Armed and Dangerous by Jo Davis

Author:Jo Davis
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2013-03-11T16:00:00+00:00

5

Shane drove as fast as possible toward the church, hyperaware of Daisy sitting so close. He was trying to keep his focus on their new lead, but it wasn’t easy. Now that he’d tasted her again and again, he only wanted more—which was the worst of possible ideas. He was going to break her heart.

Only he was starting to suspect his would take a giant blow as well.

Daisy cut into his morose thoughts. “So, Nikki Thompson wasn’t a swinger, just a nice girl who worked as William’s church secretary.”

“Maybe not as much of a good girl as it seems on the surface.”

“Possibly.”

“Now the question is, if she ran afoul of William or Allie, what happened? And how does her death relate to Vanessa’s, not to mention why the others were taken?”

“Good question.” Using his hands-free unit, he called Taylor’s cell phone. His partner answered on the second ring.

“What’s up?”

“The first victim, Nikki Thompson. Was she a member at Ashwood?”

“No. Chris and I had already checked that against our missing people and she still has no obvious connection to them that we can find.”

“She does now,” Shane told him. “Just found out from Jimmy and Marla Glenn that not only did Nikki work at Lamb of God—she was Reverend William Wakefield’s church secretary.”

He waited for the explosion. It wasn’t long in coming.

“What?” his partner practically shouted. “Fuck me! How the hell did I miss this?”

“Hey, don’t kick yourself. We were bound to connect them sooner or later.”

“Wakefield is a minister? I can’t believe this.” He huffed a breath on the other end of the line. “Makes sense with the rosary being left with the victims. It’s not nearly enough to tie him to the murders, though.”

“I know. Right now we’re just going to pay him and his wife a visit. See how they react.”

“Be careful. Call for backup if you need us.”

“Will do.”

Ending the call, he looked at Daisy. “Let’s go rattle another apple tree.”

“Can’t wait.”

Shane parked in the lot right in front of the church’s main doors and they got out, surveying the place. The building was big and beautiful in the sunlight, with a tall steeple pointing the way to heaven. A shiver went through him.

“Think they’ll be in the church?” Daisy asked. “I noticed there’s a cottage out back. Looks like it could be the reverend’s private residence.”

“We’ll try the main sanctuary first, then the cottage if necessary.”

They strolled up the wide stone steps and made their way inside. The vestibule and the congregational seating area beyond were grand, with rich wood, stained glass windows, and soaring ceilings. Shane spotted the good reverend near the altar, perusing a sheaf of papers in his hand.

“William Wakefield?” Shane called. The man in question turned and got a good look at Shane.

And promptly dropped his papers.

It was almost funny, but Shane refrained from cracking a smile. Instead, he and Daisy moved forward to where the reverend crouched, gathering his work with shaking hands.

“I—you startled me,” he said breathlessly. Giving them a weak smile, he stood and clutched the papers to his chest as though they were armor.

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