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Forget them. Bohdan was the only one of importance.
And he was close. He could hear him,sensehim,feelthe flow of the blood in his veins.
Perhaps only a few yards ahead of him.
But Bohdan had stopped running.
What are you up to? A trap? I’m tired of dealing with you, too. Let’s see if we can play that game and get this over with.
Listen…
Footsteps in the brush.
He was moving back toward Caleb.
No doubt he had a gun, but would he use it?
Not right away. His hatred of Caleb was too intense. He’d want to let loose some of that poison before he put him down.
And Caleb was feeling some of that same hatred after what Bohdan had done these past days. All the agony he’d put Jane and MacDuff and all the other people who lived here in these Highlands through. He wanted tohurtthe son of a bitch.
Come on. Start it. Come a little closer.
Come on!
And here he was. He sensed him even before he saw him.
“Stop there, Caleb.” Bohdan stepped from the shadows, holding a gun in front of him. “I really want to savor this moment.”
Caleb froze. “Enjoy it. You’ve obviously got me. I’m clearly helpless.”
“Are you? I can’t take the chance. I’ve been hearing wild stories about you. Throw aside your gun.”
Caleb had already decided he wasn’t going to need the weapon. “Sure.” He tossed aside the Glock. “I know when I’m beaten. What do you want from me? Can we make a deal?”
“A deal? After how you’ve humiliated me?” Bohdan was almost hissing. “Do you know what I’m going to do to you when I get you out of this forest?”
“No, but I’m sure you’ll tell me.” He took another step forward, and now he was in range to do anything he wanted with the bastard. “Do you want me to beg and plead?”
“It wouldn’t do you any good,” he snarled. He motioned with the gun. “Your tracking skills are supposed to be legendary, yet I managed to take you down, didn’t I? I knew I couldn’t outrun you. So I came out here and waited. You didn’t disappoint.”
“Make the deal. It’s over,” Caleb said. “A detachment of Royal Marines will be swarming all over these woods no matter what you do to me.”
Bohdan smiled. “You think I’m not ready for every contingency? I didn’t get where I am by being ill prepared. I will walk out of these woods, trust me. And when I do there will be a helicopter to pick me up. So get in front of me because I’m going to take you with me. I’m going to need something to amuse me once I’m away from here.”
“I guess I don’t have a choice.” Caleb took another step forward. “You’re obviously the better man.”
“Don’t come any closer.” Bohdan was suddenly tense. “You’re saying the right words, but I don’t think I like the way you’re saying them.” He was raising his gun. “Maybe I’ll have to give up my plans to—”
BLAMM!
The shot rang out from behind Caleb, the bullet tearing through Bohdan’s upper arm! He howled in pain as the gun flew from his hand.
Caleb whirled to see where the shot had come from.
It was Jane, and she was standing there, panting, out of breath, her eyes glittering wildly in her pale face. But she was still holding her long carbine gun absolutely steady. “Stop this, Caleb. I know what you intended to do, but I’ve had enough of it.”
“Bitch!” Bohdan scrambled to pick up the gun he’d dropped. “Do you think I won’t kill you? I’ll get you, too.”
