Stone Cold Savage by Stephanie St. Klaire

Author:Stephanie St. Klaire [Klaire, Stephanie St.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-07-17T00:00:00+00:00

8

“There’s too many to search here.” Coy said, “Will anyone notice if we sign them all out and take them back to the ranch?”

Kenzie plopped on a nearby table and looked at the rows and rows of shelving containing box after box or old case files. “Who would notice? I don’t think anyone is grabbing cases from this many decades back.”

“You don’t have an active cold case division?” Coy asked as he leaned against a metal shelf.

“No resources. No funding. No need. They’re all cold for a reason, and nobody is asking why.” Kenzie admitted. “I say we take as many as we can fit in your rig.”

Coy stepped beside her and began putting files back in the box he’d been going through, “We can get several years’ worth in there. Might need to make a second trip, but hopefully, it doesn’t come to that.”

“You really think we’re going to find your Jane Doe in these files?” She asked while following suit.

“I sure as hell hope so. We haven’t been lucky enough to find anything in electronic files yet. It’s got to be here, or…”

“Or, nobody missed her and filed a report.” Kenzie finished his thought. “You are prepared for that, right?”

“I’m prepared for just about anything at this rate.” Coy snorted. “I’m ready for answers. I’ll take anything at this point. We just need that one little break to get this thing going.”

“So, you can leave again, or…”

Coy leaned his hip against the table she was sitting on and faced her, their proximity so close he could nearly hear her pulse race when he looked at her, “So my family is safe. So, you’re safe.”

“Me?” she questioned with surprise, turning her body to face him.

“I have a bad feeling Kenz. A really bad feeling. Everything important to me is right here, in this town, and someone is trying to take it away from me. Including you.”

She sheepishly grinned, “Including me, huh? I appreciate the concern, but I do think I’m the safest of the group. I’m the sheriff. Coming after me, to get to you, would be foolish and the wrong way to go.”

“If that lawyer we went to see the other day is who we think he is –– in deep with the wrong side –– then you have as much to worry about as the rest of us do. I’m serious, Kenz. Don’t take any of this lightly.”

Kenzie studied his expression and noted the pain and pleading that rested there. She cradled his face and looked him in the eye, “I don’t. I understand, Coy. We’re all being safe, and we’re going to get to the bottom of this soon.”

He rested his forehead against hers in a vulnerable moment, “Not soon enough. I’m as patient as they come when working any other case, but this one… it feels like I’ve been holding my breath for days, and my lungs are burning, the world is spinning, and the weight on my shoulders…”

Kenzie gently pulled away so she could

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