5 Bodies to Die For by Stephanie Bond

Author:Stephanie Bond [Bond, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2009-09-08T22:00:00+00:00

16

Carlotta walked into the police precinct and checked in with Brooklyn, who was standing behind the Plexiglas window.

“You’re here bright and early,” Brooklyn said.

“I’m scheduled to take a polygraph exam.”

“Yeah, I see it here,” the woman confirmed, scanning a computer screen. “But the examiner won’t be here for another thirty minutes. Do you want a magazine?”

Carlotta pursed her mouth. “Is Jack in by chance?”

“Man’s been sleeping here.”

“Officers can sleep here?”

“Yeah, but he’s here more than most. But something tells me he wouldn’t mind if you woke him up, baby doll.” She hit a button and a buzzing noise sounded. “Take a left at the soda machine and go to the black door at the end of the hallway.”

Carlotta nodded and walked through the secure door from the lobby. The bull pen and offices on the other side were subdued compared to their normal levels of activity. She spotted Agents Wick and Green standing across the room, but they were angled away from her. She slipped out of sight and down the hallway. At a black door, she hesitated, then put her hand on the knob and turned.

The interior of the room was dark and quiet…except for a familiar low snore. She smiled and stepped inside. Rows of bunks were situated on either side. All the beds within her immediate sight were empty. A night-light illuminated her way to a bunk in the far corner. As her eyes acclimated to the darkness, she could make out Jack’s large form. He lay on his back wearing slacks and an undershirt, his broad chest rising and falling. His rugged features were relaxed and handsome, but his eyes twitched, belying his otherwise peaceful posture. Still, she enjoyed the chance to study him unobserved—he was such a physical man that seeing him shut down was almost jarring.

He looked so tired she decided not to wake him and turned to go. Then his hand darted out to grab her and he pulled her down on top of him. Carlotta gasped, squirming. “Jack, what are you doing?”

“Right now I’m missing that magic skirt,” he murmured thickly. “It’s harder to get into your pants when you’re wearing pants, but I’m game.”

She pushed at him and wound up straddling him, with him holding her wrists. “I thought you were asleep,” she said, exasperated.

“I sleep with one eye open.”

“And a hard-on?” she asked wryly.

He grinned. “You noticed, huh? Well, since you’re here—”

“You’re incorrigible.”

“I know.” He sighed. “If you’re not going to shag me, I guess I should get up.”

“You have to let me go first.”

He made a rueful noise. “And therein lies my dilemma.”

Their gazes locked and she wished she knew what was going on behind those gold-tinted eyes of his. He released her wrists and she pushed to her feet. Jack swung his legs over the side of the bunk and stretched his arms overhead with a grunt.

“Do you sleep here often?” she asked.

“More, lately.”

“Did anything develop on the case after we talked last night?”

“There was a reported sighting of Michael Lane in Athens yesterday that finally made it to us around midnight.

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