Red by Belinda McBride

Author:Belinda McBride [McBride, Belinda]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Published: 2013-10-29T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOUR

He had a beer. Maybe he had more than one. The empty bottles vanished as soon as he set them down, and Robbie at the bar watched him carefully.

There was a reason cops didn’t carry when they were off duty. Red rose carefully, and finally found his balance under the intoxication. He tossed a bill on the scarred wood of the bar and bundled up the clothing, carrying it outside. Without thought he walked toward the hunter’s rented room and stood outside, looking up at the dark window on the third floor. After a moment’s consideration, he decided it probably wasn’t a terrible violation of privacy to break into a dead man’s space.

Red quickly picked the locks, smiling at the thread that fell to the floor, a low-tech but effective security device. He stepped inside, pausing, letting the feel and scent of the place waft over him. He smelled old cigarettes, long-ago sex, and hundreds of meals and bodies all jumbled with the newer scent of the dark-haired hunter.

With a sigh, he hung the black leather coat on a peg by the door and dropped the boots by the ice-cold heater vent. He walked further into the room and stared out of the single window. It looked onto the alley where he’d hidden just hours ago. So much had happened since then… a decade of want had culminated in a single, hurried encounter in an alley.

And then he was gone.

The room held a combined kitchen and living space; the bedroom was tucked away with a tiny bath and shower. He flicked on the bedroom light, surveying the neatly made bed and the tiny open closet that held spare clothing and carefully folded sheets.

Nothing here told Red who the hunter was or where he had come from. He’d vanished into the water, and now he’d simply vanish from the broader world. Would anyone care?

With a sigh, Red flicked off the light and paused at the door, rubbing his cheek against the worn leather of the long coat. It smelled like the lost hunter. Red couldn’t stifle his groan, remembering that brief, fierce coupling in the alley. He wrapped his arms around the garment, inhaling deeply.

Deep inside, he knew damned well he’d chosen the man all those years ago. He’d known the hunter would come back, he’d known they’d couple like a pair of beasts, mating and melding in a raw, primal fuck. Now the hunter was gone and Red had never even learned his name.

Amazing that he’d never actually been part of Red’s daily life, only his thoughts and dreams. When the man had blocked his path in the bar, Red felt as though he’d known him forever.

He settled the coat into neat folds, running his fingers over a spot that was slightly thicker… heavier than the rest of the garment. Carefully, Red searched the lining, feeling a small tear in the old silk. He reached in, finding a hidden pocket with a thick folder inside. He extricated it, carrying the folder to the tiny table in the kitchen, turning on the cheap table lamp to examine the bundle.

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