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I freeze and pull away from Luka, trying to get a better look.
“Eve,” he says, grabbing my hand.
“I saw something.” I slip out of his grip and move towards the corner of the house. Then, I see her.
Rian Morrison.
She runs from the garage and is crossing the open grass to get to a side door on the sunporch.
She is here.
When I turn back to Luka, I know he has seen her, too.
“I have to go,” I yell.
Before I can, Luka grabs my hand. “We can follow her once we are inside. We can go ahead with our plan and find her then.”
“She could escape back through the sunporch. I have to go through that door now.”
Luka’s eyes narrow. He looks from me to the corner of the house, and we only have a few precious seconds for him to make his decision before Rian gets inside and disappears in the vastness of the house. Or finds another door to escape.
“Our men aren’t in position like we wanted,” I say, moving backwards towards where I last saw Rian. “There are too many holes in our plan now. We don’t have time to waste. Trust me. Please. For Milaya’s sake.”
Suddenly, Luka grabs my hand and pulls me against him, pressing his lips to mine firmly and quickly.
Then, he spins me back towards the corner of the house. “Run, and I’ll cover you.”
I don’t hesitate. I just take off running for the corner of the house as fast as my body and my high-heeled boots will let me.
With every step, the heels sink into the ground, but I keep going, ignoring the burning in my thighs as I push myself.
I hear Luka behind me, but then there is a shout.
I turn and see him on the ground.
For a moment, my heart is lodged in my throat, making it impossible to breathe. I freeze, staring back at his form on the ground.
Then, he struggles up and waves me on.
He lifts his gun up and pulls the trigger. A man on the roof shakes as the shot hits, and then he tumbles forward off the roof, landing ten feet to my left.
“Go!” Luka yells at me again.
This time, I don’t hesitate. I hold my gun close to my chest and run.
Luka is okay. For now.
Luka is alive. For now.
And now is all we have.
* * *
Irun through the sunporch door and into a small sitting room, but I don’t see Rian anywhere.
The house is dark, but otherwise ordinary. It looks like any normal living room in any normal house anywhere in the country.
Except for the sounds of footsteps and gunfire coming from the other end of the house.
