Finding Christmas (A Rescue Alaska Mystery Book 4) by Kathi Daley

Author:Kathi Daley [Daley, Kathi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kathi Daley Books
Published: 2018-12-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Tuesday, December 18

Shredder showed up the next morning before I’d even had a chance to take the dogs out for their walk. He looked fully awake and ready to tackle the day, while I wanted nothing more than to go back to bed for a couple of hours. With seven dogs needing to go out every morning, I have to be an early riser, but the short days this year were messing with my natural rhythm.

“I have new information,” Shredder said upon greeting me.

“The dogs need to go out, so you’ll have to talk while we walk,” I said, handing Shredder back the jacket he’d just hung on my coatrack.

“That works for me.” He greeted an ecstatic Denali, then slipped into the jacket.

I frowned. “Denali has been all gaga over you since you showed up at my place a year ago. You hadn’t met him before that, had you?”

“How would I have met him?”

I glanced at Shredder with suspicion in my eyes. “It just doesn’t fit that he would adore you on sight. He doesn’t trust anyone and greets newcomers with aggression, not doggy kisses.”

Shredder shrugged. “Denali is a pack animal. He respects the natural hierarchy that exists between members of the pack and recognizes an alpha when he meets one.”

“So you’re saying you’re the alpha, which is why Denali adores you?”

Shredder shrugged. “Apparently.”

I opened the door, and all five house dogs ran out into the frigid darkness. Using my flashlight, I headed to the barn to pick up Juno and Kodi. Shredder’s explanation about the alpha male made sense in an odd sort of way, but I wasn’t buying that as the entire story. Not only did Denali respect Shredder, he trusted him. There was more to this, but for the life of me, I didn’t know what the more could be. I’d had Denali for quite a while before I met Shredder, so I didn’t see how he could have met my mystery man before last December. Maybe the dog was just a good judge of character and could see into the spirit of a man on his first meeting.

“So what did you find out?” I asked as we got underway. I pointed my flashlight into the distance to make sure the dogs who had taken the lead were still in sight. Normally, Denali, Shia, and Yukon were all up-front, but this morning Denali had chosen to stay back with Shredder, Honey, Lucky, and me.

“Yesterday I shared my belief that it was most likely Gershwin who had Rigby, but since then I’ve learned that the organization Rigby works for has received a ransom demand from someone named Nicolas Askar, who wants two Turkish spies currently in the custody of the CIA released in exchange for Rigby’s life.”

“Is the exchange going to be made?”

Shredder shook his head. “No. The deal Askar wants will never fly, but the team is pretending to consider it as a means of stalling. I’m not sure how long Askar will be willing to wait for his demand to be met; I suspect eventually he’ll give up and kill Rigby.

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