Ghosts of Culloden Moor 23 - Brodrick by L.L. Muir

Author:L.L. Muir [Muir, L.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-07-04T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

The cop expected her to walk? She was scared stiff! But she forced herself to breathe and step. Breathe and step.

He was seated inside the vehicle, his window down, his flashlight directed at her stomach even though the sun was coming up. No gun.

“Ma’am? Ya might want to reconsider taking the trail this morning. We’ve got a cop-killer on the loose. A mental patient dressed in a Scottish kilt, if he hasn’t changed out of it. We presume he’s in the hills north of the hospital, but until he’s caught, ya need to be careful.”

He suddenly opened his car door and jumped out.

This is it. He recognizes me. Calm and alive. Stay calm and alive.

She was just about to get down on her knees when he patted her on the shoulder. “Oh, look what I’ve done. I’ve scared ya, eh? I’m sorry, ma’am.” He opened the back door and gestured for her to climb inside the car. “The least I can do is give ya a ride home, or wherever you’re headed, so ya don’t have to bother with the trail. I’m truly sorry I upset ya. But what I said is true. The man and his accomplice are dangerous, and walking the Paul Bunyan at this hour is—”

“You… You didn’t say anything about an accomplice.”

“Yeah. The woman that helped him escape the psych ward at the hospital, don’t ya know. They had somethin’ to do with the murder of the Cass County Sheriff yesterday—”

“That’s okay,” she said, backing away. “I’m not worried about the trail, eh?” She laid the accent on thick herself. “Plenty of joggers at this time of morning. Besides, I’ve got to get my steps in, don’t ya know.” She smiled and gave him a little wave. “But don’t worry. I’ll keep an eye out.”

He frowned at her. “You do that, eh?”

She nodded and headed up the trail, giving him no more chances to look at her face and maybe remember it later.

~

Larkin felt like Hansel and Gretel when they realized their bread crumbs had been a bad idea. Only she hadn’t even thought to leave bread crumbs to mark the spot where she’d left her Highlander!

Her Highlander? She could just imagine how he’d laugh if he heard that.

She stopped and looked back, trying to remember the point where he’d stepped into the landscape and disappeared. Couldn’t he see her? Was he teasing? Was he asleep? Or maybe he didn’t recognize her in her new clothes.

Whatever the reason, he needed to snap out of it and give her a signal. Because as soon as she was safely reunited with the Scottish god who could watch her back for a little while, she was going to fall apart—just as soon as she finished telling him how Justice Payette had completely and utterly betrayed her.

She wasn’t a victim anymore. She was a wanted criminal.

“Come on, Brodrick,” she whispered. “Where are you?”

The trees ignored her. Not a leaf rustled.

There was a fifth possibility, she realized. What if Brodrick

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