Whole Lotta Sin: Rock Star Hearts - Book #3 by Amity Cross

Author:Amity Cross
Language: eng
Format: epub

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Juniper

“You’re kidding,” Sebastian said as we rode back to the hotel. “Victoria gave you a mystery USB and you gave it to Mallory?”

“I didn’t want to be part of their games,” I said, stifling a yawn. “I’m so over it.”

“Do you know what was on it?”

“It doesn’t matter what was in it,” I replied, “it’s irrelevant.”

“C’mon. You’re telling you weren’t the least bit curious?”

I shrugged. “Maybe a little.”

Sebastian laughed and took my hand in his.

When we arrived at the hotel, we rode up in the elevator with Shades. Then we waited in the hall while he opened the door to our hotel room and went inside. It was a little inconvenient to wait around while a giant muscle-bound dude did a sweep to make sure everything was safe, but we had to do it for peace of mind. There hadn’t been any word from Farmer back at the McMansion, so for now, we were playing it safe. Besides, after a week I’d started to get used to having Shades’s looming shadow around.

We were nestled against one another when the door to our room burst open.

“I want someone from hotel security up here now,” Statfield, aka Shades, barked into his phone. “And you need to check the cameras.”

“Statfield?” Sebastian asked, taking a step forward.

“There’s another one,” he said, holding up his hand.

“Another what?” I demanded, pushing past Sebastian.

“Ma’am,” Shades said, pressing his palm on my shoulder.

My heart twisted, then began to gallop. “Tell me what’s going on!”

“Hold tight,” he said. “We need to do a thorough sweep of the room.”

“Another what?” I asked turning to Sebastian. “What’s he talking about?”

He wasn’t saying anything either. I felt an unbearable wave of anger rage inside me and I pushed past him and stood into our room, determined to get an answer.

I came to a jarring halt when I saw the mess. The sheets were torn up and the pillows had been hacked apart, feathers littering the room—and an opened box sat on the end of the bed. Someone had been in here—someone who wasn’t supposed to be.

I stepped forward, my heartbeat accelerating.

“Miss Rowe,” Shades said, “you need to step back.”

“What is it?” I demanded. “What’s in there?”

He reached for me, but I twisted away, moving forward just enough to catch a glimpse of the inside of the box. Something red was inside, the interior smeared with what looked like blood.

“Is that… meat?” My stomach rolled. “Is that a heart?”

“You can’t be in here,” Shades said. Placing a hand around my back, he led me from the room and across the hall.

“Statfield?” Sebastian asked, his frown deeper than I’d ever seen it.

“You can wait in my room while we deal with this.” He shoved his keycard into the lock, then flicked on the lights, doing a quick scan, then gestured for us to come forward. “You can stay here for the moment.” Nodding at Sebastian, he added, “I’ll be back shortly.”

I sank onto the end of the bed and stared at my hands, suddenly wide awake.

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