Survival Instinct (Instinct Series) by Janie Crouch

Author:Janie Crouch [Crouch, Janie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Calamity Jane Publishing
Published: 2017-07-10T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Shane stopped by the grocery store on his way home to pick up what was needed for the rigatoni. Not that he would mind if they ended up eating Chinese again.

He and the sheriff had met with the new members of the security force, as well as the private bodyguards that were making their way back onto the set. Everyone was debriefed and notified that they were now looking to catch an attempted murderer, not just a stalker. Shane knew Chloe wouldn’t like having this many new strangers in khakis—and damned if he wasn’t going to think of her and her smart little mouth every single time he ironed his pants for the rest of his life—but at least she agreed it was necessary.

Shane wanted to catch this person, not only because he didn’t want to do personal security for the rest of his life, but he wanted to make sure Chloe was safe.

Shane didn’t kid himself into downplaying how right it felt to have Chloe in his home. How having her there somehow made it his again, not just Grammi’s. And knowing that the two women had known each other—liked one another—somehow made it all even more perfect. He’d talked to Chloe about how he’d snuck in under her defenses, but the truth was, she’d done the exact same thing to him without even trying. Just by being her half-crazy self.

He had no idea what any of this meant, just knew he wanted to get home to her as soon as possible. Home to her. Not something he’d ever expected to be saying again.

And yet somehow it didn’t freak him out.

He was still smiling when he pulled into his driveway. He shifted the grocery bags so he could open his front door.

“Honey, I’m home!” He smiled knowing Chloe would roll her eyes as soon as she heard the words, and waited for her smartass response.

It didn’t come.

Terror shot through Shane as he saw Chloe’s legs on the floor half out of the dining room where she’d been working last. The grocery bags fell unheeded as Shane drew his weapon and ran towards her.

She was lying on her side, face pale as death. The only color was the blood dripping from her nose. Her eyes were open but staring blankly in front of her.

“Jesus. Chloe?” He re-holstered his weapon so he could take her pulse, glancing down at her body to see if she had any noticeable injuries.

Some of the terror shifted off his chest when he finally found her pulse. He kept one hand on her neck and used the other to probe up and down her body to see if she had some injury he had missed. He couldn’t find anything.

“Chloe? Talk to me, baby. What happened?” He used his shirt sleeve to wipe the blood dripping from her nose. “Did someone break in? Did they hurt you?”

He hadn’t noticed any signs of forced entry when he’d come in, but an intruder could’ve used another door.

“Mine,” Chloe whispered without moving.

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