Chasing Shadows (South Shores, Book 1) by Karen Harper

Author:Karen Harper [Harper, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2016-11-30T23:00:00+00:00

17

Nick went to a full sprint. He saw no one ahead or off to the side. He went by sound, someone crashing through brush, feet flying.

This was the direction where Bronco lived. Claire said he’d been on the grounds this morning. But whoever he was chasing was heading along the river, away from Shadowlawn.

Damn, the guy had a big head start on him. He saw nothing, heard nothing now but his own ragged breathing and crunching strides through cypress needles and dried leaves. Not only had he not glimpsed anyone, but the guy seemed to have vanished, as if he’d gone into the river. Nick stopped, panting, still looking around. When he leaned over with hands on his knees and sucked in huge gasps of humid air, his sunglasses fell off the top of his head and hit the ground. He’d taken them off to get closer to Claire and he had to get back to her now. What if this was some sort of diversion? But he still felt he was the one being watched, not her. If he thought she was in danger, he’d send her home.

Swearing under his breath, he jammed his glasses on his face and jogged back toward where he’d left Claire. As he skirted Bronco’s trailer site, he saw the big man, raking ashes out of his fire pit. He didn’t look out of breath or sweaty. So much for his number one suspect spying on them. He bet Neil couldn’t run like that. Or Jasmine? Some outsider, the same one who had hit Jace Britten over the head when he got too close to the house?

He couldn’t bear to admit what scared him most, not out here, far from southwest Florida. But he had to admit that Clayton Ames’s reach was long and dangerous. When those shots had killed Fred Myron and wounded Claire at the courthouse, Nick had been near and moving toward them. But surely, if Ames sent someone to take him out, he’d send the best. Ames liked to toy with his prey—torment and torture. Nick knew he’d been a thorn in the man’s side for years, and he wasn’t going to stop. Unless he was stopped.

As he emerged from the trees near his car, Claire tapped his car horn. Good girl! She was peering out at him from the passenger side. He was relieved to see she was safe, along with his traveling office of files and laptop he kept in the car.

She popped open the locks as he hurried to the car and got in.

“See anyone?” she asked.

He shook his head, still out of breath. “Heard him running for a while. Lost him by the river near Bronco’s camp. But it wasn’t him, because I saw him calm and quiet there. You sure Jace flew west?”

“Of course he did! Don’t be ridiculous.”

“Nice to hear you defending him.”

“I wasn’t. You might as well blame that darn ghost again.”

“Don’t kid about that.”

“Could it have been a woman?”

“Jasmine can’t run that fast.

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