Outlaw's Honor by B.J. Daniels

Author:B.J. Daniels
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2017-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

DARBY STARED AT the wedding dress, his heart pounding.

“You realize she’s probably long gone,” the cook said sounding sad about that. “Whatever that’s all about...” She waved toward the bloody, torn wedding dress. “I’m betting she won’t hang around to explain it.”

Darby hoped she was wrong. Either way, he knew what he had to do. “I have to go.”

“You taking that...dress?”

He shook his head as he quickly moved to it. Stuffing it back into the box wasn’t easy. He ran it up to his apartment and shoved it into the back of the closet. He’d deal with it later.

Back downstairs, he hurried out the door into the darkness. From his pickup, he took out his flashlight and headed for the trees. It didn’t take him long to find the tree deep in the pines.

The hole was dark. He shone his light into it and then reached inside. His fingers found the package he’d hidden there. His hand closed around the wrapping with the heavy gold bracelet inside.

He had thought of the bracelet as not just a way of keeping her here, but a bargaining tool to find out more about her. From the moment he saw her, he’d been fascinated by the woman.

These weeks working together had only made him more intrigued by her. She was still a mystery he had yet to unravel. All he knew was that he couldn’t keep the bracelet from her any longer. If that was all she was waiting for...

Shoving the package into his jacket pocket, he ran to his pickup. He couldn’t let her leave without the bracelet. He’d been wrong to keep it. Wrong to keep her here. He feared he’d jeopardized her by doing so. If he got her hurt or worse...

That thought rattled him as he remembered the bloody, torn wedding dress. Was it a warning? Or a threat? Either way, the PI had found her. Which meant the person chasing her had also found her.

He knew she was running scared. He’d seen the look in her eyes. She’d been terrified that she’d been found. And after the attempted robbery, he knew firsthand what it took to scare Mariah.

The night was unusually dark. Low clouds obscured the mountains surrounding the town. Darby took the back way to the cabins because it was shorter. To his relief, he saw her motorcycle sitting out back behind the last cabin. He parked next to her bike and got out. Before he could knock, the door flew open. She was holding a gun. He had suspected she carried one in her backpack. Now he knew.

She quickly lowered the weapon as she recognized him. “Darby—”

He stepped past her into the cabin. Behind him, he heard her close the door and lock it. When he turned, he looked into her dark eyes and felt a piece of his heart break and drop like a stone. This was it. Once he gave her back the bracelet...

“I couldn’t let you leave without this.” He reached into his pocket and drew out the package.

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