Deadly Alliances by Candle Sutton

Author:Candle Sutton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: assassin, strong female lead, us marshal, witness protection, women detective, federal agent, colleen coble, dani pettrey, patricia bradley, terri blackstock
Publisher: Candle Sutton

₪ ₪ ₪ ₪ ₪

After pulling her damp hair into a messy bun, Lana headed toward the living room. Alex sat in one of the chairs, watching some program with the volume turned so low it was a wonder she could actually hear it.

“Have you heard anything from Maxwell?”

Alex glanced up as Lana sank into the sofa cushions opposite her.

“Not since the shooting.” Alex’s eyes narrowed as she stared at Lana. “What are you doing up anyway? You got, what, two hours of sleep?”

If that. “Barker called. I couldn’t sleep after that.”

“Really? What’s going on?”

“He knows who’s been hired to kill Reilly.” Lana fought the pressure building behind her eyes. “It’s Stevens.”

Several seconds passed. The narrowing of Alex’s eyes confirmed she’d heard the words and the tilt to her head said she was processing it. “Good to know.”

That was it? “We’re talking about Stevens. The Shadow of Death. You know the one, right?”

“Who doesn’t?” Alex rolled her head from one shoulder to the next. “Over two dozen confirmed hits, no witnesses, no sightings. Yep, I know the one.”

“This is bad. The man is practically a ghost! He never fails.”

“Oh and we do? Yeah, Stevens isn’t the best news we could’ve gotten, but we can handle him. I’m not about to be the first deputy to lose a witness and your brother sure as heck isn’t going to be the first rule-abiding witness to die under protection.”

There was no way Alex could guarantee that. Not definitively.

But she appreciated the pep-talk nonetheless. “Thanks for trying. But–”

“No buts. Besides, this is a good thing. We may not know what he looks like, but we know how he operates. Always strikes at dusk with a high-powered rifle, kills with a single heart shot. Since we know what to watch for, we can better prevent future attacks.”

True. Even though Stevens posed a formidable threat, there was power in knowing the enemy.

“Best of all–” Alex’s voice cut through her thoughts. “He doesn’t go after family. Your parents are safe.”

The one bright spot in all of this.

Now there was just the question of why she’d heard about it from Barker.

The question had to be asked, but how could she say it without sounding accusatory? “So, uh, I guess Maxwell knew about this. Why wouldn’t he tell you?”

Alex hesitated. “Maybe with everything that’s happened, he hasn’t gotten around to it.”

What, because it took so long to pick up the phone and say “Stevens was hired”?

She stamped down the cynical thought. “So. We know who we’re dealing with. What are we going to do now?”

The question hung in the air for several seconds. “We’ll change our strategy. Alter Reilly’s appearance. Maybe you could swing by the store and pick up what I’ll need to make it happen.”

“Okay. But after that?”

Alex offered a half shrug. “We’ll do what we’ve been doing. With any luck, we can change his appearance enough to confuse even the best assassin.”

Given that the best had been hired, she could only hope Alex succeeded.

Of course, all that would only work if the people with them could be trusted.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.