“Get an ambulance!” She recognized Nick’s voice.
Catherine wasn’t sure how long he had been leaning over her, pressing a cloth of some kind against her shoulder. The pain had flared up like a dead campfire and begun moving down her arm and across her chest. She tried to reach for Nick’s hand but the gap seemed a thousand miles away.
“Take it easy, Catherine,” Nick said. His voice was low and reassuring in her ear. “The bullet grazed your shoulder. You’re gonna be okay. Medics will be here in a couple minutes. You following me, sweetheart?”
She had managed to take hold of his hand, or maybe he had found hers, she wasn’t sure. She squeezed his fingers and nodded. “I’m with you,” she heard herself whisper.
“Beckman’s dead,” he said. “It’s over, sweetheart.”
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Berkley Prime Crime titles by Margaret Coel
BLOOD MEMORY
THE PERFECT SUSPECT
Wind River Mysteries
THE EAGLE CATCHER
THE GHOST WALKER
THE DREAM STALKER
THE STORY TELLER
THE LOST BIRD
THE SPIRIT WOMAN
THE THUNDER KEEPER
THE SHADOW DANCER
KILLING RAVEN
WIFE OF MOON
EYE OF THE WOLF
THE DROWNING MAN
THE GIRL WITH BRAIDED HAIR
THE SILENT SPIRIT
THE SPIDER’S WEB
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