The Darkest Corner by Liliana Hart

Author:Liliana Hart
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pocket Books

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Deacon was never quite sure what day of the week it was. When you tended to work all seven, the days didn’t seem to matter all that much. There were no such things as weekends. Downtime came when it came, whether it was a Tuesday or a Saturday.

The sheriff had come by to check out the van, but he hadn’t found anything. The Shadow could always be trusted to cover tracks completely, and this time was no exception. Deacon could tell the sheriff was annoyed not to have found any trace of mud or the bullet hole the perps had spoken of, but there was nothing there for him to find. Which was fine by him. The farther away the sheriff stayed, the better. He didn’t like the way Cal looked at Tess, as if he were thinking about trying her on for size.

The only reason he did know that it was Saturday was because Tess had had the funeral to see to, and it was Axel and Elias who’d been up for the burial rotation. He’d watched them leave the house in the Suburban and the newly repaired transport van that morning.

After the funeral, Deacon, Elias, and Dante finished a solid workout in the gym. When they’d finished, they took quick showers in the locker room and coded themselves into HQ. They heard Colin laughing the moment the door popped open with a tiny click, and when they entered the room they found him working at one of the computer stations, but he had the volume turned high for the cameras inside the house.

“What are you doing?” Deacon asked, instantly recognizing Tess’s voice.

“Tess is baking cookies,” Colin said. “The smoke alarm just went off. I think she caught the oven on fire.”

“How does she keep doing that?” Deacon asked, grabbing a bottle of water and taking a seat at one of the workstations.

“Hey, that’s Miller,” Elias said, very interested all of a sudden. “You shouldn’t be listening to their personal conversation.”

“That Elias guy is an interesting character. He’d make a fabulous hero for one of my books. He’s sexy and funny . . .”

“You were saying?” Colin asked as Elias turned up the volume a little.

“Quiet,” Elias hissed. “I’m trying to listen.”

“That’s wrong,” Deacon said. “She would kick your ass all over the place if she found out you were doing this.”

“I don’t see you putting in earplugs,” he shot back. “Maybe because you want to see if Tess thinks you’re as spectacular in bed as Miller thinks I am. Lord, that woman is a temptation no man could resist.”

“She’s managed to resist you for months,” Dante said.

“That’s because I haven’t tried. It’s hard to resist all this charm when it’s coming at you full force.”

“Just like every other cocky SEAL I’ve ever met,” Colin said. “Care to put a wager on it?”

Deacon rolled his eyes, and then caught Tess’s words—“Just never with an actual man.”

“Holy shit,” Deacon said, leaning forward.

“Poor girl,” Dante said sympathetically. “Maybe we should find this Henry and make sure he has a bit of an accident.

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