Harlequin Intrigue December 2016, Box Set 1 of 2 by B.J. Daniels

Author:B.J. Daniels
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488027314
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

Keir walked with his brother Niall around the outside of the Parker mansion, checking that the house, garage and yard were secure. Even though the driveway and buildings were well lit, the two men carried flashlights. The clouds rolling in overhead blocked out the moon and stars, leaving plenty of shadows between the iron fence and house where an intruder could hide.

Kenna and Niall’s fiancée, Lucy McKane, were inside, getting better acquainted, cleaning up after the enchilada casserole they’d shared for dinner and watching over Tommy, the foster baby Niall and Lucy were adopting after their autumn wedding. The couple had brought over a bag with a change of clothes, toiletries and his phone charger so Keir wouldn’t have to leave the estate just yet. Going on thirty-eight hours without sleep, Keir felt better about having another set of eyes on the premises for a while. Niall wasn’t much of a conversationalist, and when Kenna had politely asked about their wedding plans, he jumped at the chance to join his younger brother as Keir suggested he wanted to make sure everything was secure before the storm hit.

The two men had made their way back to the slate-tiled patio before Niall, a medical examiner with the KCPD Crime Lab, finally spoke about something other than the weather and Keir’s security concerns. “Do you think they’re still talking about wedding showers and bachelorette parties in there?”

Keir grinned. “Are you all planned out?”

Niall turned his light into the trees out back while Keir walked around the patio furniture to circle the perimeter of the painted brick wall. “I suggested an elopement, but Lucy has never had the chance to be part of a big family event before. She’s so excited about including all of us, I didn’t want to disappoint her.”

“She’s hard to say no to, isn’t she?”

Fortunately, Lucy was as outgoing as Niall was introverted. Keir couldn’t think of any two people who complemented each other more. She brought him out of his esoteric shell, and he grounded her in a sense of security and belonging the woman had never known.

“I’ve tried,” Niall admitted, adjusting his glasses to peer into the darkness beyond the flower garden. “It’s not a statistical impossibility, but on this project it has been particularly difficult.” He swung his flashlight over to Keir. “By the way, I don’t know what you and Duff are planning, but there are to be no strippers at my bachelor party.”

Keir laughed out loud. “Is that coming from you or Lucy?”

“Lucy and the victims on my autopsy table are the only women I ever want to see naked.” Niall raked his fingers through his hair. “That didn’t come out right. Of course I never want to see Lucy on my table.”

Keir laughed and gave his brother a teasing punch on the arm. “It’s a good thing that woman loves you. I don’t know how you’d ever catch anyone else.”

Niall peered down at him through his glasses, giving him that stop-being-a-wiseass look, before deftly changing the topic.

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