. As I constantly checked to see if we were followed, she clung to me, still gasping for breath. As weneared the parking lot, another car raced into the lot and she screamed.
“It’s okay,” I reassured her. I lifted my gun, ready to fire until I realized it was Michael. Fuck.
“Christ. Come on, baby. We’re getting out of here.” I didn’t stop to see if the fuckers were right behind him, yanking open the back door and pushing her inside, climbing in beside her. “Get us the fuck out of here.”
“What in God’s name is going on?” Michael demanded, immediately rolling to the exit, narrowly missing hitting bystanders who were racing to get out of harm’s way.
“He’s dead. They killed him. They killed him. I was right there. His eyes were haunted. I just… I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. They killed her. What is happening?”
“Slow down. What are you talking about?”
She raked her shaking hand through her hair. “The medical examiner is a friend of mine. She had evidence on the other murders that the detectives claimed weren’t the same MO as the killer. She was helping me and someone ran her over.”
“Fuck. What about my soldier?”
As she lifted her head slowly, seeing the tears in her eyes drove me into another moment of rage. “They shot him outside my office. Whoever it was followed me down the stairs, laughing. He was fucking laughing.”
I wrapped my arm around her, noticing Michael was staring into the rearview mirror. “It’s okay. Just try and calm down.” After taking a deep breath, I directed my attention toward Michael. “There’s a black sedan involved with attempting to abductSedona. Make certain we’re not followed. Cross the river and get us the hell out of this fucking state.”
“Understood, boss. I’ll lose the bastards.”
“What are you doing?” she asked, jerking up her head as she wrapped her fist around my shirt.
“We don’t have any choice, baby. We’re leaving the country together.”
“We can’t do that. We just…” She looked away, closing her eyes. “This is my life. This is all I’ve known and… Oh, God. Why did it come to this?”
“Because you are insistent on doing the right thing. So am I. I’m not going to let you get shot or worse. We have a better chance surrounded by my soldiers.”
“You know they’ll hunt you down. They’ll hunt us both down.”
“Yeah? Let them try. They won’t have the manpower. As I said before, you need to trust me.”
She was shaking so badly I wasn’t certain I’d ever be able to get her warm. “I do.”
“Good girl.”
The traffic was bad, preventing Michael from leaving the parking lot for almost two full minutes. When he finally did, I shifted in my seat, studying the cars behind us. There were too many headlights, preventing me from seeing a damn thing. At least Michael was making some headway, the fuckers not likely to use firepower in the dense traffic.
“Okay, baby. Now, tell me what happened with someone following you.”
She nodded, wiping her face with her hands before speaking, keeping her voice as even as possible. “I stayed as late as I knew it was safe to risk, gathering everything I could on a jump drive then breaking into some files in Christine’s office. I found another drive taped to the inside of one of her drawers, which I managed to grab. Before I could get out of her office, someone turned out the lights and chased me out of the building. There was no doubt the fucker was right behind me. He was laughing as if this is nothing but a terrible game.”
“Damien?”
“I honestly don’t know. He didn’t say anything. As soon as I was outside, I ran toward your soldier but he was already dead. I raced toward my car, managing to get in and lock the door. But he was there, standing in the shadows. He shot the car. My back windshield. I thought I was dead. This is crazy, Jonny. Why? What are they doing, trying to take over the country?”
“Maybe. Do you still have the drives?”
“Yes, but I had to leave my phone.”
“It’s okay. We’ll be fine.” The fuckers had killed one of my men. Hissing, I tried to think this through, loathing being driven into a corner like some fucking rat. Whoever was behind this fucking charade would be hunted down.
“I can’t go with you, Jonny. I’ll lose everything if I do. I just don’t know what I’m supposed to do.”
