KIERAN WAITED UNTIL he saw both Melissa and Zack head away from him towards the rear of the station to leave his hiding place. The bushes on either side of him caught at his clothes as he pulled himself free of them, but he gave no thought to any damage that might have been done, either to his clothes or to him. The only thing that mattered was getting to his targets before they got inside and made things more difficult for him.
He darted across the car park as quickly as he could without breaking into a full run, switching his weapons over so he was carrying his shotgun in his left hand, while the knife was in his right and ready to be used, as he did so. It seemed to him that his footsteps were as loud as the passage of a whole herd of elephants, and he was convinced that the clatter ma
