Special Agent's Perfect Cover by Marie Ferrarella

Author:Marie Ferrarella [Ferrarella, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-12-06T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

After breakfast, just before he and Carly went their separate ways that morning, Hawk decided to try one last time to talk a little sense into Carly, to no avail.

She listened quietly as Hawk continued to enumerate all the reasons—again—why what she was doing was tantamount to juggling with loaded pistols. When he was finished, he could tell by the expression on her face that he had made no headway whatsoever in making her come around to his way of thinking.

Instead, rather than arguing with him, she pointed out the upside of having her continue to pose as one of the faithful in Grayson’s circle.

“Think of it this way, Hawk. You need to have a person on the inside to be your eyes and ears. I’ll be that person.”

That was all well and good, if she were a trained special agent—and someone else. But she wasn’t trained in undercover work, and she was Carly, someone he didn’t want taking any risks.

So he shook his head and got ready to leave. He looked down into her eyes one last time. “I don’t want to see anything happening to you.”

Carly smiled at his concern. She wouldn’t have been able to explain why, but the very fact that he was worried made her feel safe.

“That makes two of us,” she assured Hawk. “Don’t worry, I’ll be careful.”

He really wished he could believe her, Hawk thought, walking over to where he had left his car last night. But where her sister was involved, Carly would take whatever risks she felt were necessary in order to save Mia.

Getting into his vehicle, Hawk blew out a long breath. The best way to protect Carly at this point was to nail Grayson as quickly as possible for at least one of the murders. Once he had that, once he could point to Grayson’s connection to one murder, he had a feeling the rest would fall into place.

Preoccupied, he inserted his key into the ignition. Just as he was about to start the car, he saw that there was a folded piece of paper on his dashboard.

Staring at it, Hawk frowned.

He was positive that hadn’t been there last night when he drove up to Carly’s house. His hand automatically covered the hilt of his service revolver as he looked around slowly, deliberately. But other than Carly’s house, the barn and the corral, nothing was visible for miles. Whoever had broken into his vehicle and left the paper on his dashboard was long gone.

Not knowing what to expect, he took out his handkerchief, and holding it by the edge, he opened the folded paper and read:

“Please meet me at the Hanging Tree at 10 this morning. I urgently need to speak with you. Come alone.”

That was it. Three terse sentences. No signature, no indication what this was about. For all he knew, he was being set up.

But this could also be on the level. It might be one of Grayson’s people who’d had enough, was unable to break

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