Spiraled by Kendra Elliot EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Kendra Elliot
- Genre: Murder, Mystery Romance, Women Sleuths
- Publish Date: 2 June 2015
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Blood exploded out of Misty’s thigh and splattered across Ava’s legs.
A fraction of a second later, Ava heard the shots.
She yanked Misty down to the concrete floor of the mall, assisted by the
teenager’s near collapse. Her screams didn’t block the blasts of more rifle
fire. Ava scanned for the shooter as people sprinted past the two women
huddled on the ground. Terrified people made eye contact, but no one
stopped.
“I’ve been shot?” the teen gasped. “Am I going to die?”
“No!”
Blood pulsed out of the girl’s thigh.
Artery. Tourniquet. NOW.
She grabbed Misty’s tiny purse with the long narrow strap. She
unhooked the strap, tightly wrapped it around Misty’s upper thigh, and
knotted it. The blood slowed to an inconsistent ooze.
Find cover.
She slid an arm under the girl’s shoulders. “Can you get up?” Misty
shifted her leg and screamed as tears covered her face.
More shots.
The crowd of morning walkers and shoppers at the open-air mall had
vanished, and Ava didn’t see anyone with a gun. The closest two stores
hadn’t opened yet for the day, but Ava scooted away from Misty and tried the
doors anyway. Still locked. She looked for a store that was open. No luck.
Can I get Misty back to the yoga studio?
“Ava?” A smear of blood across Misty’s cheek stood out against her
pale skin, and she suddenly seemed much younger than her eighteen years.
“Don’t leave me!”
Bending over, Ava dashed back to the teen. “I won’t. But we’ve got to
find cover.”
“Why are they shooting?” The girl grabbed Ava’s wrist, determined not
to let her leave.
“I don’t know. But we can’t stay here in the wide-open aisle.” Her gaze
stopped on a closed sunglasses kiosk twenty feet away in the intersection of
two of the wide mall walkways. It wasn’t great cover, but she had no choice.
“I’m gonna drag you a little ways, okay?”
Misty nodded and pressed her lips together. Ava squatted behind her
head and lifted the girl’s shoulders. She was heavy. Ava slowly scooted
backward, biting her cheek as the girl cried out in pain and her leg was
jostled along the sidewalk.
Two more shots. Closer.
Ava got Misty as close to the kiosk as possible. They weren’t hidden.
Anyone walking past would see them, but at least there was something
between them and the gun. Ava pulled her cell out of her bag and called 911,
her heart pounding in her ears.
“Come on!” She pressed her cell against her ear. They’re not picking up
immediately because they’re deluged with calls from this mall.
“Nine-one-one. What is the nature of your emergency?”
“This is Special Agent Ava McLane of the Portland FBI office. I’m in
the Rivertown Mall at the Sunglasses Hut. There is an active shooter in the
mall, and I have a woman who’s been shot and needs medical assistance
ASAP.”
“Yes, Special Agent. We’re getting calls. Please find a place to hide
until the police arrive and we’ll get medical to you at the first opportunity.
Have you seen the shooter?”
“No, but people are running away from the mall’s center toward the—
oh, shit!”
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