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Emerson raced toward them.She clutched a phone in her hand.“Get out!Tyler says there is a bomb in there!Get out!”
But…
If there was a bomb…
Kane’s head whipped toward Gray.Horror covered Gray’s face.But…but Gray wasn’t staring at Kane.Gray was staring above him.At the bell above the door.Kane looked up.He saw the wires shooting out from that bell.
He still held the door open.He’d grabbed it after Gray entered, preventing the door from closing.Preventing the bell from ringing a second time.
Tricky bastard.The first ring armed the bomb.The second—it will make it explode, won’t it?Only the bell hadn’t chimed a second time.Not yet.
Not.Yet.
“Get out!”Emerson screamed.
It was too late for that.Kane remained exactly where he was.“Emerson, don’t take another step!”Angry, sharp.He didn’t look back to see if she followed his command.
He kept his eyes on Gray.
Neither of them were experts on demolitions.Not by a long shot.But they’d both seen the damage bombs could create.And in the course of their missions, Kane had picked up some knowledge that had saved his ass a time or two.
“It’s armed, isn’t it?”Kane asked Gray.
Gray nodded.“I think I armed it the minute I opened the door.”
That was Kane’s suspicion, too.
“I didn’t check—I should have looked up—so fucking sorry.” Rage and guilt twisted in Gray’s voice.
“I caught the door before it could swing shut.”Kane was still holding that freaking door even as he felt sweat slide down his back.“And that is going to buy you time.”
“Kane…” Gray leapt to his feet and advanced toward him.
“No.”Kane shook his head.“Do not come closer to me.”A quick exhale.“Are the two men still alive?”
“Yeah, yeah, stabbed to hell and back, but I think they’re both breathing.For now.”
“Find another way out.See if the back door is clear.You can drag them out if that works.”
Logan isn’t inside the dojo any longer.Tricky SOB.He’d been there before, clearly, in order to stab the lawyer and Turner, but he’d made an exit.He’d escaped without alerting the Feds.
Had he been watching from nearby?We thought he was in the dojo, but he had another way out, and he was out there, had to be very close by, waiting and watching and taunting until Gray and I came inside.
Without a word, Gray turned.He pulled the backup gun from his ankle and disappeared into the back area of the dojo.
Kane remained where he was.The bomb was above his head.For all he knew, it could go off at any moment.Especially if Logan was still close, watching, playing with them.If he was close, then Logan could trigger the bomb remotely.In that case, it wouldn’t matter if that stupid bell above the door chimed again or not.The bomb could go off, and Kane would be blown straight to hell.
His phone rang again.
“He’s not answering!”Ana knew she was practically screaming but she couldn’t help herself.People turned and gaped at her, but she ignored them.Her entire world was falling apart.
Tyler caught her arm.“I reached Emerson.Gray gave me her number.She had them in sight.She was going to get them.They’d just entered Turner’s dojo—she was trying to stop them.”
“He’s not answering!”
Tyler gave her a light shake.“I reached Emerson.”
His words registered this time.
