Page 33 of Tactically Acquired

As soon as I stepped out of the vehicle, I tugged Spencer’s arm over to the other vehicle and climbed into the back seat with the man who now had Spencer’s puke all over him. I sat in the middle since I was the smallest.

“So, what are we doing now? Heading to the airport?”

“Yes,” the man bit out. “Any idea who that was?”

“Not really.”

His gaze snapped to mine in a questioning glare. “Not really?”

“Well, obviously, they were kidnappers.” Geez, even he knew that.

“Yeah, but what were they after you for?”

I frowned, wondering why he would ask me that. “You know who I am, right?”

He rolled his eyes and sighed. Was it really that much of a mystery or that hard to figure out?

“I’m Slider. That’s Thumper in the driver’s seat and IRIS over there.”

IRIS turned around with a grin. “I saw you inScorching Desert. That was pretty sweet, although the title could have used some work.”

“Well, I don’t name the movies.” I cocked my head at him. “Isn’t Iris kind of a girly name?”

His grin widened and he turned back around with a chuckle.

“What? Did I miss a joke?” I asked the bald man beside me, already forgetting his name.

“Is he okay?” the man asked, jerking his head at Spencer, who was staring straight ahead, his eyes wide.

I patted Spencer on the leg. “With time. He doesn’t really like guns or anything too violent.”

“Isn’t he an action star?” the man asked.

“What’s your point?” I asked, quirking my eyebrow at him.

He sighed, shaking his head. “As soon as we’re to a safe house, we’ll contact your boss and try to figure out who’s after you.”

“Why would you do that?”

“Because we need a list of possible suspects,” he retorted.

Man, this guy was really playing his part well. I had to give it to him, Craig really knew how to make all of this so damn real. “Sure. Safe houses and suspects,” I chuckled.

“You know, you’re awfully calm for being kidnapped and going through a car chase like that.”

“Well, I’ve been through it before.”

His face pinched. “You have?”

“Sure. InStriking Endeavors. It wasn’t exactly like this, but same gist. I know all the things to do in a kidnapping.”

“From a movie,” he said slowly.

“Sure.”

“Oh, I’d love to hear this,” he said, leaning against the door and crossing his arms.

Man, this guy was something else. I looked into his gorgeous puppy dog eyes and pretended they didn’t affect me. After all, he was bald. That had to be some kind of bad thing or something.

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