Seduction Under Fire by Melissa Cutler

Author:Melissa Cutler
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin Romantic Suspense
Published: 2012-11-02T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

As far as drinking establishments went, the bar Camille and Aaron had stared at for three hours was as hospitable as a crematorium. There were windows, or rather, pieces of glass framed in the graffitied wall that weren’t clean enough to see through. A small sign named the place Casa del Perro Negro—House of the Black Dog—words even Camille could translate. Next to the sign was a crudely painted silhouette of what Camille assumed was a black dog, but looked more like a goat, its stubby tail up and its mouth open.

The black sedan had entered a garage on the side of the two-story building that housed the bar and otherwise appeared vacant. The oddity of the building, with its uniformly closed curtains, dusty front stoop and lack of activity, sent up a red flag in Camille’s mind. Something about this place was wrong.

Before settling at the taquería, they’d circled the block on the bike. A dead-end alley cut through one side of the building, guarded by a single, large Latino man neither Camille nor Aaron recognized. They continued around to the taquería, purchased warm bottles of cola and settled at a window table. Their main focus was on two equally huge men, probably bouncers, who perched on stools on either side of the bar’s entrance.

As darkness settled over the city and the bouncers crossed their arms over their chests and hunkered down like birds preparing to sleep, Camille and Aaron grew restless. In their three-hour surveillance, not a single person had come or gone from the place.

“Perez and his crew have been inside for hours,” Aaron said quietly. “That’s a long time to sit in a bar.”

“Makes me wonder if it’s really a bar.”

Aaron rubbed his chin. “Next time Perez and his men leave, I’d like to check it out.”

“Me, too. I hate this. Rosalia could be in there, only a couple hundred feet away from us. I’ve got an idea, but we’ll need to go shopping first. We can come back tomorrow, fully armed.”

“Sounds like a date.”

As they walked to the bike they’d chained in an alley several blocks away, Aaron draped his arm loosely around Camille’s shoulders and kissed her temple. He was probably attempting to blend in with other couples they’d seen out for strolls, enjoying the crisp, clear evening. Even still, he ought not to confuse her heart that way, with casual tenderness that meant nothing to him.

When he kissed her a second time, she ground to a halt, twisting free of his arm. “Is this about what you said earlier? That your promises to me expired?”

“They have.”

Camille’s stomach tightened uncomfortably. It took her a good thirty seconds to wind her anger up. When it did, she grabbed his jacket by the collar and dragged him into the shadows of the nearest alley. Wagging a finger like a knife in front of his face, she let it rip.

“Allow me to send a message straight to your bloated ego, Aaron. You don’t get to do whatever you want.

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