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Chapters (53)
  1. Cover
  2. Endorsements
  3. Half Title Page
  4. Books by Elizabeth Goddard
  5. Title Page
  6. Copyright Page
  7. Dedication
  8. ONE
  9. TWO
  10. THREE
  11. FOUR
  12. FIVE
  13. SIX
  14. SEVEN
  15. EIGHT
  16. NINE
  17. TEN
  18. ELEVEN
  19. TWELVE
  20. THIRTEEN
  21. FOURTEEN
  22. FIFTEEN
  23. SIXTEEN
  24. SEVENTEEN
  25. EIGHTEEN
  26. NINETEEN
  27. TWENTY
  28. TWENTY-ONE
  29. TWENTY-TWO
  30. TWENTY-THREE
  31. TWENTY-FOUR
  32. TWENTY-FIVE
  33. TWENTY-SIX
  34. TWENTY-SEVEN
  35. TWENTY-EIGHT
  36. TWENTY-NINE
  37. THIRTY
  38. THIRTY-ONE
  39. THIRTY-TWO
  40. THIRTY-THREE
  41. THIRTY-FOUR
  42. THIRTY-FIVE
  43. THIRTY-SIX
  44. THIRTY-SEVEN
  45. THIRTY-EIGHT
  46. THIRTY-NINE
  47. Author’s Note
  48. Acknowledgments
  49. Another Thrilling Story from the Author
  50. ONE
  51. About the Author
  52. Back Ads
  53. Back Cover

His lips curled into a snarl.

Now wasn’t the time to cower with fear. “You have the prototype drone and the data you can sell on the black market, so just leave now while you still can. The company will collapse.” Though she hoped not, but better to convince him otherwise. “You got your revenge.”

“Oh, I’m only getting started.”

He had escaped the authorities for over a decade. Anyone who had waited so long for revenge would finish the job. Her knees started shaking at the thought. She had to hold it together a little longer and keep him talking.

Help would come. God, please . . . “Wait. You couldn’t have hit Julian. You were there with me. Who are you working with?”

“You should already know I can be very convincing when needed.”

William started toward her.

She backed away from the boulder, barely avoiding the ravine. “When did you become so physical? So violent? This is not who you were.”

“When it became necessary.” In a flash, William scrambled over the boulder, the only thing standing between them.

THIRTY-SIX

With a quick glance at the monitor, Alex saw William standing over Mackenzie, holding her precariously close to the deadly drop into the ravine.

Alex wouldn’t make it in time to save her.

Come on, Mackenzie. Get away.

Lord, help her.

He continued his run toward the zip-line area and considered all his options. Depending on what William did next, Alex might still have time to ambush him.

Another glance at the controller screen, and he saw Mackenzie had broken free and scrambled away. Alex knew what he had to do. He sent the ten-pound drone diving toward William, then it slammed into him. Alex stepped through the tree line in time to see a tall man flailing his arms as he lost balance.

Alex rushed forward. Mackenzie reached for William.

“No! He’ll pull you over with him!”

William fell back toward the ravine as Mackenzie tried to save him, and Alex dove forward, throwing his body over hers, preventing her from going with William.

But the man still had a grip on her. Or she had a grip on him.

“Hold on, Mackenzie. I got you.” Alex groaned. She was slipping. “You have to let go of him.”

“He isn’t letting go of me!” Her voice echoed with the strain and effort. “But we need to save him.”

“I . . . can . . . try . . .” Alex’s muscles screamed, burning with the exertion. His palms were slicking, and Mackenzie’s grip started to slip. He would lose her if he didn’t do something right now. He would lose them both.

Adrenaline coursed through him as he crawled his hands along her arm to get a better grip and hooked his legs around the branch of a nearby tree. But he feared he couldn’t save Mackenzie if she continued to clutch William’s hand as he dangled hazardously over the ravine, the roaring river below, threatening.