Hallowed Ground by Mary Alford

Author:Mary Alford [Alford, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-07T16:00:00+00:00

Jax reluctantly let her go. “We should keep going,” he said without looking at her, his tone distant, unable to help it. Her rejection was like a knife to the heart. Jax was well on his way to falling in love, yet he had no idea where he stood with her. He shook off the dark weight of hopelessness with difficulty. Facing the grueling journey ahead of them was going to take all his wits. He couldn’t afford to engage in the emotional warfare going on in his head.

Even though she tried to be strong, he could tell Erin’s wrist was giving her trouble. Her face was drawn, her eyes glassy. He’d packed first aid items in his backpack. Jax dug out some pain meds and handed them to her. “It’s not much, but it’ll help with the pain,” he said gently.

She smiled. “Thanks.” She took the pills and washed them down with water.

Above, dark clouds threatened to engulf them as did the dropping temperatures. Light snow continued to fall. More was on the way. They’d need to find shelter once the weather moved in, but for now, they had to keep going because Jax had a feeling the men who had set the trap for his team would track them relentlessly.

“Who do you think is really behind this?” Erin asked, forcing him to shove aside his troubled thoughts for the moment.

Jax shook his head. “I don’t know, but I’m beginning to think this may not be the work of Al Hasan at all. Maybe someone’s trying to lay the blame for these attacks on him.” He glanced sideways at her. “Someone with intimate knowledge of how we do our job.”

He had her full attention. She said, “It can’t be anyone from our unit. They are all dead . . .” She stopped walking and faced him, reality dawning in her eyes. “Am I under suspicion?”

It wasn’t in him to lie to her. No matter how much it hurt to speak the truth, he slowly nodded.

The shock on her face was easy to read. She swallowed. It was a long while before she could force the question out. “What do they have on me?”

He couldn’t keep this from her any longer. “They found an offshore account with a quarter of a million dollars in it.” He hesitated a second. “Your name is on the account.”

Her hand flew to cover her mouth. “That’s not possible,” she managed in a whisper.

Jax wished he could make it better for her. “I know that. Someone is obviously setting you up to take the fall for everything. The only question is who?”

The fear in her eyes shook him to his core, and he clasped her uninjured hand. “We’ll get to the bottom of it, I promise. I’m not going to let them frame you for something you didn’t do.”

A hint of a smile touched her lips. She squeezed his hand, then let it go. “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome.” Keeping his feelings to himself with her close and looking so vulnerable was next to impossible, but he pushed them down.

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