The Lost Soul by Jen Talty

Author:Jen Talty [Talty, Jen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Crafty Word Slingers
Published: 2019-01-03T16:00:00+00:00

6

The excitement of the hunt had been replaced with the deflation of a flat tire. Alexis eased into the chair in front of her computer. Hunter rubbed her shoulders, but it did nothing to subdue the tension.

“The Elite Brotherhood had to have killed him.” She stared at the image of Roger Edwards, the man who had been arrested in front of her school her senior year.

“We don’t know that,” Hunter said, but his flat tone indicated he agreed.

“Who else would want him dead?” She rolled her neck, tipping her head back until it rested against Hunter’s powerful muscles. He was a lean man, but well-defined. He radiated the kind of quiet confidence depicted in men in the movies. The kind of men women wanted to love. “Edwards was found dead in his cell two weeks after being arrested,” she said.

“Yes, but the cause of death was suicide.” Hunter pulled her rolling chair from the desk, spinning it until she faced him.

“We both know he was most likely murdered.” The last word made her stomach gurgle with bile. “And since he was in jail, it wouldn’t have been the good guys.”

Hunter kneeled with an arched brow. “There are such things as sanctioned and unsanctioned hits. I wouldn’t put it past Mallard to have him killed if he was after you and Willow.”

She shook her head. “Remember what Riley said in her letter. They couldn’t go about changing the things that had to happen in order for all of us to be together.”

“I honestly don’t buy it. If that were true, then they could just sit back and let it happen and that’s the exact opposite of what Mallard did. We’re missing a huge piece of the puzzle.”

“That I agree with.” She tilted her head. “Have you ever killed anyone?” She swallowed a gasp. What a horrible question to ask him, especially when she planned on taking him to bed. Not very romantic pillow talk, to say the least.

He nodded. “I have in combat. Never a sanctioned hit, which is something this government doesn’t like to admit exists. But I know Mallard well enough to know he’s the kind of man that bends rules and will do anything to complete the mission.”

“But this isn’t a mission.”

“It’s his mission,” Hunter said.

“Regardless, we’re back at square one.”

“No, we’re not.” He stood, lifting her from the chair. He pulled his cell phone from his back pocket and tapped his fingers against the screen. “We have a name we can research and see if he connects to Karl Homer, Caleb Snow, Theo Knox, or any other member of the Elite Brotherhood. I’m sending this to my brothers…” he paused, blinking… “It’s so strange to say that and not feel weird about it. Like it’s normal.”

She ran her hands up his firm biceps, squeezing gently. “It’s a lot to absorb all at once.”

“It’s as if I’ve known them… you… my entire life.”

Her cheeks heated as a broad smile eased across her face. She’d been known as the quiet Raven sister.

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