Matteo (Her Warlock Protector Book 8): A Paranormal Romance Novel by Hazel Hunter

Author:Hazel Hunter [Hunter, Hazel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Allure Press
Published: 2017-04-18T18:30:00+00:00

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As Matteo watched Natalia and Conleth ascend the last stairs to the stage, he took Naldo aside.

“I want to know what is on that security video,” he said under his breath, “before we hand it over to the police.” He looked Naldo in the eye. “Capisci?”

Naldo glanced sideways at the policeman with the clipboard. “Capisco,” he said.

Matteo nodded. “But now, I need to make sure the old man does not do something foolish.”

“Okay, Boss.”

Matteo mounted the stairs two at a time, only to be brought up short by something shiny thrust in front of his face.

“Not so fast, Mr. Monti,” said a man in a light brown suit.

Matteo checked the police badge in the small black leather folder: Detective Michael Heller. He knew that name. But as he looked at the face behind the badge, he had to suppress his surprise. The man had aged a lot in the last nine years.

Heller was staring too.

“Well, well, well,” said the detective, coming down one more step. “Matteo Monti.”

“Detective,” Matteo said, as he backed up to let someone with a vacuum come down the steps between them.

“I’m surprised,” Heller said. “I really am.” He peered at Matteo and looked him up and down. “And I don’t mean by the way you’ve managed to keep the weight off.”

“Good to see you too.”

In a strange way it was. Though from different worlds and times, he sensed the warrior in Heller. His eyes held the shadowed and wary look that Matteo had only seen in battle-hardened fighters. Though they’d never talked about it, Matteo was sure Heller was a veteran of war.

“I wish I could say the same,” the detective said.

Matteo simply stared back at him. They’d had an agreement nine years ago, and Matteo had clearly broken it.

“I would have thought much more important matters would occupy a detective,” Matteo said, glancing down the stairs. “Breaking and entering doesn’t seem like your speed.”

“We both know why I’m here,” Heller said, his voice as tired as his face. “Now you just need to tell me why you’re here.”

So Natalia wasn’t yet on the police’s radar—not that she was wanted. She had only been a person of interest in the death of the Magus Corps officer.

“Oh,” Matteo said, putting his hands in his pockets. “I would hardly even say I am here. I will likely be gone before you know it.”

Heller shook his head. “Too late.”

Matteo leaned back against the railing. Heller wasn’t going to arrest him. No judge would issue the warrant, not after nine years. Heller had come on a fishing expedition. If all went as planned, Matteo and Natalia would be gone in two days. They would put Las Vegas behind them for good.

In no hurry, Heller waited him out, tucking his badge back into his coat pocket. The vacuum started down below, its operator sucking up some of the water. The machine screeched and echoed in the cavernous space.

Though he had no appointments, Matteo pointedly looked at his watch.

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