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Getting shot didn’t appeal They’d broken Ferdinand’s neck, so she knew she could die in hed at herself over that Would a silver bullet really kill, or was that strictly fantasy?
She re that this creep would break into her roos who’d come to Ferdinand’s apartment, threatened him, and then killed him Killed the other man he knew, too If they had known she was there in his apart under the bed, she was certain she would have faced the same death
The door remained closed while her heart pounded pell- to see if she responded with a phone call to 9-1-1?
She glanced at her phone Still charging But if it had a partial charge, she could still use it
The door opened just a hair, then farther, with no squeaking, no sound, except that she could hear heavy breathing and hearts pounding, both hers and his He was scared As much as she hated to admit it, so was she
The door opened a little wider A pinprick of illuht The lamp on the outside wall appeared to be out It hadn’t been when she’d checked into her roo virtually blind
The flashlight’s faint beam was pointed in the direction of the bed, but it didn’t stretch farther than a few inches and so didn’t reach beyond the door, which still shielded her view of the intruder
With what appeared to be fresh resolve, he moved quickly beyond the door, headed for the bed with flashlight and gun poised Shit He was arh
Despite the black hoodie hiding his hair and soe hooked nose, and he looked damn familiar She narrowed her eyes
The creep that had tried to force her out of the restaurant in Breckenridge before Jake came to her aid The same one who had been with the man she’d shot on the trail where she’d laid her ht flicked over the eht swept over the chair where her clothes now lay Hell He would know she was still in the rooht The town boasted one rickety motel, and the whole place looked to have rolled up the sidewalks hours before sunset
His gaze shifted to the bathroo in her direction, he headed slowly for the bathrooe? She wondered if he’d watched her when she arrived at the hotel and then waited until she’d taken her shower, turned out the lights, and climbed into bed Maybe waited until sufficient time had passed for her to fall asleep Or had he just located her car and orking blind?
She didn’t think she had enough time to shape-shift and then dress and bolt from the room, start the car, and leave No, she knew she didn’t have ti out of here in her wolf forle in the wild She didn’t want to leave her car behind or her other possessions And if she bolted out of here, the thug would discover that Alicia, the woman, wasn’t here and most likely would wait for her to return
He slid the shower curtain aside with a swift jerk, thesound
Now he knew for certain she wasn’t in there, and he’d colance in her direction and see her standing here as a wolf, staring him down in the dark
He’d shoot her, and no one would ever know she’d disappeared, and no one would even care
She changed her ain--to her astonishuarded relief--before he left the bathroo been a olf for seven weeks with a couple of weeklong breaks and then the trouble she’d had with it earlier, like she’d just had to get used to it again, had finally enabled her to get sorabbed the gun froht headed out of the bathroom and he followed, she wondered if she had made anothernaked with only a gun in her hand for defense ain, she could see well in the dark while he couldn’t
That’s when he limpse of her, and he aimed his weapon with cold-bloodedness She’d already anticipated his action and ht before he fired a shot The round hit the wall behind her, and she fired three ti solid His only response was a grunt, then he slid down the wall, leaving a trail of blood<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>