Lethal (Small Town Secrets Book 1) by Ann Voss Peterson

Author:Ann Voss Peterson [Peterson, Ann Voss]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: AVP
Published: 2017-02-22T05:00:00+00:00

Trent

Trent held Rees tight against him even after her shaking had waned. He shouldn’t have left her in the car alone. He hadn’t been thinking. If he had, he would have realized Risa would have to see the body for herself. She would have to know if it was her sister. He never should have allowed her to reach the porch.

To witness Dryden’s work.

He pressed his cheek to her hair and breathed in her scent. Over the top of her head, he could see Subera directing evidence technicians. Now that they had a second body on their hands, Subera would use anything at his disposal to bring Dryden down. And Cassidy would make sure that Rees was at the top of the list.

Unless Trent could provide an alternative.

“You have to go,” he said.

She peered up at him. “I’m fine. I’ll be fine.”

Her voice was firm, but her dilated pupils and the deathly white pallor of her skin told a different story. But as much as he hated to let her out of the circle of his arms, he had to. His embrace might have been comforting at the moment she saw Farrentina’s body. But in the long-term, he would only bring her more pain.

If he wanted to comfort Risa, the one thing he could do was his job.

“I’ll get a deputy to take you back to the hotel and stand guard outside your door. It’s hard to say when I’ll get back. I want to study the evidence here and attend the autopsy. And then there’s the warden and Cassidy and the guards Farrentina bribed.”

“So it will be a while.”

“Yes.”

“Chief Schneider wanted to ask me some questions about Nikki. Will you tell him to come to the hotel?”

“You need to rest, Rees.”

“While Dryden does to Nikki what he did to Farrentina?” She shook her head. “I have to do whatever I can to stop him. And so do you.”

“All right,” he said. There was no use arguing. Rees would drive herself into the ground if it meant even a sliver of a chance Nikki would return home alive. And he couldn’t blame her. He’d done the same for people he’d never met. “I’ll give Schneider the message.”

“I’ll be fine, Trent.” She managed a shaky smile, a smile that didn’t fool him for a minute. “Just find Nikki. Before...”

“I will.” He looked into her dark eyes then forced himself to let her go.

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