Surrendering to Hunt by Jennifer Ryan

Author:Jennifer Ryan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2022-08-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Cyn took the jacket Hunt handed her and draped it over her legs and feet. She snuggled into it and stared at the farmhouse twenty yards in front of the car. The glass in the front door had been broken. It stood open now as one officer dusted the doorknob for prints while another took photos of the man lying just inside the entry on his back. She could only see his worn cowboy boots. The older couple had been in town for dinner, then arrived home to find the front door busted open. The man went in to investigate and found the robber. The man was shot. The woman pistol-whipped outside on the porch when she ran to help her husband.

The house had been ransacked for cash and valuables. A man lost his life, a woman her beloved husband, all because some selfish asshole wanted to take what didn’t belong to him and didn’t care about the people he hurt.

“Are you sure you’re going to be okay out here? I can call Max to come and get you and take you home.”

It was late. She didn’t want to wake his brother, who would more than likely be babysitting her again tomorrow. “I’ll be fine,” she assured Hunt. “But you could have just dropped me at my place when we passed it.” Not that she wanted to be alone. She wanted to be with Hunt.

“I’m not leaving you alone. For all the reasons we’ve already discussed. Not to mention, you just got out of the hospital. Again. If you’re not with me, then I want you with someone who can watch over you just in case.”

“I’m fine.”

He tucked the jacket around her. “Are you still cold?”

She smiled, enjoying him being sweet and attentive. “I’m better. Thank you for the jacket.” She inhaled his scent off it. “But if you wouldn’t mind checking on me once in a while? Just in case.” The fear from earlier when she’d lost her sight and hearing sent a shiver through her.

He put his warm hand on her cheek and gave her a soft kiss. “Of course I will. And I won’t be long. I just want to see if this matches the other cases I’m investigating. The guy I’m looking for has hurt others in the past, like Mrs. Phelps.”

She winced. “This time, he killed someone.”

Hunt glanced up at the house and the ominous sight of the man’s boots.

She waved him off. “Go do your thing. Figure out who’s doing this. I’ll be right here. Maybe sleeping.” She felt drained from all the stress. “It’s just the anxiety hangover from earlier.” She notched her chin toward the house. “You’ll be right there if I need you.”

“Officer Wilde, you want to take a look at this?” one of the other officers called out to him.

“Go, Wilde. The sooner you get this done, the sooner we can eat. And despite the macabre circumstances here, I’m starving.”

He hung his head. “I wish I hadn’t dropped the bag of goodies I bought you at the store in the entry when I got home.

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