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MIRA
February 2004
Featuring: Ashley Montague; Jake Dilessio
400 pages
ISBN: 0778320103
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Prologue
She stared into the darkness of the room by night,
suddenly and acutely aware of where she was — and the man
at her side. Her mind sped up as she tried to retrace the
last hours . . . but nothing would come to her. She had
thought herself so aware, so savvy, and yet she had been
taken in.
She listened. In time, she was certain she heard the slow
deep breathing indicating that he was asleep.
No time to consider just what she had done, how far she
had taken her quest. No time to consider the ramifications
of her actions. There was no time to think of anything
now . . .
Other than escape.
Carefully, she rolled to her side. Still careful, she
rose. With the greatest quiet, she dressed.
"Going somewhere?"
She turned in the moonlight. He was resting on one elbow,
watching her.
She laughed softly, came back to the bed, eased a hip on
to it and leaned over to kiss his forehead. "What a
night," she said softly. "Wow. But now . . . I have the
strangest craving for ice cream. And coffee. I'm in such a
blur," she said. Her nightly habits shouldn't seem too
strange to him; she had just made it here, into the inner
sanctum.
"I'm sure there's ice cream in the freezer. And we always
have coffee."
"But I don't want just any ice cream. I want some of that
new stuff they're serving at Denny's," she said. "Thank
God it's Denny's, or else it wouldn't be open now. And, of
course, I'm feeling a little strange. About being here.
With you."
She stood, slipped on her shoes, and went for her shoulder
bag. It felt strangely light.
"I'm sorry," he said quietly. "You're not going anywhere."
He rose in the darkness. She didn't underestimate the
extraordinary shape he was in. Being in shape was one of
life's passions for him. Along with a few others.
"I just want ice cream," she said.
He walked toward her. There was no malice evident in his
face, rather a form of sorrow. "You're such a liar. I have
a feeling you've had what you wanted now, what you really
came to achieve. And I'm so sorry, but you're not going to
leave."
She felt in the large leather handbag for her sidearm.
"The gun is gone," he said softly.
He took another step toward her. The gun was gone. The
terror of that simple fact registered in her mind, along
with a change of gears. Run. Get the hell out.
"What are you going to do to me?"
"I really don't want to hurt you, you know."
The bastard. He didn't want to hurt her. Just kill her.
He took a step toward her. She decided to use the bag as a
weapon, swinging it with practiced force. She caught his
head dead center, then stepped forward and brutally
slammed a knee into him. She heard the ragged intake of
his breath; he doubled over.
And she burst out the bedroom door.
She ran desperately through the house and out to the front
room, seeking the exit. Then she stopped dead still,
stunned, staring at a person she had never expected to see
blocking her way. In a flash, it made sense. The fact that
she had been recognized for what she was . . . known.
"You . . . cockroach," she managed to whisper.
"Rich cockroach now."
Bile rose in her; sick fury rose to her lips. Now she knew
the extremity of the position into which she had put
herself. There was nothing she could say to describe the
depths of her revulsion and rage.
Nothing that would change what she had discovered.
Instinct and common sense kicked in. There was only one
thing she could do now, and that was fight desperately for
self-preservation.
She ran.
She streaked through the front room. Reached the door,
fumbled with the locks and was out. There was no alarm.
Of course not. Alarms brought . . .
The police.
Hysteria threatened to overwhelm her.
Within seconds she was racing down the drive. She could
hear shouting echoing through the house behind her.
She knew she would never make it into the garage, never
reach her car before they were on her.
She had to run, hope to reach the street.
Maybe there would be an early riser driving on the highway.
She sped down the long drive, never having known before
just how quickly she could move when necessary. No, not
when necessary. When desperate. She dug into her bag for
her cell phone as she tried to maintain speed. Eureka! It
was there.
She hit 9-1-1. Nothing. They'd left her the phone. They'd
just removed the battery.
She kept running, moving like a sprinter, no thought of
saving energy, driven by adrenaline and instinct, the
desire to live. She became aware of a terrible rasping
sound.
And then she realized that the rasping sound was the
ragged inhalation and exhalation of her own lungs. She had
escaped the house, probably more than they had ever
thought she could do. A small victory. Her only hope was
covering enough distance, finding help, before they caught
up with her.
She swallowed-hard, ignoring the fire and agony that
seared through her lungs and limbs. She was well aware
that she had a long way to go. The pain didn't matter.
Hysteria began to rise in her. She forced it down.
She made it to the road, her feet hitting the pavement,
and realized just how dark it could be in the country. She
had grown up in the city; there had always been light. But
out here . . .
She hadn't gone that far, and already she could feel her
muscles burning; her lungs were on fire.
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