CHAPTER THIRTY
Riley was yanked backwards by a hard loop around her throat.
Barbed wire, she realized, as her attacker pulled her whole body against him.
A split-second before, she had seen coils of barbed wire scattered on the floor. Now she could feel two sharp barbs, spaced widely across her neck.
She stood very still, watching to see what Crivaro would do.
He had drawn his weapon, but Riley knew that Dr. Gibson was using her as a shield. She didn’t doubt that Crivaro’s aim was good enough to shoot the man in the head if he chose to. He looked like he was evaluating the risk. But judging by his expression, he didn’t want to take the shot.
And at the moment, she didn’t much want him to.
As she tried to think through what was happening and what to do about it, Riley was surprised t
