Force of Nature by Dana Mentink

Force of Nature by Dana Mentink

Author:Dana Mentink
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-10-14T16:00:00+00:00


Hotel gone.

He wanted to add “Where are you?” or “What have you done, Hector?” but he could not bring his fingers to push through the raw hurt bubbling in his stomach.

Gavin groaned. Paula went to him. “He’s awake,” she said.

They gathered around him. Gavin’s eyes were unfocused at first, until he blinked and tried to jerk upright.

Paula held him down. “Not so fast, Mr. Campbell. You’ve been shot, remember?”

Reuben saw Gavin put the pieces of memory together. “Where are we?”

“In the storm shelter. We found you and brought you back,” Reuben said.

Gavin put a hand to his shoulder, grimacing. “Hector?”

“Gone.” Reuben forced himself to ask. “Why did you come to Isla? Were you investigating my brother?”

Gavin flashed a shadow of a smile. “What? You don’t like my landscaping?”

Reuben would have laughed if he weren’t so close to losing it. “We know you’re a cop. You were taping my brother talking to Leland.”

He nodded, pain lining his forehead. “Yeah. We’ve been interested in Hector since he began meeting with Garza’s men about nine months back.”

“Nine months?” Silvio’s eyes rolled in thought. “That’s about when things fell apart with Mia.”

Antonia’s cheeks flushed. “She was right to run.”

Reuben ignored the remark. Gavin was the only one who knew the truth, and he had to keep him talking. “So you came to work for me.”

Gavin sucked in a breath. “Figured a good way to keep tabs on him was by setting up a presence with you. Two birds with one stone, so to speak.”

The implication was clear. “I’m not involved with Garza,” Reuben spat.

Gavin shrugged. “These things tend to run in families, and your brother is in it up to his neck. He’s crafty, I’ll give him that much. I think he put sleeping pills in the coffee to knock us all out so there would be no resistance.” He smiled. “Good thing I’m not a coffee drinker.”

Silvio snorted. “Could have warned us. Some cop. Ain’t you supposed to look out for people?”

He hunched painfully. “I was going to dump out the coffee, but I didn’t have a chance. I had to follow Hector.”

Reuben rubbed his eyes. “What do you have on my brother besides suspicions?”

Gavin laughed, then winced. “What kind of cop would I be if I told you that?” He grew serious. “Look, Reuben. Between you and me, I think you’re a good guy, so I’m going to tell you that your brother cooked up some kind of deal with Garza, something having to do with Isla.”

“Figures,” Reuben said, swallowing a wave of bitterness.

Gavin tried to sit up again, but pain forced him back onto the cushions. “I don’t know the details. I was taping when Leland heard me. I dropped my pack and took off, but not fast enough.” He groaned and Paula put a hand to his brow.

“He feels hot. I’m afraid of an infection.”

“Of course,” Gavin said weakly. “That’s the way my life has been going lately.”

“Antonia,” Paula ordered, “get me the antiseptic from the first-aid kit. I’ll clean his wound again.



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