Protector Wolf by Linda O. Johnston

Author:Linda O. Johnston
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-08-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Surprisingly, their breakfast had worked out well.

They again ate at the popular local restaurant Andy and Family’s. They sat in an area of the patio where Rocky was welcome.

They ordered pretty much the same meals as they had before.

And Ryan was relieved that Maya had gotten the message, that he wasn’t about to have the conversation she wanted until later that morning.

So, instead of quizzing him about what she had seen, she instead got into a long discussion and Q&A session about wolves and where they were endangered in the United States, and what Fish and Wildlife was doing about it.

Which suggested to him that she’d guessed he actually wasn’t employed by that federal department. But she didn’t press him—then—to explain what his connection was, or wasn’t, to it. Or to anything else.

He felt certain she didn’t know about Alpha Force.

When they were done eating, he had insisted on paying the bill, claiming once more that it was on Uncle Sam. In a way it was, though not via US Fish and Wildlife. Alpha Force was, after all, a US military unit—albeit a covert one.

They had parted ways outside the restaurant. He hadn’t told Maya where he intended to go, but he’d already requested that Piers and Rocky accompany her back to the hotel.

He didn’t know what she might do to occupy her time until their planned eleven-thirty meeting in the park, but being with him was definitely not on the agenda.

He’d walked the other direction—and was just approaching the Corner Grocery Store. He had called in advance, so the Sharans were expecting him.

Whether they wanted to talk with him was another matter. But he would definitely talk to them—and he had also told them he wanted their son, Pete, to be present.

And in fact he was present—in the store. As Ryan walked in, he noticed Pete taking cash at one of the registers, the line extending quite a ways in the busy establishment. Hopefully, someone else would take his place soon.

Otherwise, Ryan would need to insist on it, and he believed that what he was going to approach Pete’s parents with would cause them to ensure their son joined their private conversation.

Scanning the crowd, he soon saw Kathie Sharan talking to someone in the produce aisle. She might have been watching for him, since she immediately caught his gaze, then smiled at the customer she’d been talking to and walked in Ryan’s direction.

Her smile disappeared. She soon joined him at the front of the place and looked up at him. “Come into our office. I’ll get Burt and Pete.” Her voice was cool, but her expression appeared troubled.

Kathie was short and wore a lacy white top that extended over the waist of her jeans. Her multishade brown hair appeared rumpled, giving her the appearance of an anxious woman, and perhaps hinting about the possibility of her shifting background.

She easily led Ryan between patrons to a door near the rear corner of the store, opened it and said, “Go on in.

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