Page 20 of Montana Delta Rescue
Someone got out of the SUV to come after her as she ran.
He was gaining on her.
She turned a corner of the building. Another surge of fear filled her as she ran toward the next corner and suddenly . . .
Oof.
The wind rushed out of her in a whoosh as she ran straight into the rock-hard chest of a very large man.
His hands grasped her forearms as she struggled, holding her tightly so she couldn’t get away.
“No!” she screamed, and she twisted. “Let me go!”
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“I’m not goingto hurt you,” his low deep voice spoke. “Calm down.”
She gasped, “No!” An almost automatic reaction as she got breath back into her lungs so she could speak.
“Calm down,” he repeated.
“I can’t calm down when somebody is trying to kill me!” She shouted at him and twisted as hard as she could from side to side trying to break out of his grasp.
He was as immovable as a rock and his hands allowed her no escape.
Who is this guy, the incredible Hulk?
“No one is here trying to kill you,” he said. “There’s nobody here but you, me, and my dog Hercules. Calm down.”
The third time he spoke she stopped struggling since it was futile. He wasn’t going to let her go anywhere.
She stood panting and looked at the dog, a German Shephard who sat watching them.
Though he sat, still and calm, he looked to her like an attack dog.
“He looks like an attack dog,” she said.
“He won’t attack you unless you try to kill me,” the man said.
“Me?” she squeaked. “I don’t want to kill anybody.”
“Neither do we,” he said. “Not tonight. Unless we have no choice. We’d much rather talk to pretty women instead.”
“Pretty women?”
Is he kidding?
“Are you trying to hit on me?” Her jaw nearly dropped; his response was so unexpected.
“Just paying you a well-deserved compliment,” he winked.
Men.She rolled her eyes.
“Well, thank you,” she said, sarcastically. “Think you can unhand me now?”
“Sure,” he said. “After you tell me why you were running.”
“I told you,” she said, in exasperation. “Someone is trying to kill me, and I thought you were one of them.”
