Amber Beach by Lowell Elizabeth

Author:Lowell, Elizabeth [Lowell, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Romance Suspense, Historical, Fiction
ISBN: 9780061797521
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2009-10-13T07:00:00+00:00

13

Honor’s horrified expression told Jake everything he didn’t want to know. She was looking at him the way a kid would look at the man who shot and mounted Santa’s reindeer on the den wall.

He took the phone from her hand before she could stop him. “Hello, Archer. Telling lies again, I see.”

Silence came, then a swiftly drawn breath. “Mallory!”

“Yeah.”

“You son of a hitch. If you so much as touch Honor I’ll…”

“Shove it”, Jake said through his teeth. “You’re the one who sent her to the firing line, not me.”

“I didn’t know…”

“Shove that, too”, Jake interrupted. “There’s a lot you don’t know but it hasn’t stopped you from shooting off your goddamn mouth, has it?”

“Listen, you assh…”

“You listen”, Jake said, talking right over Archer. “I’ve had it with you Donovans riding roughshod over all the rest of us. Kyle took that amber and ran, and all your Donovan lies won’t pin that stinking rose on me. Got that?”

“Put Honor back on.”

“When I’m finished.”

“Oh, you’re finished all right”, Archer said softly. “You hurt Honor and I’ll bury you alive.”

“Better make sure she isn’t buried with me.”

“Are you threatening to…”

“I’m telling you”, Jake snarled. “I’m not the only one here. Dimitri Pavlov showed up on Honor’s doorstep a week ago.”

“What?”

“He answered her ad for a fishing guide.”

“Jesus.”

“Then there’s the guy who tossed Kyle’s cottage last night. He was a pro, too. He left a mess as a warning, but he was so quiet about it Honor almost didn’t wake up and get out the window to me before he got around to questioning her.”

Honor stiffened as though she had been slapped. It was one thing to fear a burglar who maybe had more on his mind than theft. It was another to hear violence talked about as though it were so many ounces of amber, jade, or pearls.

Jake flicked a glance at Honor, then concentrated on Archer again. The silence on the other end of the line would have bothered most people. It didn’t bother Jake. He knew Archer well enough to know that he had put his emotions on hold; right now Archer was sorting through the mess in search of solutions with a speed and clarity that had overwhelmed more than one competitor.

Besides, Jake had plenty to keep him occupied without Archer snarling in his ear. Honor was edging away from him, easing closer to the point where she could lunge out of bed and beyond his reach. He didn’t know what was going on behind her wide, green-gold eyes, but he had no doubt that if he let her go he wouldn’t see her again.

“Anything else?” Archer asked after a moment.

“Does the Forest Brotherhood have a line on the Amber Room?” Jake asked.

Archer started swearing.

“I’ll take that as a hearty yes”, Jake interrupted, watching Honor without seeming to. “Which means that Kyle knew about it through Marju, right?”

“You’ll have to ask Marju”, Archer said.

“Ask her for me.”

“We’d have to find her first.”

“Shouldn’t be tough. Try your home office.”

“What makes

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