Deadly Mountain Trap by Sharon Dunn

Author:Sharon Dunn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-04-15T13:01:58+00:00

TWO

Both officers, Levi Wicks and Christy—who Cassie was having a hard time believing was the same person she’d known in high school—were kind in their questioning, but Cassie still felt as if her head were spinning. If only she’d gotten a better look at the man. She’d done everything she could, they assured her, and while Cassie knew in her head that their words were true, she still couldn’t quite shake her guilt for putting Will in that situation. She’d had no inkling they’d be facing this kind of threat in Alaska, or she’d have... What? She had friends in Florida, ones she’d trust with Will, but not for such a long period of time. So she’d had no choice but to bring him with her. He was in the room with them now, hearing things no six-year-old should about danger, but he was playing a How to Train Your Dragon game on her phone, which Officer Wicks had brought since they’d stopped by the scene of Cassie’s accident on their way, so she could only hope his little mind was full of Night Fury dragons and not this conversation she was having with the police.

“We’ve been working this as a typical missing persons case, but no one had reported the damage to the house that you’ve just told us about,” Officer Wicks told her. He glanced down at his phone. “Excuse me just a minute.”

He stood and walked to another room to take the call, then came back.

“That was one of the other officers confirming what you said about the door and telling me about the rest of the house.”

“Was it more than just the front door?” Cassie asked, having not gotten far enough in her thoughts to wonder about that.

“Yes, the house has damage in several rooms. The office and the bedroom look like a tornado blew through, but jewelry and electronics are still there, so it’s not a random break-in.”

“Which means we need to change the way we are running the search also,” Jake said. “We’ve been looking for her, but the assumption was that there was a good chance it was a hike that went wrong.”

Did that change how the search-and-rescue team worked? Cassie wouldn’t have guessed so, but then again she didn’t know much about that kind of work.

Office Wicks spoke again. “The sooner you can meet with your team and brief them, the better. They need to know to be on guard also, in case any evidence they might uncover could make them targets.”

Jake nodded. He was still worried; she knew by the way the corners of his eyes crinkled, the blue in them shadowed ever so slightly. He looked at Christy, who seemed to understand better than Cassie what was bothering him. A fact which bothered Cassie far more than it should have when this was a man she’d given up every claim to years ago. And had driven a bigger wedge between them by keeping Will a secret, something they hadn’t talked about yet but would need to.

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