Seek: Project Xol

by Amabel Daniels

  Too many people. Too much movement. Where was Luke? I wouldn’t even hear a gunshot if Michael reneged.

  On my still bruised and sore ass, I scrambled to sit up and look around. There. At my level on the concrete, I saw the navy-blue string, flung just feet away. I crawled after it, around legs of the exiting mob. Someone’s foot knocked into it, kicking it further to the edge of the platform. Overhead, I saw Michael shoving through the people, his perfectly healed face a twist of rage as he went for the flash drive. His arms, bared from rolled-up sleeves, bore no mark of my nails just having dug into his flesh and slicing him open to bleed yesterday.

  I shot to my feet and half-stumbled and walked toward the files.

  Luke. Where was he?

  Another person smacked into me, pushing me in the opposite direction.

  No!

  I watched as the lanyard slithered away, the drive already teetering at the edge of a sewer grate. Then it was gone, knocked into the pipe.

  Michael roared and turned to find me in the crowd and I stumbled backward. Away. He spotted me, his eyes slitting as he raised his gun.

  Arms wrapped around me from behind, and hard muscles tightened as I was pulled further from the platform. As I fell back, into the subway train, I watched Michael snarl his lips.

  Then pain exploded with a harsh impact, and I was lost to darkness.

  To be continued in…LOST.

  Acknowledgments

  For editing, I thank C.J. Pinard at www.cjpinard.com. For the cover design and photography, I thank Kellie Dennis at Book Cover By Design at www.bookcoverbydesign.co.uk. For proofreading, I thank PSW.

  For all the never-ending encouragement, suggestions, and cheerleading, I thank my great team of betas: Allyson, Crystal, Kirsten, Dawn, Julie, and Anna. I treasure your input and am so glad to have you in my corner!

  About the Author

  Amabel Daniels lives in Northwest Ohio with her patient husband, three adventurous girls, and a collection of too many cats and dogs. Although she holds a Master’s degree in Ecology, her true love is finding a good book. When she isn’t spending time outdoors, or wondering how to negotiate with her mightily independent daughters, she’s busy brewing up her next novel, usually as she lets her mind run off with the addictive words of “what if…”

  For more information about Amabel’s work, please stop by www.amabeldaniels.com.

  Other Books by the Author

  Coming Soon!

  Project Xol

  Seek

  Lost

  Find

  Stolen

  Reclaim

  Given

  Newland Family

  Better Than the Best (FREE!)

  Appetite of Envy

  Resisting Redemption

  Covert Identities

  Don’t Go Back

  Always Was

  Indeed

  Across From You

  Next To Me

  Flawed Plan

  Olde Earth Academy

  Secrecy

  Discovery

  Mastery

  Victory