VANISHED, A Romantic Suspense Novel (Edgars Family Novel) by Suzanne Ferrell

Author:Suzanne Ferrell [Ferrell, Suzanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romantic Action/Adventure, Romantic Suspense
Publisher: Suzanne Ferrell Productions
Published: 2014-02-26T14:00:00+00:00

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The sound of the garage door motor grinding woke him with a start. The sun was just coming up. Grey streaks of light filtered into the room.

Luke slipped away from Abby’s warm body, drawing the covers over her. He slipped on his black jeans and threw on his T-shirt then grabbed his gun from the holster by the bedside. Barefooted, he hurried quietly to the garage door and waited, willing his heart to slow as he focused, ready to take down the intruder.

The knob turned and the door opened inward. A large body with a hoodie covering his head and hiding his face entered the nearly dark kitchen, and set a bag on the table.

Luke moved in behind him and pressed a gun to the back of the man’s shoulders. “Don’t move.”

“I hope you don’t plan to use that thing. Your mama’s grown to like me, kid.”

“Dammit, Frank,” he said, lowering the weapon and moving away from his friend. “What the hell are you doing here?”

“Nice to see you, too. I told you once I’d wrapped up what I was working on, I’d be up to help you.” Castello shrugged out of his coat and hung it on the back of a barstool at the island separating the kitchen from the great room.

“I didn’t say I needed help, just some place safe to stay. And what happened to the twenty-four hours you were going to give me?”

“The twenty-four hours was for notifying the family you were in trouble, not a time limit for me to come check things out. Decided you might be in over your head, what with a female witness.”

“She’s not a witness.”

“Your female partner.”

“Didn’t say that either.” For some reason Castello’s presence made him feel like he was back in high school defending his actions to his older brothers and parents when he’d came home with a busted lip and the beginnings of a black eye. He’d done nothing wrong. Hadn’t started the fight. Simply stepped in when two bullies were picking on a friend known as the school geek.

“Oh, that’s right, a fellow agent.” A smile lifted the corners of Castello’s lips a mere millimeter. “A very sexy fellow agent.”

Luke looked over his shoulder.

Shit. There stood Abby in the doorway to the bedroom. All she wore was his sweatshirt from the night before, her long, bare legs visible beneath. Hair tousled, looking very much like a woman who’d been thoroughly made love to, except for the gun in her hand, pointed at the floor. Fighting the urge to groan, Luke turned back to face his friend. The light in the other man’s face triggered the need to protect his woman and Luke moved to stand in between them.

“Yes. A fellow agent.”

“You must be Abby,” Frank called out.

“Abigail. And you’re Marshal Castello?” Abby walked over, stepped around Luke and extended her hand. “Thanks for letting us use your safe house. It was very kind of you.”

Luke wanted to roll his eyes. Kind wasn’t exactly a word he’d ever use for the taciturn Marshal.

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