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from her.
    The lights were still on. Too bright. Giving whoever was outside too much of an advantage. The thin shade would be no help—any watchers outside would be able to see right through it with those lights blazing.
    “Elizabeth?”
    She jerked at his whisper. She’d curled up into the fetal position, with her hands over her head. Her eyes found his, and he hated to see the tears glistening in her green stare. “What’s happening?”
    “Someone’s trying to kill us, sweetheart.” That one was fairly obvious, but his words weren’t mocking. Elizabeth looked as if she might be in shock, and he needed her to try and keep things together, for just a little while longer. “And we have to get the hell out of here.” Because he didn’t know just how many someones were waiting outside. He did know the man moaning on the floor. When the light had flashed, he’d recognized the guy.  That was one of Taggert’s goons. Tommy Haines. One of the guys who’d been at The Blade when Saxon had taken Elizabeth away. Taggert had sent out his attack dogs, and their mission must be to bring down Saxon and Elizabeth.  By any means necessary.
    He took her hand in his. “We’re going out the back. Stay with me, got it?”
    She nodded.
    Then she crawled after him as Saxon made his way to the bathroom. The “back” exit was actually the window in the bathroom. One that was a bit too narrow, but it would have to work.  He’d put his knife back in its sheath, and he’d taken Tommy’s gun.  They weren’t going out there unarmed, and he sure as hell wouldn’t hesitate to fire if they came under attack.  
    “I’ll go through first,” he told her, the words barely a breath of sound. “Then you come out when I tell you, got it?”
    The bathroom was dark, so he couldn’t see if she was still crying or if she’d turned ashen with horror, but he heard her whisper, “Got it.”
    That was good enough for him. He shoved open the window, punched out the screen, and climbed out. He hit the ground with a hard roll, and he came up with his knife gripped in his fist. But no one was there.
    He heard a loud crash then, the sound of wood splintering, and Saxon knew the reason no one was waiting out back—it was because the bastards had just broken into the motel room.
    “Now!” Saxon called to Elizabeth. “Come to me, now!”
    She jumped through the window and straight into his arms.  Over her shoulder, he saw two men running through the motel room.  Oh, yeah, he knew those bastards, too. He’d seen them plenty at The Blade.  Flint Mayo and Romeo Gustav. Errand boys for Taggert.  Or in this case, hunters for the SOB.
    Saxon caught her, holding her tight, and he didn’t even pause.  He pushed her behind him, lifted his weapon, and fired.  Flint and Romeo dove for cover, and while those guys were covering their asses, Saxon and Elizabeth started running hell fast for the line of cars that were parked nearby.  They had to get out of there.
    He hit the old parking lot even as he heard shouts behind him.  He put Elizabeth on her feet, and he punched in the window of the closest vehicle. Glass rained down and he shoved the chunks out of his way so that he could unlock the door.
    “Saxon—”
    He pushed Elizabeth into the truck.
    Getting inside the vehicle had been the easy part.
    Getting the old truck to move…before they got their heads blown off…
    Tricky.
    His hands went to work under the dashboard.
    Bam! Bam!
    Two bullets had just slammed into the side of the truck.
    But Saxon had just succeeded in hot-wiring the ride, and the truck’s engine was growling to life. He shifted gears, reversed fast and hard, and sent their attackers scrambling for their lives. Then he slammed that gas pedal all the way against the floorboard and got them the hell out of there.
    Taggert’s men had found them, but they would be running back to their boss empty-handed.
    A red light was up ahead. Saxon didn’t even slow down. He raced