of the roof.

 

Knox’s eyes bulged as she finally saw what his plan was. She started to scream

but it died in her throat.

 

Puller’s hand still clamped around hers, they reached the small ledge, pushed

off, and soared over the alley below.

 

For a long moment it seemed like they were suspended in the air, moving neither

forward nor back.

 

Their momentum carried them over the multistory drop.

 

They hit the roof of the adjacent building, tucked, and rolled.

 

Before Knox could even catch her breath, Puller jerked her up and pulled her

toward the access door on the building’s rooftop. He busted through it and

pulled her inside and closed the door just as the men broke through the door on

the roof of the building they had just been in. The armed men raced over the

expanse of the roof looking for them.

 

Meanwhile, in the other building Puller and Knox clattered down the steps. They

reached the ground floor and Puller found an exterior door leading to the side

opposite the building they’d just leapt from. They pounded down the street.