Line of Duty by Christy Barritt

Author:Christy Barritt [Barritt, Christy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: River Heights
Published: 2020-01-10T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Jaxon’s thoughts raced as they headed back to his cabin. None of this seemed real. Instead, it seemed like a nightmare that he’d stepped into. If he felt this way, he could only imagine Abby’s emotions.

Just as before, a cool wind hit their faces from the shattered windshield. The frigid air shocked Jaxon’s senses. Icy precipitation occasionally mingled with the air as it rushed over their skin and through their hair.

If he could see through the darkness, he’d see remnants of the fire that had scorched this area not even a year ago. The area was starting to recover, but the foliage would take time to repair itself. That was because repair and healing took time, not only for the forest but for people too.

“Where are we going?” Abby’s voice broke Jaxon from his thoughts. She nearly had to shout to be heard over the air rushing inside his truck.

“Back to my cabin.”

She sucked in a quick breath. “But is that even safe?”

“Is anywhere really safe?”

The question seemed to shake her up, and Abby pulled her arms more tightly over her chest. “I suppose not.”

“At my place, at least I know how to defend myself. I’m familiar with all the creaks and all the various ways to get in. Plus, that’s where my gun is.”

“I totally understand if you no longer want me to stay there.”

“Where else would you go?”

Abby shook her head, an almost hollow look in her eyes. “Truthfully? I have no idea. I thought I was a planner. I’ve always been the type to have a savings account and a backup emergency fund. I buy every insurance that’s out there. But there are some things that you just can’t prepare for. This was one of them.”

Jaxon could appreciate her honesty. If what Abby was telling him was the truth, then she really was in a tough, tough spot—to say the least.

Darkness surrounded them, along with fog and dark skeletal trees. The cold air rushing in from the windshield did nothing to help the situation. He would have to take his truck in to have it fixed, but he had other bigger issues at hand now.

When they got back to his cabin, Jaxon stepped out of his truck and glanced around. His muscles tightened in anticipation of possible trouble.

He saw and heard nothing out of the ordinary. But that didn’t mean that the man wasn’t out there, waiting for them right now.

He hurried around to Abby’s side of the truck and opened her door. Still on guard, he took her arm and led her into the cabin. “Stay here while I check the rest of the place.”

She didn’t argue.

He checked out his cabin, and it was clear.

With all the doors locked and doublechecked, and his gun tucked into his waistband, Jaxon returned to Abby. She stood near the wall where he’d left her, still looking entirely too pale for his comfort. She’d been through a lot today—for the past month, according to all she’d shared.

There was something Jaxon needed to say to her—something he should have said sooner.

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