Chapter Twenty-Two
Loud ringing in my ears. Pain in my shoulder, my arm, my hip, my head. I blinked my eyes open. Dark. My side of the Range Rover was crushed inward, just behind my seat. A foot to one side and my skull would be embedded in the trunk of a large pine tree.
"Mack? Are you injured?"
I could barely hear Charlie’s voice over the ringing in my ears. I cautiously lifted my head. Then my arm. Took inventory of the remaining pains. "I think I’m okay."
Charlie unsnapped his seatbelt and levered his door open. "We didn’t quite make it, but we’re close. Probably better to leave the vehicle here under tree cover in any case."
"Didn’t make it where?"
The Brit wriggled himself free of the vehicle, then turned and offered me a hand. I grabbed his wrist. Together, we pulled until I h
