From BLOOD ON THE MOUNTAIN by David Burton
The man snorted. “No, no. You’re Hedy Duchene and you are looking for someone to help you get to Rubicon. Tell us who you’re meeting and you live. Don’t and you die.”
“Fuck off.” Hedy thought she was doing a good job of playing it cool, but she didn’t want to die. Not right then, anyway.
The woman, who had a surprisingly strong grip on her upper arm, said, “She’s not smart enough to talk. Let’s finish this.”
“Perhaps a closer view of the trees will convince her.”
They dragged her to the door.
“What about him?” Hedy jerked her head toward Eyes.
The woman said, “Oh, he attacked you, you know how men are, and we had to push him out.”
The man slid open the door.
“So you’re going to push me out to kill me, right?”
“Unless you tell us what we want.”
“So, self-defense,” she muttered. A moment later, “Oh my God!” Suddenly weak-kneed Hedy bent forward, twisting to her left, forcing the woman on the right to step close to the edge. Out of sight of the assassins Hedy reached into her purse for her gun. “Oh, I’m better now.”
She straightened up with a jerk while swinging her arm behind the woman. It was an awkward angle for her, but the woman got the idea when Hedy pressed the gun against her back. “Can you fly, bitch?”
“Arrêtez. Suffisant!” Eyes shouted.
“No, not enough.” Catching the assassin by surprise with a full swipe of her hip, Hedy bumped the woman to the edge of the door and kicked her out.
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