Beyond the Rules by Doranna Durgin

Author:Doranna Durgin [Durgin, Doranna]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Harlequin

Owen’s office door was closed. Kimmer knocked hard once in warning and walked in anyway, unrepentant under a laser gaze of deep disapproval tinged with anger. Standing beside the visitor’s chair in an unsettled way that meant he’d just leaped up, Owen’s younger brother Dave regarded them both with a certain wariness. No doubt he’d often felt the sting of Owen’s glare, black sheep of the family that he was. Why Owen would offer Kimmer such a reaction momentarily escaped her.

Then she put a hand to her face. Airbag abrasions. Reddened nose and eyes. Streaks of who-knows-what on her skin.

“I’m busy,” Owen said.

Dave Hunter—much leaner than his older brother, his face more aesthetic and his bright blue eyes every bit as commanding as Owen’s—backed away a step. “Not on my account.”

“We’re not done here,” Owen reminded him.

“I suspect we probably are.” Dave hitched up a shoulder. “I’m fine as I am, Owen. And I’m always happy to help out when you need an extra hand. But my work…it’s important, too.”

Kimmer gave him a sharp look, momentarily diverted, fascinated by the unspokens between these two men and by the depth of the determination in Dave’s expression. He meant it, more than Owen had any idea. She raised an eyebrow at Owen. “You’re wasting your time.”

Owen stiffened in quick resentment. Dave looked at her in open surprise. Then he grinned. “You’re the one.”

“Yes,” Kimmer said. “I must be. And since I’ve never walked in on this office uninvited before, and since I look like—” she indicated herself with some disgust, gave up on finding a word and finished “—this, then there must be a pretty good reason I’m here, don’t you think?”

Owen raised his hands in surrender. “All right, then. For the record,” he pointed at Dave, “this is not the end of the conversation. For the record,” he shot a dark look at Kimmer, “this is not okay. But for now we’ll move forward.”

“Good,” Kimmer said, moving right along into brusqueness.

Dave held up a hand, excusing himself. “I’ve got an appointment in Virginia,” he said. “And since we’ve already established how this conversation will end, I think I’ll just go keep it.” He raised his chin fractionally, another acknowledgment of sorts to Owen. “I’ll stop by next time I’m in the area.”

“You’d better,” Owen responded, and watched with a gaze that turned worried as soon as Dave’s back was turned.

“What’s the deal?” Kimmer said. “He likes what he’s doing.”

“Not up for discussion.” Owen, too, could be brusque.

“So it’s only my personal life we talk about?”

He looked back at her, his gaze even and unrelenting. “That’s right.”

She made a disgusted noise and slid down into the chair, one leg over the arm and her body protesting as hard as it had the last time she’d been here. She’d had about enough of being kicked around for Hank.

Except she thought she was probably only getting started.

Owen raised an eyebrow. Kimmer said bluntly, “Wolchoski is dead. Hammy Hands is dead, too. Officer Conners will be okay.

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