Can't Let Go--A Bad Boy Romance by Gena Showalter

Author:Gena Showalter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2017-11-03T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

ON THE MAD dash to the Scratching Post, Jude called Daniel to explain the situation. There was no reason to phone 911. With the security system they’d installed, emergency crews had been notified the moment the fire alarm sounded.

Adrenaline surged through his veins as if he were hooked to an IV. His muscles felt bigger, his bones stronger, like steel. His heart galloped toward a finish line he couldn’t see.

Ryanne sat in the passenger seat of his truck, as still as a statue. He’d wanted her to stay behind, this woman who’d shared dark pieces of her past, giving him a glimpse of the little girl she used to be, with dark, wavy hair and a mischievous gleam in her eyes. A gleam that slowly faded as loved ones had let her down and moved on, and adults had betrayed her trust. If she were hurt today...

When Jude noticed a fire just outside the town square, multiple fire trucks already on-site, he hung up on Daniel.

What was the likelihood of two fires happening on the same night? Not high.

Over the years, Jude had seen firsthand how terrorists operated. He suspected Dushku had set this fire first in order to keep the firemen busy. Too busy to deal with a second blaze.

Bastard!

One way or another, Ryanne was going to be hurt today. If not physically, then mentally or emotionally. Hell, even financially.

Already pale and waxen, she pressed a hand over her mouth and cried, “Belle and the kittens.”

“I haven’t forgotten. They are my first priority.” Belle could probably escape through a window, if one had been left open, or even through the bar, but she wouldn’t be able to carry out all of her babies.

Panic waited at the periphery of his thoughts, but years of situational training and actual combat helped keep it at bay. Act now, react later.

“Call Vandercamp,” he said. “Let him know we’re going to need him at the scene with medical supplies. Just in case.”

She obeyed, and ended the conversation with, “Get there as fast as you can, Brett.”

Jude glanced in the rearview mirror. Despite breaking speed records, Daniel and Brock had already caught up with him, and now remained on his six.

“If the bar burns down, I’ll lose my livelihood, home and every memento I have of Earl.” Never had Ryanne’s voice sounded so hollow. “All in a single night.”

He would sell an organ on the black market, if necessary, to buy her a new home. “Stuff can be replaced. You’ll always have your—never mind. I can’t believe I was about to tell you the trite things others have said to me. I’m sorry.”

Streaks of black painted the horizon, an obscenity in the sky, and Ryanne whimpered, only strengthening his rage. Dushku had done this.

Dushku would pay.

The truck crested the hill, the Scratching Post finally coming into view. Smoke billowed through the windows, and flames crackled along one side of the building. Perhaps most of the structure could be saved?

He drove off-road, speeding toward the bar, his truck’s tires flinging dirt and gravel.

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