Cynthia Eden by Deadly Lies

Author:Deadly Lies
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Suspense, Fiction
ISBN: 9780446559256
Publisher: Forever
Published: 2011-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER Ten

Spotlights shone down on the body. Max stood behind the yellow police tape, but he could see the woman, see the red that bloomed from her chest. The blood that mixed with the trash and the mud beneath her.

“Let him through!” Dante’s order broke the air, and suddenly, Max was pulled under the tape and led closer to the scene.

“You know what’s happening,” Dante said.

No, he didn’t have a clue. He just knew dead bodies were turning up and that wasn’t good.

“The lead kidnapper’s covering his tracks. Taking out his team and eliminating anyone who can ID him.”

“What about Quinlan?”

A muscle worked in Dante’s jaw. “At this point…” Dante ran a hand over the back of his neck. “I’m sorry, Ridgeway, but the odds of his survival are slim.”

Max took that hit, and his hands fisted.

“We were so damn close to her.” He could still see her face. Wide eyes, staring at him with recognition before she’d run into the night. “If she’d just talked to us…”

“Then she might not have wound up with her heart nearly carved out.” Brutal.

The agent wasn’t pulling any punches.

“You’re seeing this!”

Max turned at the voice. Samantha’s voice. Angry, fierce, and splitting with emotion.

She was at the south side entrance to the alley. Her hand was clamped around another woman’s arm—the redheaded bartender who’d alerted the blonde and who’d tripped Samantha when they gave chase.

Those few moments… if they’d just had…

“Uh, Sam?” Dante rushed toward her, even as he motioned for Max to stay back. “Sam, what are you—”

She ducked under the police tape and hauled the woman after her.

The bartender screamed, “No, fuck, no, I don’t want to—”

“I don’t give a damn what you want.” Samantha jerked to a halt and glared at her. “Your friend is dead, and you are going to see her.”

The woman shook her head and tried to back away.

Samantha didn’t let her budge.

“Sam…” Dante closed in on her. “Crime scene, remember? You can’t just—”

“I’m out of time.” And just like that, the heat was gone from her voice. She sounded flat. Sad.

Max stepped toward her. Instantly a cop was there, putting a hand against his chest and stopping him. Making sure he didn’t contaminate the scene. Right. Like he probably hadn’t screwed the scene when he’d trampled through the alley the first time.

“I’m out of time,” Samantha said, “and so is Quinlan Malone.”

The bartender wasn’t looking at the body on the ground. “I-I don’t know any—”

“My brother,” Max snapped. “His name’s Quinlan Malone, and he’s missing.”

Samantha glanced his way. Their eyes held for a beat of time. Then she dropped her hold and stepped to the side. The redhead got a full view of the dead woman. “No!” The bartender whirled away, shaking.

Samantha stared at the woman’s back. “You were friends, Gina.”

Gina gave a fast nod.

“You warned her to get out of the bar, but you should have listened to me. I told you I could help her.”

Gina’s shoulders shook as she cried—loud, gulping sobs.

“I need to find the man who did this,” Samantha said.

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