Redline

by Alex van Tol

  The night air cools my skin. I wait for my breathing to return to normal.

  “I don’t know how,” he continues, “but I saw them there, lying in wait. I’m sure they’ve been wanting to make a bust for quite some time.”

  I look up at his face.

  He smiles at me. “Thought I’d let them catch the badass tonight.”

  I rub my hands over my face. I run my hands through my hair and sit back in my seat. I stare up at the roof. Let out a long breath.

  Finally I turn to look at him. “Yeah?” I say. I give him a weak smile. “Who says they caught the right one?”

  He grins and stoops to kiss me.

  I want to cry. I want to laugh.

  I want to live.

  Acknowledgments

  My thanks to Beth Gracia, my track-racing insurance agent (!), who was a great source of information in writing this book.

  Alex Van Tol has been writing for as long as she can remember. A freelance writer, she is the author of Knifepoint, Viral and Gravity Check, all from Orca Book Publishers. Alex lives in Victoria, British Columbia, and dreams of Bora Bora.

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