Fugitive Trail by Elizabeth Goddard

Author:Elizabeth Goddard
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-12-02T18:10:35+00:00

ELEVEN

Tented vendor booths exhibiting ice tools, outdoor wear and gear lined the crowded walkway of the ice park. Spectators in coats and knit caps and beanies gathered to watch the ice climbing events featuring competitors climbing the frozen waterfalls of the gorge.

Bryce kept Sierra close at his side as they meandered through the exhibits, people on every side of them. If he weren’t so focused on trying to protect her in this ridiculous scenario, he might enjoy actually watching the competitors scale the ice in the variety of contests including speed climbing.

But his priorities required he focus completely on protecting Sierra from Raul, and searching for the man in the process. State law enforcement was present as well, some dressed in uniform and others in plain clothes—everyone here to spot Raul Novack if he showed his face in town.

Like Sierra, Bryce couldn’t help but hope they actually spotted Raul today here in plain sight so they could get their hands on him once and for all.

When the toy store didn’t see any customers, Sierra and John had made the decision to close the shop for a few hours so that Jane and Sierra’s father could watch the climbers. They would reopen for a couple of hours this afternoon. For now, all the excitement was here. Everyone wanted to see the action at the gorge or browse the vendor exhibits. No one was interested in shopping for toys at the moment.

Samson stayed behind with Barbara and seemed to be on the mend. Bryce was proud of Sierra for allowing the dog back into action—for the second time in one day. Sierra was slowly getting there. Bryce hoped Samson wouldn’t have to protect her against Raul, but if it came to that, he would be glad for Samson’s help.

He still found it interesting that Raul hadn’t shot and killed the dog in the woods the previous day. Maybe he’d missed, but at close range, Bryce doubted that. Many criminals had quirks and maybe Raul was willing to kill people but unwilling to kill animals. Bryce wouldn’t count on that though.

When it came to Raul, conjecture was just that—a presumption.

They made it to the gorge area just as the competition was starting, and maneuvered their way to a rail so they could watch as a woman used an ice pick and crawled her way up the frozen waterfalls. He kept thinking back to the way Raul had escaped them in the cold, snowy, icy mountains.

He glanced at Sierra who was smiling, and for once in the last few days, he thought she actually might have forgotten an evil man was coming after her. Her cheeks were rosy from the cold, and a few snowflakes clung to her lashes. Warmth stirred inside him.

Friends. You’re friends and nothing more.

But the way he’d slipped his arm around her and the way they held on to each other for warmth and protection might seem to those around them that they were much more to each other than mere friends.

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