Renegade by Catherine Mann

Author:Catherine Mann [Mann, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: PENGUIN group
Published: 2010-01-13T17:00:00+00:00

Lee watched Mason Randolph with Jill Walczak by the curb, cop cars strobing lights over the sleepy neighborhood. Enough people had poured out of their homes so that no one would notice her.

Just as she’d expected, they’d ended up back here and found her little “gift” in the garden. She’d walked around inside for a while, curious about why such a mousy woman caught Mason’s eye, but there hadn’t been anything extraordinary to offer insights. She’d considered burning the place down—she was an expert, after all, in how to rig electronics to explode and could have incinerated the place in a beautiful fire no one could have ever traced to arson. In the end, even as much as she enjoyed the heat and beauty of flames, she’d opted for a more subtle approach. The petty thief had been a surprise bonus. At least some of her plans were coming together well . . .

Mason and Jill had their heads close together with a new intimacy, gained from their lip-lock, no doubt. Would Jill go home with him?

Lee made a mental calculation of the odds and decided not. If nothing else, Mason wouldn’t want her left alone tomorrow, and he had a flight. Most likely Jill would go hang out with that weird cop stepfather of hers. A logical assumption.

Lee took comfort in her ability to reason under stress. She was in control, damn it. She wasn’t some stalker, camping out by her prey for hours while wearing adult diapers to keep watch. She reached for the ignition, confident events would continue to roll out as planned even after she left.

Jill and Mason were snagged in the web of attraction, and fighting it would only make things sweeter when Lee made her move. For now, they were putting together the clues she’d left for them. The game was more fun that way. Life was definitely getting more interesting tonight.

Lee put the car in drive, her hands trembling ever so slightly with excitement. If Mason was half as smart as he thought—and he must be to work the types of jobs he did—then he would figure out his connection to all the dead people. If only there was some way to watch the reaction to that revelation. But the signs would come soon enough. He would be in and out of briefings with local cops and security police on base. The people he cared about would have protection.

But “protection” only offered her more options. She could already see the way this would play out, given the research she’d done on Phillip Yost. She’d been denied the satisfaction of a blaze, but there were other ways to toy with people until the time was right to end the game. If her calculations were correct—and they always were—Jill would have a specially trained dog very soon.

And pets only provided Lee with another tool to punish the deserving.

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