“Her feet scrabbled against the asphalt of the car park, the grip of leather sandals puny in comparison with her attacker’s sneakers. She could make out only the vague outline of a medium-sized frame with a head sleek as a seal, but that was enough to see that already the shoulders were tensing to lift the bat in a second backswing, aimed straight at her head. With no time even to think, Lindsay acted on pure instinct. As he swung the bat from above his left shoulder, she leapt forwards and to t...he side, so that she undercut the arc of the blow. Then, hitting the ground running, suddenly she was past him, sprinting for the street with a turn of speed she had no idea she possessed. Faster than she’d ever run along the beach at Half Moon Bay, she headed across the car park at the angle that would bring her to the street most quickly. Her blood thudding in her ears and her own breathing sounding loud as a steam engine to her heightened senses, Lindsay pounded the asphalt, aiming for the light.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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