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Chapters (50)
  1. Also by
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. CHAPTER ONE
  5. CHAPTER TWO
  6. CHAPTER THREE
  7. CHAPTER FOUR
  8. CHAPTER FIVE
  9. CHAPTER SIX
  10. CHAPTER SEVEN
  11. CHAPTER EIGHT
  12. CHAPTER NINE
  13. CHAPTER TEN
  14. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  15. CHAPTER TWELVE
  16. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  17. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  18. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  19. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  20. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  21. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  22. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  23. CHAPTER TWENTY
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  33. CHAPTER THIRTY
  34. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  43. CHAPTER FORTY
  44. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  45. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  46. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  47. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  49. EPILOGUE
  50. Teaser Chapter

“You bitch!” he shouted, grabbing the trowel and pulling it free. He gazed down at the blood pouring out of the wound as if he couldn’t believe his eyes. The mattress was blazing, more timbers catching fire. As Kade started toward him, Egan cupped his hands over the bloody wound in his stomach, turned, and ran, heading deeper into the tunnel.

Kade started after him. No way was he letting the bastard escape.

Ellie grabbed him from behind and spun him around. “There isn’t time! We have to leave! The timbers are on fire! The tunnel is going to collapse!”

The fire was moving fast, licking over the debris on the floor of the tunnel, lighting the timbers along the walls and overhead.

Kade took a last look into the darkness and caught a glimpse of Egan’s retreating figure through the growing wall of flames.

“Let’s go!” Grabbing Ellie’s hand, he tugged her forward, and the two of them ran toward the mouth of the tunnel.

Kade shoved open the makeshift wooden door, helped Ellie through to the other side, and ducked through behind her. There was blood on the side of her head, and more oozed from the corner of her mouth. She was clutching her side, he saw, more injured than he had realized. When she took a shaky step forward, Kade swore an oath, scooped her up in his arms, and started running toward the half dozen sheriff’s vehicles pulling through the gate in the chain-link fence.

A safe distance away from the blaze that now licked through the boards across the entrance to the mine, Kade set Ellie back on her feet, then eased her to a sitting position on the ground.

“How bad are you hurt?” he asked, crouching beside her.

But Ellie’s gaze was fixed on the mine. “What . . . what about Egan?”

Kade looked back at the mouth of the tunnel. Flames enveloped the entire entrance. Unless there was another way out, Egan was doomed.

Kade’s jaw felt like granite. “Fire doesn’t kill him, I will. Either way, Richard Egan is a dead man today.”

Kade held onto Ellie’s hand as they watched the vehicles braking to a halt, red and blue lights flashing. Car doors flew open, and deputies began pouring out. Then fire belched out of the mouth of the tunnel, and the entire side of the mountain exploded. A deadly shower of dirt and rocks flew into the air, and everyone hit the ground.

CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE

CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE

ELLIE SPENT THE NIGHT IN THE HOSPITAL. SHE HAD A MILD CONCUSSION and two fractured ribs, so they had given her a sedative to help her sleep. She stirred, and her eyes slowly opened. Weak light poured in through the windows, marking the dawn. Groggy and disoriented, she managed to remember where she was and what had happened the night before.