[Anthology] Killer Thrillers
Page 83
Mathers tried to look at her; tried to raise his voice to argue. His voice stuttered, a gravelly hollowed-out skeleton of his soothing baritone that had won him his presidency, and he gasped for air.
His head lolled sideways, against his own will. Dammit. Stop and think.
He drew a few short breaths, steadying his hands. They gripped the sides of his wheelchair tightly, trying to force his body to calm down.
The nurse continued patronizing him, but he was no longer listening.
Tell her you’re okay, man. He struggled to build the sentence in his mind, and even as he started to open his mouth to speak, he knew, like always, that it wouldn’t work.
“For have to— neb… I ca—hold un…” What the hell was that? He wondered as he heard the disgusting voice—his own—string together another incoherent set of syllables.
“Mr. Mathers, it’s okay. Let’s get you downstairs.” She reached down to his shoulder, her other hand finding the handle on the back of his wheelchair. She squeezed his shoulder to calm him and guided the wheelchair out of the white room.
Another drop of drool appeared at the side of his mouth.
Afterword
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Nick Thacker
Colorado Springs, CO
Also by Nick Thacker
Mason Dixon Thrillers
Mark for Blood (Mason Dixon Thrillers, Book 1)
Death Mark (Mason Dixon Thrillers, Book 2)
Harvey Bennett Thrillers
The Enigma Strain (Harvey Bennett Thrillers, Book 1)
The Amazon Code (Harvey Bennett Thrillers, Book 2)
The Ice Chasm (Harvey Bennett Thrillers, Book 3)
The Jefferson Legacy (Harvey Bennett Thrillers, Book 4)
Harvey Bennett Thrillers - Books 1-3
Relics
Relics: One
Relics: Two
Relics: Three
Relics: Omnibus
The Lucid
The Lucid: Episode One (written with Kevin Tumlinson)
The Lucid: Episode Two (written with Kevin Tumlinson)
The Lucid: Episode Three (written with Kevin Tumlinson
Standalone Thrillers
The Atlantis Stone (previously published as The Golden Crystal)
The Depths
The Atlantis Deception (A.G. Riddle’s The Origins Mystery series)
Killer Thrillers (3 Action-Adventure Thrillers)
Short Stories
I, Sergeant
Instinct
The Gray Picture of Dorian
Uncanny Divide
Nonfiction:
Welcome Home: The Author's Guide to Building A Marketing Home Base
Expert Blogging: Building A Blog for Readers
The Dead-Simple Guide to Guest Posts
The Dead-Simple Guide to Amazing Headlines
The Dead-Simple Guide to Pillar Content
About the Author
Nick Thacker is an author from Texas who lives in a cabin on a mountain in Colorado, because Colorado has mountains, microbreweries, and fantastic weather. In his free time, he enjoys reading, brewing beer (and whisky), skiing, golfing, and hanging out with his beautiful wife, tortoise, two dogs, and two daughters.
In addition to his fiction work, Nick is the author of several nonfiction books on marketing, publishing, writing, and building online platforms. Find out more at www.WriteHacked.com.
For more information, visit Nick online:
www.nickthacker.com
nick@nickthacker.com