Saturday Snippet

Today’s topic deals with villains. I have a few of those. Since WHEN SHE WASN’T LOOKING comes out in a few weeks, I thought I’d highlight a baddies from that one. Here is a scene with the first of several bad guys.

She turned to see what had him swearing. “I don’t see-”

“Where did he come from?” Jonas’ hands tightened on the wheel. As he started shouting, his knuckles turned white.

She watched in horror as a truck with a huge front grill barreled right at them on her side of the car. It appeared out of nowhere, gobbling up branches and dragging them under its tires.

She sat down hard in the seat facing forward and dropped the gun to the floor. With her arms locked, she balanced her palms against the dashboard. “Move!”

“I see it.”

“He’s going to hit us.”



“Get down!” Jonas turned the wheel sharp to the left. The car bobbled as tires spun, kicking up mud and squealing in protest.

Just as the traction grabbed, the truck smashed into the back passenger side. Metal crunched as the doors crashed in and roof buckled with an ear-splitting thunk. Her body rocked in her seat until the belt dug deep into her skin.

Pain raced up her arm as she watched Jonas struggle to keep the car upright. Then the world spun around her. Her stomach rolled in time with the car when it turned over. She screamed until she lost her breath.

When the rocking stopped, she lifted her hands and they fell until they hung in front of her. The dashboard pressed up against her knees and her vision blurred, cutting in and out. Something clicked in her neck when she turned to look at Jonas. His eyes were closed with his arms bent underneath him. Blood covered his eye and ran along his forehead.

They were upside down.

His first name floated through her mind. “Jonas?”

She whispered through a scratchy throat just as footsteps thudded around her. She couldn’t make out the direction but her stomach plummeted at the sound.

She closed her eyes and when she opened them again, a face popped up outside the broken window next to Jonas’ head. A scream raced through her but she swallowed it. “Who…who are you?”

The man with the blond military-cut hair and chin stubble smiled. Feral heat radiated off him. “It’s time to go.”

“Why?” She felt underneath her stomach for the abandoned gun. Stretching out her hands, she touched it but it danced off

her fingertips.

The man smacked his hand against what used to be the bottom of the car. “You’re worth a lot of money, and I intend to collect.”

“I can’t move.” She looked at Jonas’ holster – empty – then her gaze skipped to his face. His eyes were open. Dark and furious he stared at her. She tried to read the look and decided he needed time. She focused on the attacker. “I think I’m injured.”

“You can slide out or I can come get you.”

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