A Distant Echo by Tara Meyers

Author:Tara Meyers
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Forest Grove Books
Published: 2016-11-04T04:00:00+00:00

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Her first instinct was to run. But then Chris saw that in addition to the knife in his left hand, he was also holding a gun in the other. Cringing, she recognized the weapon, and glancing at the empty shoulder harness hanging on her bedpost, confirmed that it was her own service firearm.

“Yeah,” Martin said coyly, following where she looked. “Sorry to add insult to, well … insult, but it was handy.”

“How did you get in here?” Chris demanded, ignoring the bait.

“Does that really matter?” Leaning forward, the overhead light cast his jaw into sharper angles, and his grey eyes glinted like steel. “We have much more important things to talk about, don’t you think?”

When Chris crossed her arms and stared back unflinchingly, the murderer sighed and slouched a bit in the chair, apparently disappointed with her reaction.

“The window,” Martin explained, pointing towards it with the knife. “Given your history Chris, I would think you’d invest in an alarm system.”

Paling, Chris chastised herself for showing any outward sign of emotion. It was what he wanted. He was toying with her.

“So you can use the name search feature on Google. Congratulations,” Chris replied, trying to keep her voice as even as possible. “But I don’t think your concern for my past is why you’re here.”

Shaking his head, Martin crossed one leg over the other, in much the same gesture as Andrew had earlier that day. The relaxed pose was his attempt to make her fear feel insignificant and his power over her complete.

“You’re so quick to judge me, Chris. What happened to you when you were sixteen was extraordinary! That man was responsible for the death of how many girls?” When Chris remained silent, he continued without pause. “But you managed to escape. Tell me, why didn’t you change your name? The killer is still out there.”

Clenching her teeth together, Chris drew upon the hate she kept neatly coiled deep inside on a daily basis. “I chose not to live in fear. To do so would have given him that victory, and I’ve got a strong dedication to disappointing serial killers.” Her voice didn’t break, and she never looked away from his cold stare.

“Do you know what the greatest mistake is, between the prey and its hunter?”

An icy fist was firmly grasping Chris’s chest, and she struggled to take a breath around it. Martin Eastabrooke was a genius, and when you combined that sort of intelligence with a sociopath, the result was very dangerous. She already knew the answer, but let him tell her nonetheless.

“Underestimating them. You underestimated me, Chris, and I’m afraid that it’s going to cost you your life.”

“You know that’s not true,” she snapped, her voice rising slightly. “You’re my only suspect in the murder of three women. You’d be the first one they arrested. You’d never get away with it and you’re smarter than that.”

Chuckling, he uncrossed his leg and stood slowly to his full height of six-foot-two. With his muscular build, he knew he was intimidating, and the move was effective, compelling Chris to take a step back involuntarily.

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