Undercover Protection by Maggie K. Black

Author:Maggie K. Black
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-06-11T18:35:57+00:00

TEN

Jay’s heart sat well and truly lodged in his throat as he watched the ease with which Leia slid down the slippery roof tiles and landed on the dormer window ledge over her parents’ bedroom window just as smoothly as a child on a plastic slide in the playground. She gave a little wave and then slipped around the side of the ledge, back through the window and was gone.

Had she forgotten there was a hatch in the floorboards that opened onto a perfectly good but narrow ladder leading down to the second floor? Or had she assumed that sliding down the roof would be safer, faster or both?

Either way, it was now his turn. He crouched down low, eased the attic hatch open an inch and looked down. Ross stood directly below him. If he dropped through, he’d land right on top of him. He eased the hatch shut again. Looked like he really was going out the window again, which would be the most direct route, after all, considering the power line was attached to the outside of the house.

He pressed his hand against his chest and felt his heart beating through it. It was ironic. For years he’d worried that his less than perfect inner ear would be what would keep him from fulfilling his dream of being an undercover cop. Then he’d conquered every physical exam and training exercise with flying colors and it had turned out his fear was unfounded. Only then to be blindsided by the realization the problem might actually be his imperfect heart.

Did Leia really think that he’d think less of her because of who her biological father was? Or that he somehow deserved better? He was the one who wasn’t good enough for her.

And right now, he was going to do everything in his power to rescue her, her sister and the baby, starting with taking the power out. He took the wet valance, ripped it into three vertical strips and braided it into a rope. Then he tied it to the ceiling beam closest to the window, wrapped it twice around his hand and climbed out. Immediately his feet slipped on the slanting shingles, turning his attempted controlled slide into a fast luge down the roof. His feet hit the drainpipe, then his body lurched forward, dangling face-first over the backyard for a moment, before he yanked back on the makeshift rope and managed to land sprawled, but seated, on the corner of the roof.

Well, then, looked like he wasn’t about to win any awards for style, but he’d stuck the landing. The black electrical wires stretched out beneath him as thick as a tug-of-war rope. On the plus side, he could probably be able to take it down from body weight alone. Unfortunately, that might also mean getting electrocuted and/or falling to his death.

He waited a long moment and scanned the ground below for flashlight beams and saw one that appeared and disappeared around the far side of the house.

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