Danger on Dakota Ridge by Cindi Myers

Author:Cindi Myers
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-07-10T19:46:59+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Rob grabbed Paige’s hand and dragged her away from the spreading flames, toward the back door. He tugged his phone from his pocket as he moved and handed it to her. “Call 9-1-1,” he said, and drew his gun.

Smoke was already filling the rooms, and he could hear the crackling sound of the fire spreading rapidly behind them. He eased open the back door and cautiously checked outside. No sign of anyone. Paige had reached the emergency operator and was reporting the fire, her voice surprisingly calm. He took her free hand in his and tugged her out of the house and around toward the front—in time to hear the screech of tires and catch a glimpse of a dark vehicle speeding away.

By the time they had made it into the front yard, the wail of sirens filled the air. He stared after the retreating car, swearing to himself, but a gasp from Paige made him turn around.

“My house!” she moaned, as flames leaped to the second story of the structure.

Rob pulled her close. “You’re safe,” he said. “Parker is safe. You can build another house.”

She nodded, but he could tell she was fighting to hold back tears. She looked up at him. “What happened?”

“Someone threw a firebomb through your front window,” he said. “A Molotov cocktail or something similar would be my best guess.” The flames had spread so rapidly they must have been helped along by gasoline or some other fuel.

She shuddered. “Who hates me so much?”

He put away his gun so that he could wrap both arms around her. “I don’t know,” he said. “But I won’t give up until I find out.”

She fumbled at his chest, and he realized she was doing up the buttons on his shirt—the ones that were left, anyway. “You probably want to, um, straighten up before the firefighters get here,” she suggested.

He took over buttoning the shirt and tucking it into his pants. “I’m sorry we were interrupted,” he said.

But she didn’t answer, her gaze fixed on the sheriff’s department SUV pulling in across the street, followed by an Eagle Mountain Volunteer Fire Department pumper and ladder truck. The firefighters poured out of the vehicles and went to work right away. Rob and Paige walked out to meet Gage, who was just getting out of the SUV.

“What happened?” he asked. He scowled at the burning house. The flames were already licking at the roof.

“Someone threw something through the front window,” Paige said. “In broad daylight.”

A second SUV parked behind Gage’s, and Travis climbed out. His fiancée, Lacy Milligan, got out of the passenger side. Lacy hurried to Paige and embraced her. “Travis and I were headed to his folks’ place for dinner when the call came in,” she said. “I’m so glad you’re okay.”

“Rob says this wasn’t an accidental fire,” Gage said, as Travis joined the two men, a short distance away from the women.

“Paige and I were in the front hall when someone threw a firebomb through the front window,” Rob said.

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