The Hunted Girls by Jenna Kernan

Author:Jenna Kernan [Kernan, Jenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781800193130
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2021-05-24T16:00:00+00:00

Eighteen

MONDAY

The knock on her door woke Nadine to daylight. She stared at an unfamiliar ceiling fan, trying to orient herself. Morning, the town house, Monday and she was back in goddamned Central Florida.

Yesterday they’d delivered the message to Juliette not to follow any bird notifications and the Bureau was collecting alerts now.

There was another series of taps on her door. She groaned and rolled, grasping her phone as the tapping came again.

“Nadine?” It was Demko’s voice.

“Yes. I’m up.” She wasn’t because she’d tried to use her phone to stop his knocking.

“Can I come in?” he asked.

She threw back the covers and swung her bare feet to the vinyl flooring, forcing herself vertical. She raked a hand through her hair and tugged down her cotton nightshirt so that it covered her.

“Yes, come in.”

The door creaked open and he peered inside. They’d agreed to keep separate rooms, mainly not to irritate Tina and Juliette. Neither she nor Demko was a quiet lover. She flushed at the view of him, shirtless, in a pair of low-slung gym shorts. Demko half-dressed was a better wake-up than any alarm. He seemed momentarily stunned at finding her wearing nothing but a thin veil of cotton that barely reached her thighs.

Molly pushed past Demko and greeted her, tail wagging as she pranced. Nadine patted her shoulder and she retreated out the door.

“What time is it?” she asked.

“After eight.”

“What?” She reached for her phone and found it dead. She stared at the black screen in confusion.

“Power outage. Did you hear the storm last night?”

She shook her head and retrieved her battery charger, plugging in her device and seeing the charging icon appear.

“I got a call from Skogen, trying to reach you. He’s with the District 5 ME. They have another body.”

Her heart jackhammered in her chest. “Is it Tolan?”

“Unknown. I’ve got to find Juliette, she’s out on a run.”

“Not alone?”

“Tina and security. The female special agent. What’s her name?”

“Coleman.”

“Right.” He left her.

Nadine finished in the bathroom and dressed. Her phone rang and she scooped it up. The display showed only a 5 percent charge and that Skogen was calling.

“Where are you?” Skogen asked, loud enough that she had to hold the phone away from her ear.

“Sorry.” She offered no explanation. “What’s up?”

“Boater found a body.”

“Tolan?”

“Possibly. Body is female, found in Silver Glen Springs State Park.”

She knew the natural springs. The limestone opening poured millions of gallons of freshwater a day from the aquifer, creating a lagoon as clear as the Caribbean Sea. She and Arlo had swum there often, trying to breach the submerged opening, only to be pushed back out by the force of water. The sandbar just beyond created a destination and natural docking spot for the many houseboats on the river. The spring created a quarter-mile pool that flowed into Lake George.

Now she pictured the idyllic destination with a body pushed by that same constant current.

“We’re on the way.”

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