Garden of Bone: Book 6 by A.J. Scudiere

Author:A.J. Scudiere
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Griffyn Ink

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Donovan drove his rental car this time. One, he wanted to turn the engine over and let it run a little bit. Two, he didn’t want to let it sit in the heat and the sun for too long—although he had to admit he regretted his decision to drive the moment he sat in the driver's seat.

The steering wheel burned his hands and, despite the fact that he was wearing pants, his legs tried to fry like eggs on the seat. The car didn’t even have leather, just rental car fabric, but it was black. In New Orleans, the combination left him with what he suspected might be burn marks.

He had adopted Eleri's aim at casual clothing. Lord knew, they'd tried on a variety of different looks over the last handful of months. He’d sported every outfit from obvious federal agent, wearing his suit and earpiece, to decked out like a SWAT member, to trying to blend in with small town Texas. Now, they weren’t trying to blend in or protect themselves from anything but the humidity, the heat, and the sun.

Now Donovan, too, was wearing lightweight pants he'd picked up and a tee shirt he hoped would reflect the heat as much as possible. None of this was anything he could expense to the FBI, but that was okay. As he’d reminded himself earlier, he'd be able to get another job as a medical examiner if this one didn't pan out. He could make do; he’d saved and saved for years. It hadn't yielded much, but it had been his only security when he started.

Now he had friends. He truly didn't doubt that, if his money ran out, Eleri would offer him FoxHaven for however long he wanted to run out on the beach, or Bell Point Farm, where he could run in the forest. He'd be okay, he told himself. He had friends. The thought almost made him smile, even as the backs of his legs sizzled while he waited for the air conditioning to kick in.

He watched as Eleri scooted her own car out of the way and parked on the grass before climbing in with him. She held a paper map in front of her on which she'd drawn out the area where she wanted to go.

They’d both taken to turning their phones off and having them on only if they needed them. It wasn't as if Grandmere was going to reach out. And if Westerfield did, Donovan wasn't sure he wanted to hear it. He was on leave, after all. Having his phone turned off was an excellent excuse. Walter, maybe Wade, maybe GJ—those were the only ones he wanted to hear from, and he would turn his cell on and check periodically. This way, if the phones were ever stolen, they wouldn’t let anyone know where he and Eleri had been. With them off, any hackerware added would not be able to track them as they headed around the city. Like today, when they were heading out to see the area Cabot had kept visiting.

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