Suspicious & a Hero of Her Own by Heather Graham

Author:Heather Graham
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-10-22T19:54:15+00:00

Epilogue

It was fall. The sun beat down on the water, but the air was gentle. Birds, in all their multihued plumage, flew above the glistening canal. Trees, hanging low, were a lush background for the chirps and cries that occasionally broke the silence.

There had been a picnic. A week had passed since the events at the hummock. They had all spent hours in questioning and doing paperwork for both the tribal police and Metro-Dade.

Michael Preston and Harry Rogers had both been horrified to discover that they had been under suspicion.

Hugh had merely been indignant that he hadn’t been in on the finale.

They had all attended the funeral for Hector and Maria. Julie and Lorena were fast becoming friends, just as she was a friend of Jesse’s.

Now, with the picnic cleaned up, with the others having talked over everything that had happened and finally gone home, Lorena stared out at the strange and savage beauty of the area and smiled.

Jesse, a cold beer in his hand, came up behind her, then took a seat at her side.

She leaned against him comfortably, taking his hand, holding it to her cheek. “There’s one more monster out there,” she reminded him.

“Yeah. We haven’t heard any reports about it, but we’ll arrange more hunts until we get it.”

“And when you do...will you capture it or kill it?” she asked.

He smiled at her. “When an animal is altered, it’s man’s doing, not the creature’s,” he reminded her. “But these things could mate. Undo the balance in the Everglades. I don’t like to make judgments, but if it’s up to me... I think the creature is too much of a risk. Too many people have died already. Your father died to protect people from creatures like it, and so...”

“At least they didn’t kill the van driver,” Lorena said.

“They thought they did, though,” Jesse said grimly. “John Smith thought the man was dead when he stole the carcass and drove the van into a canal. It’s a miracle that he came to and escaped.”

“Every once in a while, we get a miracle,” Lorena said.

“So...” Jesse murmured.

“So...?”

“So somehow I doubt that you plan to keep your position at Harry’s.”

“I was thinking of doing something else.”

“You want to leave,” he said very softly.

“Actually, no.”

“No?” His face seemed exceptionally strong then, handsome and compelling, his eyes that startling green against the bronze of his features.

She sighed. “I know it’s soon, but I had been hoping you would ask me to stay here. My real love is the law. And causes. I’m great at causes, Jesse. It occurred to me that the tribal council could probably use a good lawyer now and then. And living here, with you...”

He laughed. “I love you. You know that. I have to admit, I’ve had my fears.”

“You? Afraid?”

“This isn’t just where I live. It’s part of what I am. And you come from a world that’s...glittering. Clean. Neat. Sophisticated. Not that we don’t have our own ‘Miami chic’ down here, but... I’m not knocking anything, it’s just that here.

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