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The bullet ski a line of red across her te to the wound The look of absolute horror on her face when her fingers caht have been co about this situation was funny

With pure stubbornness to drive her, Rachel dragged herself across the tile toward her cousin And while Samantha stood there in bewildered shock, Rachel kicked at her knee

It eak But it was effective

Saered backward With a screaether they tumbled into the pool

Rachel didn’t wait around for her to surface again She had to get somewhere safe to wait for Harvard He would come for her She knew it

Half crawling, half dragging herself across the floor, Rachel h the open doorway and down the few steps to the hall There was no way she could stand; her strength was gone, and she was close to losing consciousness All she could do was pray she ed to stay awake until she et to her

The stairs down to the bedroootiate and Rachel bu in a heap at the botto There was no ti the hall to the door that led out of her apartency door with the s fingers, she tapped in the code to open it It took three atteh, and the door sla automatically

And that’s when Rachel crue of her consciousness clai Harvard would find her

Rachel’s apartnaled to Lake and Callum, and the three of them spread out to cover the roo their weapons up in front of the

There was no sign that Rachel had even been there Only the fact the concierge had seen her arrive with her cousin and hadn’t seen them leave made Harvard believe they were still inside

“Garage is clear,” Ryan said through his earpiece “Joe’s stationed at the front door So far, no sign of Rachel or her cousin”

“Stay in position,” Harvard whispered

Lake cleared the roo off each room as they went Soon, the only area left was the pool As they flattened theainst the walls on either side of the door, Harvard lifted his fingers and counted them down On three, they moved

They were through the door in seconds Spreading out in standard forles and each other’s backs There was no one in the room, but the tiles around the pool were soaked ater

Lakeon the floor Cautiously, they crept forward to get a better look Harvard’s heart sla, its contents scattered over the tiles