Winter Hawk's Legend by Aimee Thurlo

Author:Aimee Thurlo [Thurlo, Aimee]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-11-25T17:53:03+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

He was uneasy sitting this close to Holly in the confines of his SUV. As it had been on the sofa just a while ago, her scent teased him. All he wanted to do right now was pull over and kiss her senseless.

He kept his gaze on the road, his face rigid. He had a job to do, and he’d have to keep it strictly business. That was the only way they’d get through this without the kind of scars that would last a lifetime.

He could offer her a night of passion and take her on a journey of pleasure that would light up even the darkest sky. Yet for him, it would go no further than that.

He’d end up hurting Holly, and that was the last thing he wanted to do. What she wanted—the kind of man who’d go to work at eight and return home promptly at five—just wasn’t him.

Women—they were trouble no matter how you looked at it. “When we get to your house, stay close until we’re inside. Like before, wait by the door while I check out the place. If there’s trouble, run back out here and call 911. Got it?”

“Do you think he’s waiting for me?”

He heard the tremor in her voice and saw her swallow hard. He cursed himself for being so blunt. “No. It’s unlikely that anyone’s broken in. It’s just procedure, part of a checklist.”

“Then why are you so tense?” she asked.

The fact that she could read his mood took him by surprise. No one usually could, except for Preston. “What makes you think I’m tense?”

“You set your jaw, and your eyes…get hard.”

“Right now, I’m trying to anticipate this guy’s next move. I want to be able to counter whatever he throws at us. He’s skilled but also reckless, or maybe desperate. I’m not sure.”

“I don’t understand any of this,” she said, running an exasperated hand through her hair. “Why me? It takes a lot of hatred to want anyone dead. How can I have made someone so angry and not know it?”

“It may not be anger or hatred. It could be about power, or maybe he’s trying to neutralize a person he sees as a threat. You haven’t witnessed a crime, have you?”

“If I had, don’t you think I would have remembered?” She shuddered. “I wish I had some of your toughness and could look at things stone cold.”

“Toughness is a label that belongs to anyone who refuses to give up. You’ve done just fine. You’ve proven that you can think fast and stand up for yourself.”

Soon they arrived at her home in Hartley. Daniel covered her back as she unlocked the front door, then he went inside first. Signaling her to wait, he walked quickly through her home, checking out the other rooms and looking into the backyard via the windows. As soon as he was satisfied that everything was as it should be, he rejoined her in the living room.

“It’s okay.”

“Good. Now I can breathe again,” she said.

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