Military Grade Mistletoe by Julie Miller

Author:Julie Miller [Miller, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-11-15T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Harry got up to pace the house again.

The first two times he’d come downstairs from the guest room, the dogs had trotted out from Daisy’s bedroom to inspect the noise and identify his presence. The two little dogs had trotted back into her room to go back to sleep. Caliban limped around the house with him, reminding Harry of the hundreds of night patrols he and Tango had gone on together. It was a bittersweet treat to work with a well-trained dog again. Caliban was willing to answer his commands to go out ahead of him and come back, to seek, to sit and to play a game of tug-of-war with his rope toy before the older dog, too, tired and went back to his comfy spot in Daisy’s bedroom.

Losing a leg hadn’t stopped the retired K-9 officer from belonging somewhere and having a purpose. Just because Caliban wasn’t serving KCPD anymore didn’t mean he didn’t have a home and companions and a reason to get up in the morning—or the middle of the night when restless house guests roamed the halls and raided the cookie supply in the kitchen.

There was a lesson to be learned there. But the hour was late and a lot of the things Harry was feeling since first ringing Daisy’s doorbell were new and alien to him.

The dogs must be getting used to the sound of his tread on the floors because none of them came out to greet him this time. Good. He hoped they stayed close to their mistress and that all of them were getting a good night’s sleep. Daisy had stayed up far too late, running their clothes through the laundry twice, to rid them of the smells of smoke and acetone. Pike had brought over Harry’s duffel bag with all his belongings and stayed to keep watch on the house while Harry showered the grime and nightmares off his skin. Then Daisy had soaked in the tub for nearly an hour before declaring she finally felt tired enough to sleep and had gone to bed.

Harry came down the stairs in his jeans and bare feet, with his M9 strapped to his hip. The enemy was different and the temps were colder, but this detail wasn’t different from any other watch he’d served over the years. There was somebody out there who wanted to hurt the thing he’d sworn to protect. He stopped at the window beside the front door, folded his arms over his bare chest and stared out into the moonless night. Although the snow on the ground reflected the glow of the street lights, there were plenty of shadows, plus darkened vehicles and shaded windows in other homes where someone could hide. Still, the neighborhood looked secure for the moment. Unlike all the activity at Daisy’s school earlier that night, this part of Kansas City seemed quiet.

Didn’t make it any easier for him to fall asleep.

But he’d be damned if he’d get hooked on those sleeping pills Lt.

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