A Matter of Grave Concern by Novak Brenda

Author:Novak, Brenda [Novak, Brenda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2014-10-07T07:00:00+00:00

Max managed to get the gun away from Peter, but it hadn’t been easy with Jack trying to retaliate by coming after the man with that knife of his.

“Stupid bastard.” Jack glowered at Peter while Max pinned him to the wall.

Max thought Bill had been seriously injured. Jack’s brother sat slumped on the floor, where he’d fallen when the gun went off. But a closer look revealed that the bullet had only grazed his arm.

“That bloke shot me,” he said, eyes glazed.

“Don’t you worry, brother, he ever comes at us again, he’ll get what’s comin’ to him.” Jack turned the knife in his hand. “Then we’ll have us another corpse to sell.”

“Sometimes I think you’d sell mine, Jack,” his brother mumbled.

“Just don’t die on me,” Jack said with a laugh.

Feeling as if Jack could finally be trusted to restrain himself for the moment, Max turned his attention to Tom’s brother. “Are you finished here? I dare say it’s time for you to go home while you can still do so with all your body parts intact.”

“You should have let me kill him,” Jack said. “It would have been self-defense, clear and simple.”

“No one’s going to hurt him,” Max said.

“What have you done with my brother?” Peter asked, but he looked deflated, more distraught than dangerous.

Max addressed Bill and Jack. “Where does he belong? I’ll take him to his wife.”

“He has no wife—or other family,” Bill said.

“Except Tom,” Max reminded him.

The Hurtsills exchanged a look that made the blood run cold in Max’s veins. There was no more brother—no more Tom. Max felt certain of it. But just as he was about to call Bill on the slip, he saw Abby standing on the steps, gaping at the scene below her.

“Go back upstairs,” he said.

She didn’t do as he directed. She shook her head. “No. I’m leaving. I’m finished here.”

She hurried down the final three steps and attempted to circumvent them, but Jack intercepted her.

“You’re not goin’ anywhere,” he said. “You had us give that money back to the college, said you’d help us replace it and you’re gonna do just that. I won’t have you betray me like this bastard’s brother did. We’re goin’ to be a mite more careful around here. So get your pretty little arse up those stairs before you wind up in my bed instead of Max’s.”

Her gaze riveted on the blood seeping down Bill’s arm. “I want no part of this.”

“What, you can’t take a little blood?” Jack scoffed.

“It’s not the blood I’m worried about.” When she met his gaze, her eyes narrowed with scathing accusation. “I’m afraid you killed Tom.”

“It’s that kind of talk that’ll get you in trouble,” he warned. “I don’t know where Tom is. I haven’t seen him, and I won’t have you saying otherwise—to anyone. You understand? You decided to become one of us. It’s too late to back out now.”

She licked her lips, obviously nervous. “You’re not . . . you’re not going to have Max lock me in the room again.

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