Kill Without Shame (Ares Security) by Alexandra Ivy

Author:Alexandra Ivy [Ivy, Alexandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2016-12-26T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Lucas parked at the Ramon Landscaping office building and walked the short distance to Mia’s house. He didn’t actually think he would be lucky enough to catch the killer lurking in plain sight. But he wanted to scope out the area on foot.

It’d been impossible to do any investigating yesterday. The house had been cordoned off as a crime scene as Detective Cooper had directed his men to collect the evidence. The man had grudgingly allowed Lucas to gather up Mia’s clothes and toiletries, but he’d made sure Lucas was escorted from room to room until he was firmly shoved out the door.

Lucas had briefly considered making a phone call. One word to the state attorney’s office and he’d have carte blanche to stay, regardless of Detective Cooper’s “protocols.” But there wasn’t much he could do in the dark, and it seemed preferable not to piss off the authorities who were just doing their job.

Lucas had instead concentrated on finding a safe place for Mia to stay when she left the hospital.

Now he approached the house from the alley, pausing to determine how hard it would be to sneak through the yard and into the back door.

The answer was . . . that was easy as hell.

A car could use the alley to avoid the main street and park behind the garage or the neighbor’s Dumpster.

It certainly wouldn’t take an expert to sneak up to the house without being seen.

With a muttered curse he headed across the backyard, his eyes on the ground for any indication of tracks. Unfortunately the half dozen people who’d been wandering around yesterday had trampled the mud, so it was impossible to make out a specific set of footprints.

Halting near the house, he studied the best way to try and peek in.

From his position he couldn’t see anything. He moved to the stairs that led to the small porch. His jaw clenched as he realized that he could easily see through both the kitchen and back door windows.

This was where the intruder had been standing the first night he’d been in the house. And where he must have been standing yesterday morning to make sure the coast was clear before sneaking into the kitchen.

Lucas’s furious thoughts were interrupted as he caught a movement out of the corner of his eye.

There was someone creeping through the hedge toward the side of the house.

Keeping his gaze locked on the back door, Lucas loosened his muscles and concentrated on slowing his breathing. He wasn’t as well-trained as Rafe or Hauk in hand-to-hand combat, but he could hold his own when necessary.

Focusing on his surroundings, he used his senses to make sure there wasn’t more than one lurker in the area. Then, turning to jog down the stairs, he pretended he was headed for the garage before he was abruptly spinning to launch himself toward the intruder.

His shoulder connected with the man’s head as he knocked him backward. There was a low grunt as he landed on top of the stranger, knocking the air from his lungs.

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