Top Secret Target by Dana Mentink

Author:Dana Mentink [Mentink, Dana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-03-07T16:28:49+00:00

FOURTEEN

Ethan refused to debrief one word of the incident with Hector and his security team until they summoned a local veterinarian to come and check Titus over. Unsettled and on edge, Titus wasn’t having any of it until Ethan forced the growling dog to cooperate. Still, the veterinarian was a shade paler by the time he completed his work. Ethan didn’t blame him. With a bite strength of more than two hundred pounds of pressure, Titus wasn’t to be trifled with and he hadn’t even gotten his man. Ethan felt like growling, too.

The vet wiped his brow. “I gave him some antibiotics just in case he swallowed something nasty, and treated the abrasion on his paw. He’s earned a cheeseburger or something for not eating me.”

“Aww, he wouldn’t have eaten you,” Ethan said with a smile, “not unless I told him to. Might have taken a little bite, just to taste.”

“Good to know,” said the vet as he left.

The doctor was still with Kendra when Ethan settled in the waiting room where Hector stood leaning against the wall. He’d been more than patient...for a marine. Titus sprawled out on a sofa and promptly started snoring.

“I looped Officer Carpenter in,” Hector said. “He’s on his way.”

“Even though you didn’t want to?”

He lifted a shoulder. “Just like last time, the incident wasn’t on base property so it’s out of my hands, which irritates me.” Hector drilled him with a look. “Ethan, what’s the real story here?”

“What do you mean?”

“Someone’s trying real hard to kill Jillian Masters. First the gunshots, now the car. We’ve been briefed on your Red Rose Killer, at least what the air force has been willing to share. Is this who we’re dealing with here?”

“I don’t know.”

Hector’s dark eyes shifted. “Can I tell you what I think, bro?”

“I would like to hear it.”

“I think this isn’t the work of Boyd Sullivan.”

Ethan blew out a breath. “Okay. How’d you get there?”

“Because when he wanted to kill here at Baylor and at Canyon, he did. Our marine was shot through the head, up close and personal. Your trainers were, too.”

“We figured that also, but it could be he’s had to get more creative now, since both the US Air Force and the Marines are after him.”

“Could be.” Hector clicked his pen.

Again, Ethan waited. Click, click.

He would only get what Hector was willing to share with him and that would have to be enough, since Ethan was not at liberty to tell his friend the whole story.

After two more clicks, Hector started talking. “I heard one of the guys he killed over at Canyon was your buddy,” he said slowly. “You two close?”

Ethan gazed at his boots. “Yeah. Landon was a quality person. Gentle with the dogs and respectful to everyone, you know?”

Hector nodded.

Ethan let his mind wander back to the past. “He was going to propose to his girl and he was driving us all crazy trying to figure out the perfect romantic gesture. He was planning to wait until winter and build a snowman holding the box with the ring.

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