Deadly Reckoning by Elle James

Author:Elle James
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-10-26T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

“Kayla! What the hell?” Gabe rushed up the front porch of the lighthouse cottage, his heart pounding.

“Gabe?” She stopped halfway through the door, her hand on the knob, and looked back.

“What the hell were you trying to do? You were driving like a maniac. Are you trying to kill yourself?” He tipped her face up to his.

The slowly fading fear in her eyes made him feel as though someone had hold of his heart and was squeezing it so tightly it couldn’t beat. “Oh, baby.” He took hold of her arm and guided her into the house, leading her over to the sofa. “Stay here.”

He hurried back outside, closed and locked her car door, then returned to the cottage, shooting the dead bolt home behind him.

Kayla curled into the cushions of the couch, her arms wrapped around herself, but when she saw him standing in the entryway, she shook her head, straightening. “Don’t look at me like that—I’m fine. It’s nothing. I was just being paranoid.”

“You have every reason to be paranoid. Now, tell me why you tried to race me to the cottage.” He sat beside her on the sofa and slid his arm around her.

Kayla nestled against him, her cheek pressed against his uniform, her fingers curling into the fabric.

“A car hit us from behind when I took Dakota home in the rain. We almost ran off the side of the road at the drop-off.”

Gabe stiffened. “Did you see the car?”

“No. It was pouring down rain—I could barely even see the lines on the street. And once we were rear-ended, it was all I could do to keep the car on the road. If not for the guardrail, Dakota and I…”

“Would be dead. No wonder you tried to race me to the cottage.” He hugged her tighter. “You thought I was him.”

She nodded. “Sorry. I didn’t know.”

“Why didn’t you call the police?”

Kayla shrugged. “The car had disappeared, what could the police do? I couldn’t begin to describe it, it all happened in the rain, the vehicle was nothing but a blur in my rearview mirror. Besides, I knew I’d see you soon enough.”

Gabe sucked in a deep breath and slammed his fist into the armrest. “Damn the bastard!”

Kayla jumped, her eyes wide.

“I can’t get my arms around this case. He’s here, and I’d bet he’s right under our noses, but I can’t put my finger on him.”

Gabe wanted to call the crime lab and tell them to hurry it up, but they couldn’t perform miracles. Even if they did find a hair or skin sample on the ski mask, the killer’s DNA might not be in their database.

He’d spent the day checking on more of the newcomers to the area, listing, questioning and documenting any lead he could come up with. Which didn’t amount to anything. All he had was the ski mask, which may or may not have belonged to the killer and may not contain anything that would link to his DNA.

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