Liam's Witness Protection (Man On A Mission 4) by Amelia Autin

Author:Amelia Autin [Autin, Amelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Thrillers, Crime, Romance, Suspense, General, Contemporary, Thriller, Romantic Suspense, Danger, Mystery, Adult, Safeguard, Witness, Testimony, Kingpin, Courthouse, Security Service, Agent, Personal, Mission
ISBN: 9781460388006
Google: cHnCBgAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 25074433
Publisher: Harlequin Romantic Suspense
Published: 2015-10-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Cate woke to the sound of someone trying to move quietly around the cabin and the smell of coffee. For just a moment she didn’t remember where she was—which wasn’t unusual for her because she’d often woken in strange places. What was unusual was that she had no memory after a certain point last night. Had no memory of how she’d wound up back in bed...but she had a pretty good idea how she’d gotten there. The last thing she remembered was Liam holding her in the rocking chair, which meant—unbelievably—she hadn’t been afraid to fall asleep in his arms. He must have put her to bed, tucked her in, then gone back to his less-than-comfortable cot to finish out the night.

The cabin’s interior was still shadowed, but there was enough light to see, so she figured it was shortly after dawn. But Liam was already awake. He must be an early riser like me, she thought. She laid there for a minute, until she heard the sound of a door open and close in the distance, then total silence. Liam must have gone outside.

She slipped out of bed and headed for the bathroom. When she came out Liam was just walking in the back door, and she scurried behind the screen, then grabbed her robe and tugged it on.

“Breakfast?” he called to her from the other side of the folding screen. “You’re not a coffee drinker, right? But I am, so I made a pot for me. Let me know if you change your mind and want some.” His voice receded and she knew he’d moved into the kitchen area, but she could still hear him clearly. “There’s not much in the way of breakfast food, except dry cereal. There’s no milk until Callahan comes back this morning. I can make some oatmeal if you want something hot and don’t mind eating it without milk.”

Cate grabbed her clothes and hurried back into the bathroom—the screen gave her some privacy, but not enough to dress. “Oatmeal’s fine,” she said right before she closed the door. “I’m not picky.”

* * *

Liam’s agency-issued cell phone rang just as he was pouring himself a second cup of coffee. He answered it, but lost the signal before he could find out who was calling, so he excused himself from the table and took his coffee cup and cell phone outside onto the front porch. Sure enough, it rang again almost immediately.

“Yeah?” Even though supposedly no one but the agency, his brother and Callahan had the number, Liam wasn’t about to answer with his name.

“Liam.” Alec’s voice sounded in his ear. “I’m glad I reached you. Angel’s desperate to know how Cate is.”

“She’s fine.”

“Don’t tell me where she is, but how safe is she? All Cody would tell me was that Nick D’Arcy has her stashed someplace. But he says he doesn’t know where that is.”

“Yeah, as far as I know, he doesn’t know.” Liam laughed a little under his breath at the irony of hiding out in Cody’s cabin without Cody’s knowledge.

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