Dark Destiny by Avelyn Paige & Geri Glenn

Author:Avelyn Paige & Geri Glenn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Avelyn Paige

DELILAH

There’s something off in the air when I arrive back at the jail. I could feel it as soon as I stepped outside. Its inky weirdness spread all over me when I stepped inside the building, only to find the sheriff speaking with Jessica. Both of them turn to me when I make my way toward them.

“Miss Walker.” The sheriff smiles, approaching me with his hand extended. “It’s so nice to make your acquaintance in person.” His heavy southern accent is loaded with fake sincerity and charm.

“To what do I owe this pleasure, Sheriff?” I’d been here for months now, and most of that time, I had been trying to get an audience with his highness, but he’d been dodging my calls and never returning my messages.

“Just offering a friendly ‘hello’ to you, that’s all.”

I raise my brow. The weirdness from outside is spreading inside.

“If you have some free time, I’d love to sit down and chat with you. I’ve been trying to get onto your appointment calendar, but your secretary said you were booked solid.”

“Yes, I am,” he drawls.

“Well, you don’t seem to be tied down right now. Do you have time for a quick chat?”

“I wish I did, Miss Walker, but I’m on my way out for the day. Meetings with the mayor and governor, you see.” He offers me a cocky grin. “Try giving Dolores that call again.”

Because, of course, he had big meetings. What do you want to bet these meetings will be taking place on a golf course with a case of beer being lugged around by their own personal caddy?

He dips his hat to the both of us before heading out of the door, without so much as a second glance. I pivot to Jessica, who stands sternly, and uneasily silent.

“Everything okay?” I inquire.

“Fine. Your class will be a bit smaller today.”

“Why’s that?”

“Nothing for you to be concerned about.”

“I think I have a right to know where my animals are, Jessica.”

“All the dogs are in their kennels.

“Okay?”

A voice calls out over the radio on her shoulder. Leaning into it, she answers back. “I have to go. You know the way to the kennels.” She takes off in the opposite direction of the kennels with fire, leaving a trail from her black leather boots.

First, the sheriff showing up. Now, Jessica not giving me the time of day. What’s next?

Getting to the kennel areas, I realize I should have never asked that question. When Jessica said small class, I had no idea she meant over half the participants would be missing, including Rhett and Buddy. Penelope and Rocco are where they should be in their kennels, but the two men are missing, along with so many others. Even Chad is nowhere to be seen, though his absence is a welcome one.

What’s happened? Was there an illness going through the cell blocks? So many scenarios explaining his—I mean, their absences, run through my mind. The room seems so empty without him—them! God. I have Rhett on my mind.

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