Colorado Bodyguard by Cindi Myers

Author:Cindi Myers
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarlequinUKLtd
Published: 2015-07-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

The room tipped and wobbled, and gray clouds rushed to swallow Sophie. Then Rand’s arm was around her, supporting her as he led her to the bed and gently pushed her down to sit on the edge of the bare mattress. “Put your head between your knees,” he said, pressing on her back until she bent forward and did as he commanded. “Now breathe in, deeply, not too fast. You’re going to be all right.”

She gripped his hand, aware of how icy she felt, all over. “Who did this?” she asked when she was able to sit upright and breathe again. She kept her eyes fixed on his, avoiding looking at the violence that had been wrought on the room around her.

“I don’t know, but we’ll find out.” He continued to hold her hand, worry making him look older, as if she was glimpsing the man he’d be ten years from now. The idea reassured her, somehow. “Are you all right?” he asked.

She nodded and sat up straighter, forcing herself to release her grip on his hand, though as soon as they broke contact she felt bereft, and colder still. “Why would someone do this...to me?”

He shook his head. “Do you want to wait in the car until the local cops get here?”

“Will you wait with me?”

“Yes.”

He led her outside, leaving the door open a few inches, the way they had found it. Lotte whined when Rand slid into the driver’s seat, and pressed her nose against the grill. “She knows something’s up,” he said, and scratched her through the grate. “She wants to get out and go to work.”

“Would she be able to track whoever did this?” Sophie forced herself to look at the dog, at the powerful muscles of her legs and shoulders, and the alert, forward tilt of her velvety ears. She was a beautiful animal, one likely to strike fear in the heart of anyone she turned against.

Sophie faced forward once more. Lotte wasn’t turned against her. Rand wouldn’t let the dog hurt her. She had to remember that.

They heard the police getting closer, sirens wailing. Two black-and-whites sped into the motel lot, one behind the other, and skidded to a halt behind Rand’s SUV. Rand opened his door. “I’m going to talk to them, but they’ll probably have questions for you, too.”

She nodded. “Sure.”

The four officers—a woman, two white men and a black man—stood in a huddle outside the door, talking with Rand. Occasionally one of the men glanced her way, but too briefly for her to read his expression. After a moment, all five of them went into the room, where they stayed for what seemed like a long while.

Lotte panted softly, and Sophie sensed the dog’s attention focused on the open room door, as well. Was this because Rand was inside, or because Lotte sensed that violence had taken place in there, the kind of violence she was trained to stop?

After half an hour or more, the female officer emerged from the room and walked over to Sophie’s side of the vehicle.

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