Bleeding Hearts: A Dark Captive Romance (Heartbreaker Book 1) by Stella Hart

Author:Stella Hart [Hart, Stella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-16T16:00:00+00:00

15

Agent Jason West

I leaned back in my chair and rubbed my eyes. Early mornings and late nights were beginning to get to me, but it was necessary. We had a killer on the loose, and the public was losing faith in their police force as well as those of us here at the FBI. Fifteen years, and this bloodthirsty creature had stalked the city, targeting people and tearing them apart after weeks of isolation and torture.

“Agent West?”

I glanced up to see one of our young analysts standing by my desk. “Yes?” I sat up straight.

“There’s someone here to see you,” she said. “The guy at the front desk asked me to find you and see if it’s okay.”

“Who is it?”

“Some girl named Samara Silva.”

I frowned and glanced over my schedule. “I don’t have a meeting with anyone by that name.”

“I know. But she said she wants to speak with you. Said it’s urgent. Apparently it’s about that intern girl who used to work here. The one who left suddenly.”

My brows shot up. “Celeste Riley?”

The analyst nodded. “Anyway, just letting you know she’s out there. I have to get to a meeting now.”

“Thanks for letting me know.” I stood and headed down the hall.

Usually I wouldn’t take a meeting with any old stranger who walked in here, but I’d always had a soft spot for Celeste. She was polite, good at her tasks, and whip smart. A bit shy and sad-looking, maybe, but I could tell she had a backbone lurking somewhere under all of that. It was a real shame when she left, and I was curious what this Samara Silva had to say about it.

I stepped into the reception room. A woman was standing there, nervously shifting her weight from foot to foot. She looked to be in her early twenties, with dark skin and shiny black curls.

“Ms. Silva?”

The young woman looked over at me. Her face fell with relief, and she hurried over to me. “Thank you for seeing me, Agent West.”

“May I ask what this is about? I was told it was something to do with Celeste Riley.”

She nodded anxiously. “Can we go somewhere private?”

“Sure.” I led her into one of the conference rooms, then directed her to sit. I remained standing. “What’s going on, Ms. Silva? Is Celeste all right?”

She picked at a nail. I could see that she’d already bitten most of them all the way down to the quick. “I thought… I thought maybe you could help me. Nothing is happening, and I’m getting….” She trailed off as her hazel eyes filled with tears.

I put a comforting hand on her shoulder. “Take a deep breath. Start from the beginning.”

She nodded and did what I said, gulping in several deep breaths before speaking up again. “Celeste has been missing for weeks now.”

“I was under the impression she—”

Samara held a hand up. “She’s missing. Believe me.”

My forehead crinkled, and I sat down. “Go on.”

“She disappeared on her birthday. I saw her earlier that day, but I left to finish setting up her party.

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