Shag Lake by Susan McEachern

Author:Susan McEachern
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: chicklit, romantic comedy, romantic mystery, cozy mystery, paranormal
Publisher: Clownfish Publishing
Published: 2018-06-04T00:00:00+00:00

Fourteen

Geri

So my life just got a little bit crazy. Well, a lot crazy, actually.

I’ll admit that I had a hard time taking Sean seriously when he said men were on their way to kill me. I mean, it’s not something the average person expects to hear, and I was still under the impression that I was a second-rate journalist trying to get the breakthrough story that would advance my career. But after being carried through the forest at supersonic speed, I fully understand that I’m eyeball deep into a cover-up or conspiracy... or maybe both.

It’s the kind of dangerous excitement that I always anticipated would go hand in hand with being a hard-hitting investigative reporter, and the fact that I’m in the middle of it, that a government or powerful organization wants to shut me down, tells me I made it. I’m finally in the game. I’m living the dream.

And there’s no going back. If someone really does want me dead, then Sean is right—my only way out of this alive is to retract the allegations I’ve already made and turn the spotlight back onto the hunters. Any investigation I conduct into Hornsby’s disappearance in the midst of all this government-alien intrigue will need to be done with more discretion. My goal is to find Hornsby, even though the chance of finding her alive is slim, and do what Mary suggested I do—give her family something that will bring them peace.

As for the investigation into a government-alien cover-up, I’m dropping it. It’s obvious Sean is a part of whatever is going on, and I couldn’t live with myself if I ruined his career, or worse, caused him to become a target like me. Also, and perhaps more to the point, I’m scared shitless of having a bullet put in my head.

I tighten my hold on Sean as he cuts through the forest at warp speed. My legs are wrapped around his waist, my arms around his neck, and my cheek is pressed into the crook where his neck meets his shoulder. I can feel the hard muscle beneath his Gore-Tex jacket, and as I breathe in his scent and absorb his warmth, I take strength from the fact that I’m not alone in this. He said he would do anything to protect me, and I trust him on that score. I’m aware there is a tiny chance that I’m being naïve, but other than the fact that he might be an alien, nothing has changed. Sounds weird, I know, but if he actually is an alien, then it fills in a lot of the missing pieces in the puzzle of his life, including why we never met his mother or any other family member.

Sean slows and eventually stops, probably as a courtesy to me so that I don’t snap my neck or spine. I loosen my grip on him and slide my feet to the ground.

“Last time I saw them, one of them was in a bush about fifty yards down this animal path,” he whispers.

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