Kill Without Mercy by Alexandra Ivy

Author:Alexandra Ivy [Ivy, Alexandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Thriller, Suspense, Mystery
ISBN: 9781420137552
Amazon: B00VQFKG4I
Barnesnoble: B00VQFKG4I
Goodreads: 25304020
Publisher: Zebra
Published: 2015-12-27T16:00:00+00:00

Annie took a second. Actually she took several seconds.

Drawing in a deep breath, she squashed the urge to slap her hands over her ears.

She’d been the one to insist on being a part of this meeting, hadn’t she? She couldn’t act like a child just because she didn’t like the direction of the conversation.

Of course, that didn’t ease the nervous tension that twisted her stomach into knots.

“Protect me from what?”

“Your father was a naval officer,” Teagan said. “Captain James Emerson.”

Annie stared at Teagan in confusion. “That’s . . .” She was forced to halt and clear the lump from her throat. “You’ve made a mistake.”

“I’m sorry, babe, it’s no mistake,” Teagan said, his voice remarkably gentle as he grabbed a stapled stack of papers and slid them across the table. “This is a record of his service. He was a highly decorated veteran who was well respected and in line to become an admiral, until his sudden retirement.”

Feeling oddly numb, Annie glanced over the documents. She didn’t have Teagan or Rafe’s skills, but they looked official.

“Why would he try to hide this?” she asked. “Most men would be bragging about this sort of career every chance they got.”

Teagan held up his hand. “I’m not done.” He slid another stack of papers across the table. “Thirty-seven years ago he married Virginia Cole, better known as Ginny, the daughter of a diplomat. They had a son one year later.”

“Marty,” she muttered, her mind struggling to keep up. She’d known her mother’s name was Ginny, but she hadn’t known that she was the daughter of a diplomat.

Her father had told her that her grandparents had died when her mother was just a child.

“Actually, your brother was officially named Martin Jacob Emerson,” Teagan corrected, saying each name with a deliberate emphasis.

Rafe frowned. “Why is that name familiar?”

Teagan grabbed the top sheet of paper and tossed it toward Rafe. “Because of this.”

Rafe’s hand tightened on her fingers, his gaze locked on the copy of an old newspaper clipping. “Shit,” he breathed.

Dread clenched her heart as his face paled. It had to be bad. Really bad.

“Tell me,” she commanded.

Rafe grimaced. “Annie—”

“Tell me.”

He shared a worried glance with Teagan before turning back to meet her impatient glare.

“He killed your mother.”

She didn’t know what she’d been expecting.

But it sure the hell wasn’t that.

Barely aware she was moving, she reached to grab the top of the paper, snatching it from Rafe’s hand before he could prevent her.

Nausea clutched her stomach as she read the lurid headline.

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