Deep in the Alaskan Woods by Karen Harper

Author:Karen Harper
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MIRA Books
Published: 2020-06-14T16:00:00+00:00

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Quinn followed Alex’s truck back toward camp. His heart was pounding. This was the smart thing to do, but he knew he had to have the utmost self-control. Meg had given him that slant-eyed Really? look of hers when she was told the whole situation. Chip had been upset he couldn’t go, too, and kept repeating that he was glad “another” plane had not crashed.

And that darn little Spenser—Quinn was almost as nervous about having him around as he was Alex—was all protective growls and barks getting back in her truck, as if he knew what his owner had been through or thought they were off for a long trek again. Especially, in his house, Spenser would remind him of his own lost dog—and other losses. And Alex would be one hell of a temptation. He’d steered pretty clear of women because it just made life easier and less complicated—but now...

He swore under his breath as he followed her into the parking lot at the camp. Trooper Hanson had unspooled more yellow police tape when a van with a satellite dish and bright logo on its side drove in ahead of them. Quinn could tell it was from an Anchorage TV station. They must have been monitoring police calls or had an informant to be here this fast.

Glad to let Hanson talk to them, he grabbed Alex’s single big bag while she lifted out a plastic laundry basket with shoes in it, what looked like a cosmetic bag and some of Spenser’s stuff. He hustled her toward the gate, ignoring the voice yelling, “Hey, Q-Man! Can we ask you a few questions about events here today before we get kicked off the grounds? We can talk in the road!”

Though on a leash, Spenser growled, then barked as if he were a huge mastiff watchdog. Scotties always thought they were bigger than they were, but it made them brave as well as foolhardy.

As if he had not heard the reporter he recognized, he led Alex and Spenser inside and closed the gate behind them, then led them to his house in the corner of the compound. He almost never locked it but he had now, so he fumbled for his key.

For the first time, his familiar, cozy place seemed tiny, dark and plain. He went to his bedroom door, thankful he’d left the room neat enough. He’d even made the double bed and had the quilt pulled up on it. They set the things down on the braided rug partly covering the pine floor.

“Small, I know,” he told her as she stepped in past him.

“Safe and private is what matters.”

“Right. I—everyone here—will do our best to make you two feel at home. I’ve got to go over to the dining hall now to calm the students, and I should look out front to see if Trooper Hanson got that TV van off the property. I know this sounds strange, Queen Alexandra, but welcome to the Q-Man Tracking and Survival Camp.

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