The muscles between her shoulder blades screamed as if the tiny muscle fibers were ripping apart. James didn’t complain. He hid his strength well. Until the past twenty-four hours she never knew about his martial arts history or just how fit he kept himself. Modesty in a m...
“Wait a second. Let me think.” It helped her memory if she closed her eyes. She hiked the park daily, weather permitting. The park took up most of the space on the elevated range but not all. Some prime real estate that bordered the park’s forest to the east—yet still boasted an ocean view—had be...
“Fire!” She pivoted and ran back to Jeff. His eyes wide, he looked up at her and back to Wagner. “How close?” The smoke alarms, one by one, concurred with her story. She held both hands over her ears and ran to Jeff’s side. “We have to get him out,”...
“Well, what do we have—” Instinct propelled her arms up and out, shoving the heavy bundle of metal and rope into the air. The ladder soared directly toward Rodrigo. “Catch,” she yelled. If there was one thing she’d learned fr...