Cowboy's Reckoning by B.J. Daniels

Author:B.J. Daniels
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2017-12-27T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

HENRY DROVE HER back to her house as the sky deepened to twilight. He walked her to the door and stepped inside. It didn’t take him long to make sure that Barnes hadn’t already broken in and was waiting for her.

Back outside, he walked quickly to his car and drove away. He hadn’t noticed anyone loitering in the area, but he also had made a point not to look too hard. He wanted Barnes to think it was safe for him to make his move. The sooner this ended, the better for all of them.

Six blocks away, after making sure he hadn’t been followed, he pulled over and parked. His Glock was strapped on under his big winter coat. He climbed out and wove his way through her neighborhood, this time looking for Barnes. He didn’t expect to see him.

Billie Dee was convinced just as he was that Barnes would strike in the dead of night. He would want the advantage of surprise. He would also want the darkness to help him make a clean getaway. The man was a cold-blooded killer and vindictive as hell, but he wasn’t suicidal. He’d already taken care of one marshal—and filed harassment charges because the feds had been following him when he got out of prison.

Under normal circumstances, local law enforcement would be notified that Barnes was in Gilt Edge and a danger to one of its citizens. But since the sheriff’s brother and sister were her employers, Henry had guessed that Billie Dee didn’t want Flint knowing. Not that his friend in the Justice Department wanted the local sheriff involved, either.

The program already had a black eye after Barnes had gotten to Billie Dee at the safe house. The last thing the Justice Department wanted was this turning into a media circus. If anything happened to Billie Dee... That was when his friend had called, glad that Henry was living just miles from where Billie Dee was working. The Justice Department had known for months that Gary Barnes might be getting out of prison. They had feared Billie Dee would run if she knew.

So Henry had made a point of getting to know her. What he hadn’t expected was that he’d fall in love the way he had. But the woman was warm and funny, sweet and loving, and she could cook. He had felt himself coming back to life just being around her. And all the while, Gary Barnes had been hanging over their heads.

If all went well, no one would ever know what was going to happen here. If it didn’t...well, then everyone would know because he and Billie Dee would be dead.

As he neared the back of her house, he slowed. Last night’s snowfall gave him the advantage of knowing if anyone had been sneaking around the house. Or if anyone might be in the backyard.

Keeping to the growing darkness of the pines, he advanced on the house looking for tracks. There were none—other than his own—and there was no way to hide them.

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