Dead Man's Hand by B.J. Daniels

Author:B.J. Daniels
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2023-07-18T14:14:53+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

On the climb up the mountainside to the cabin, DJ mentally kicked himself. Sadie should be winging her way to the sunny shores of Florida right now—not trudging through thigh-high snow with him. He should have been more insistent. As if that would have changed her mind. He imagined himself physically putting her on a plane home. That was just as ridiculous as thinking he could make her do anything she didn’t want to do.

But bringing her up here... A gust of wind whirled fresh snow around him. He caught a glimpse of the cabin above them almost hidden in the tall pines.

“A little longer and we’ll be there,” he said to her as he stopped to let them both catch their breath. They were used to Florida and sea level. He looked at her, trying to gauge how she was doing—and not just from the climb. He’d gotten her into this, something he deeply regretted. It was bad enough that he’d been possibly tricked into coming back here—let alone that he’d dragged Sadie into it. He couldn’t bear the thought that Keira had purposely drawn him back to Montana on a lie so that Grandville could get retribution for some old grudge.

Pushing the nagging thought away, he said, “You doing okay?”

“I’m good,” she said, and flashed him a smile. It wasn’t one of her brilliant, knock-a-man-for-a-loop smiles. This one was part worry, part sympathy. He wanted to tell her that he’d be fine no matter what he found out, but he couldn’t lie to her because she would see right through it. If Keira had turned on him... He hated to think of the pain it would cause. That’s if she didn’t get him killed.

“It’s not far now,” he said.

“Lead the way, partner.”

A few minutes later, they waded through the drifted snow up onto the porch. As he opened the front door of the cabin, he gave a slight bow and waved her inside. He had no idea how long they would be here. At least until the storm passed. Where was Keira? Had she gotten caught in the storm? And what about the Grandvilles? Were they on their way as well?

Keira had chosen the perfect isolated place in the mountains for her husband to hide out. It was also a perfect place to get rid of someone. Bodies often didn’t turn up for years in these woods. He tried not to think about what might happen if Keira showed up. If she was telling the truth, she and Luca might already be headed for Alaska. He realized he might never see her again if that was the case.

Or she and Luca might be planning a visit to the cabin—just waiting for him to arrive. Keira knew him. She would know that he would come to the cabin. Wasn’t that why she’d left the note?

His head hurt thinking about it. He could no more see the future than flap his arms and fly. Yet his gut told him he couldn’t trust her.

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